The Dawn Wall Tipping Point: Part 1

In 2015, climbing became a cultural avalanche. The Dawn Wall was its tipping point. In part one, we talk with the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times reporter John Branch (nytimes.com/2015/01/15/sports/el-capitans-dawn…). We hear about Sandy Russell’s novel project to put The Nose on Google Street View (google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/street…) and Tommy Caldwell (climbing.com/people/tommy-caldwell-dominant-fo…) helps us make sense of the year climbing finally hit the mainstream.