Tommy Caldwell

Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber. He is accomplished in several types of climbing, and in January 2015 Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first-ever free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

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