Ellen Meets the El Capitan Climbers

They were the first people to free-climb to the top of the granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. The first person they talked to about it was Ellen.

[toddsmith]

Tommy was a real one for waiting on Kevin so they both finished together.

[morgann]

Reading these comments people seem to be confused about the difference between this feat and Honnold's feat. El Capitan is a gigantic granite wall with almost 70 different routes to the top. Honnold free soled a easier route the Freerider 13a, incredibly impressive in it's own right but much much easier in difficulty then this route. The Dawn wall goes at 14d and was deemed nearly impossible to free climb due to it's level of difficulty. Both are amazing feats let's applaud these accomplishments instead of comparing them.

[Bebsbjdh]

Who else just watched their documentary on Netflix?

[kargelr]

Re: Alex Honnold. Tommy, the guy on the right, is one of Alex's best friends, climbs with him all the time, and he helped Alex prep for the free solo on Freerider. He even wrote an article for Outside about it. As for Alex, he said this Dawn Wall climb was more highly rated than anything he had ever done. He predicted no one would ever free solo the route. So, there's mutual admiration.

[teejay]

Take a look in to Tommy Caldwell's background. He was kidnapped about 10 years ago in a war torn region and escaped by pushing his captor over a cliff.
These guys are among the best in the world. A huge accomplishment.

[KevinknPham]

I can't even climb the ones on playgrounds

[marymitchell]

Inspiring, motivating, epic. Especially now..when the world seems tentative. Sat there watching this while I practiced finger-picking on my ukulele..small victories, right?

[fluffswifter]

I love how people think that El Capitan is just one root and there like ALEX IS tHE BEST CLIMBER!

[damolaowolabi]

I cant even get out of bed in the morning... i think it time to re-evaluate my life

[andreamartins]

I dont know why I am so fascinated with climbing.. great!

[chaselangs]

Do people not realize that there is more than one route? Alex did free solo it yes but his route was much easier compared to what these men did. That is not me downplaying Alex at all he is an absolutely incredible climber and has balls of steel, but these guys did the hardest route on el capitan, that's why it took so long.

[humanentity]

Currently reading Tommy's book "push".

[Taylor]

I watched them climb when I was in Yosemite.

[michaelsalmon]

I remember climbing at the same sf gym with Kevin when he was 13, crushing it

[amcstorm]

I have meet Kevin Jorgeson at our local climbing gyms opening. I love to rock climb!

[Squids_Vlogs]

crazy...
ive been following rock climbing accent closely since 2010 when i started climbing, sucks that these athletes are just now getting recognized.

[johnclimbs]

Climbing the hardest root in the world with just 9 finger is insanely impressive

[luvmirhmi]

It’s December 28, 2019, both your Netflix subscription ends soon...

[MeredithMynroseUniversalHealer]

4:42 you should make customised glove too Ellen ^_^ He's an amazing guy! Hooray to the success!

[azzaabdelmlek]

wish I had their strenght and their determination !