# El Capitan’s Dawn Wall climb

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-capitan-s-dawn-wall-climb/709874>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 15, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-capitan-s-dawn-wall-climb/709874 "2015-01-15T05:15:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-capitan-s-dawn-wall-climb/709874/1 "2015-01-15T05:15:14Z")

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Amoungst _climbers_ , how significant was [this climb?](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/sports/el-capitans-dawn-wall-climbers-reach-top.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)

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**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-capitan-s-dawn-wall-climb/709874/2 "2015-01-15T12:59:13Z")

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Ask Ken Boche. While I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a Doper, you’re more likely to find him in Climber’s Forum.  
Not being a Real Climber (though I did spend some times in Yosemite, nothing serious except the Rotten Log when it had a log) I just think it’s amazing. Especially since the hardware had been removed.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-capitan-s-dawn-wall-climb/709874/3 "2015-01-15T13:30:42Z")

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There’s already a long thread on this climb - [Yosemite's El Capitan - the first free climb of Dawn Wall - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=746171)

I’m not a climber myself, but it appears that most climbers appreciate the effort, skill, endurance, and planning that went into such a huge and difficult endeavor. There are some folks who’ve expressed that the climb doesn’t have style.