Caldwell, Tommy

LC control no.	n 2002118826
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Caldwell, Tommy *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated place	El Capitan (Calif.) Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Birth date	19780811
Place of birth	Estes Park (Colo.)
Field of activity	Mountaineers
Special note	Not same as: Tommy Caldwell [(1949-1980), of the Marshall Tucker Band, (n 92004361)]
Found in	Child, Greg. Over the edge, 2002: p. 1, etc. (Tommy Caldwell) Wikipedia, 17 June 2015 Tommy Caldwell entry (Tommy Caldwell (born August 11, 1978) is an American rock climber. He is accomplished in several types of climbing, including sport climbing, hard traditional climbing, big-wall speed climbing and big-wall free climbing. He made the first ascents (FA) of some of the United States' hardest sport routes (as of 2008) including Kryptonite (5.14c/d) and Flex Luthor (a possible 5.15a) at the Fortress of Solitude, Colorado. In January 2015, Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first-ever free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. It was documented by photos and journalistically by Tom Evans.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Caldwell> New York times, 7 January 2015 page A1 ("Abduction. Lost Finger. Now, a Rock Climber's Tallest Hurdle. On El Capitan and Beyond, Tommy Caldwell's Drive Pushes Him Toward the Impossible." Whatever part inside of Tommy Caldwell that made him attempt the seemingly impossible -- a free climb of El Capitan's Dawn Wall -- might have been born in 2000 when he and three others were kidnapped by militants while climbing in the Pamir-Ala range of Kyrgyzstan. They escaped after six days on the run when Caldwell shoved an armed guard over a cliff.) <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/sports/on-el-capitan-dawn-wall-in-yosemite-and-beyond-climber-tommy-caldwells-drive-pushes-him-toward-the-impossible.html?_r=1>
Associated language	eng