'The Dawn Wall' Will Make Your Palms Sweat and Your Stomach Flip

Tommy Caldwell hangs by nine fingertips from the sheer vertical rock that comprises the Dawn Wall, the southeast face of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park. He’s missing his 10th digit — the index finger of his left hand — which makes what he’s doing all the more astounding. With 1,300 feet of exposure […]