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Burning Down the Dawn Wall

1/8/2015

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Gather round kiddies. Grampa Gypsy is gonna tell ya a story. Once upon a time there were two men. These men did something wonderful.

Are doing, actually. Right now. As you read these words.

Magic is happening in Yosemite Valley.  I say magic because what these two men are doing?

It is impossible.

They are attempting to free climb the Dawn Wall.

Somehow. Someway. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are figuring out a way to do the impossible. In this very moment, they are as alive as any two humans have ever been. They are living on the very edge of human possibility and potential.

They are burning.

They aren't torches, or bonfires, or headlamps. They are volcanoes, and they are erupting in front of our eyes.

And it is glorious. (read more)


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