15 Jan 2015

Rock climbers make history

From Checkpoint, 5:18 pm on 15 January 2015
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Two rock climbers have made history in Yosemite National Park in California today. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson have completed their free climb of the dawn wall El Capitan, the world's toughest climb.

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