Tommy Caldwell

Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber, born in 1978, who has set records in sport climbing, traditional climbing and big wall climbing. He made first free ascents of several major routes on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, and in January 2015 he and Kevin Jorgeson spent 19 days making the first free ascent of the Dawn Wall, the first big wall free climb at 9a. In sport climbing he made the first ascents of Kryptonite at 9a in 1999 and Flex Luthor at 9a+ in 2003, both at the Fortress of Solitude in Colorado. National Geographic called him arguably the best all-around rock climber on the planet in 2015.