Honnoldwas a good person to make a documentary about, but it’s weird that nobody in the real world knows who Adam Ondra or Alex Puccio are. “The bottom line is, free soloing sucks Betweenthe end of 2014 and the start of 2015 Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made the first free ascent of Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, considered to be the hardest big wall climb in the world, while from 14 - 21 November 2016 Adam Ondra pulled off the extremely rapid first repeat.In this virtual encounter the two talk about this ByJohn Branch. Aug. 7, 2021. In sport climbing’s first appearance at the Olympics, eight men and eight women have advanced to the finals, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Tokyo. Adam Ondra AdamOndra sent Jade (V14) on his first try? “Sounds like a pleasant afternoon.” The Dawn Wall FA took seven years? “Wow! What an inspiring story of dedication and the triumph of the human spirit!” Hard things take a really long time to achieve. If you want people to think you did something bordering on impossible, tell them 2016 Adam Ondra free climbed the Dawn Wall in only 8 days. He was the third person to ascent the Dawn Wall after the route was mapped by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. 2017: On September 3rd, Adam Ondra made the world’s first ever ascent of a 9c route called ‘Silence’. 2018: Adam Ondra successfully flashed the world’s first In1993 Lynn Hill pushed big wall free climbing standards when she became the first person to free climb the Nose. In 2015, Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson freed the Dawn Wall, one of the hardest big wall free climbing achievements to date, and the culmination of seven years of effort. The Southwest face of El Capitan, as seen from the Thefirst ascent of the Dawn Wall took seven years from inception. Adam Ondra topped out the route after just a few weeks' work during his first trip to Yosemite. AdamOndra continues to project a hard line at Acephale in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. His belayer Josh Muller takes one for the team. Spread eagle. Video: Knu DawnWall. Dawn Wall is the name of the steepest and blankest part of the Yosemite massive El Capitan. The first free ascenders of this part of wall were Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. They reached the summit on the 14th January 2015. Tommy had started to train the route eight years before his final attempt. inbc.