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Does anyone have a source with more technical details about the climb, the gear they use, the route they take, etc.? I have no experience rock climbing other than belaying once for a friend, but I know several climbers so I have caught onto the excitement.

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This blog post explains the different pitches and their progress day-by-day. It gives the difficulty of each pitch.

http://eveningsends.com/climbing/like-dawn-tommy-caldwell-ke...

Climbing big walls (that take multiple days) is a big logistical problem. This page explains the basics of big wall climbing climbing including planning and gear.

http://www.climbing.com/skill/your-first-big-wall/

Gripped: http://gripped.com/news/big-push-dawn-wall/

Rock and Ice: http://www.rockandice.com/lates-news/dawn-wall-update-caldwe...

SuperTopo (like HN for climbers): http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=253096...

Here's a piece about the legendary Bill Denz doing the Dawn Wall in 1978.

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web13s/wfeature-bill-denz

(Alpinist is an awesome mag btw.)

Can't find any particularly good sources, but the comment section of [1] has good information on the route (essentially, winding around "Mescalito", a classic aid route) and well-informed speculation on the gear. Essentially a pretty standard setup for hard free climbing on big walls - trad, augmented with a mix of bolts and fixed gear.

[1] http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=605685

Climbing Magazine: http://www.climbing.com/news/dawn-wall-four-5-14-pitches-dow...

Evening Sends (seems to have more info than anywhere else): http://eveningsends.com/climbing/like-dawn-tommy-caldwell-ke...

ElCap Reports also has some nice commentary and lots of great photos. Seems a little light on the technical details you want but there is plenty of interest there.

http://www.elcapreport.com/

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