The Dawn Wall

Passion, grit, and determination.

Even if you don’t care for the sport, watch it. Tommy Caldwell is a beast and a nice guy from Estes.

There are 3 documentaries that are a must watch and are related to each other.- Valley Uprising- Dawn Wall- Free Solo

I loved this movie. Not only do you get to see some fabulous climbing, but even as a climber myself, I found the overarching message of the movie to rise above all the climbing, and that message is that friendship and teamwork and commitment are far more important than personal fame and aggrandizement. I highly recommend this film in this era where selfish athletes are everywhere.

shows what it takes to push free routes on el Cap. If tommy was around in the 50's I bet he would have fit in with Harding more than Robbins. :)

My wife and I both thoroughly enjoyed it, which is rare!The whole climbing process was a real eye opener into the sport for me. I had no ideal that the rock can be studied so up close and its climb developed so slowly over such a long period of time. I would think that other climbers would always wonder if there was any foul play during that time.

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I don't purchase movies as much as when I was a young un, but this one was a MUST HAVE for my personal library.Taking us through the trials of these climbers in their personal lives and during the ridiculously daunting Dawn Wall climb, the documentary is just an extraordinary celebration of the human spirit finding the mettle to persevere and push through adversity and setbacks.I think as I find myself discouraged by life's roadblocks, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson's 'making the impossible, possible' feat will always resonate and hopefully will be helpful in pushing me to fight through.

Arrived early and in great shape. Very cool documentary.

Alles gut. Gerne wieder. Vielen Dank.

Bellissimo docufilm sull'arrampicata. Avvincente. Storia vera. Per gli amanti della montagna e dell'arrampicata. In inglese con sottotitoli

Non è presente la lingua in italiano, solo sottotitoli in inglese

This is a fantastic story, brilliantly told. It's a documentary, so there is no dramatisation: it is all real footage. Some of the 'historic' episodes are related by a combination of archive news footage and drawings. This is tastefully done. The main story, about two men climbing the 'Dawn Wall' - which had never been done before - is shown by film taken at the time, both from the climbers' own phones / cameras and from ground and helicopter shots. The writers of the story show a keen sense of what to reveal and what to hold back, as the story unfolds. I am not a rock climber (simply a hill walker), but I found I was irresistably drawn in and emotionally involved in the drama as it played out.