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The Dawn Wall
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Title: The Dawn Wall

Release Date: 1 Nov 2017

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Documentary, Adventure

Director: Sender Films, Red Bull Media House

Production Companies: Sender Films, Red Bull Media House

Overview: In the middle of Yosemite National Park towers El Capitan, a huge block of granite whose smoothest side, the Dawn Wall, is said to be the most difficult rock climb in the world. Tommy Caldwell didn’t see inhospitable terrain, but rather a puzzle almost a kilometer tall. In The Dawn Wall, we follow him and Kevin Jorgeson in their historic ascent to the summit.

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Average Vote: 8.064 (312 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Tommy Caldwell
  • Self: John Branch
  • Self: Kevin Jorgeson
  • Self: Beth Rodden
  • Self: Becca Pietsch
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