by Fago Franklin
The message that is conveyed within this huge accomplishment have been about the morals of not giving up and being determined to finish the goal that each of these individuals have set.
Both Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson wanted to take the challenge of climbing the 3,000 foot wall. They both had to endure cold weather, a hike that seemed unreal, hunger, and the push to keep moving forward despite the obstacles that were in store for them.
“This is not an effort to ‘conquer,'” Jorgeson said on Twitter, from 2,000 feet (610 meters) up the side of El Capitan. “It’s about realizing a dream.” (National Geographic)
Both climbers had started this sensational journey on December 27 and had something to prove.
Tommy Caldwell’s wife Becca Caldwell was cheering for her husband as he was making history within his own rights. The fact he’s up there is awesome for me,” she said.
“I don’t really get worried or scared because I know he’s safe on the wall, this is every day in our family life. “I’m so excited, it’s really special because we didn’t know if he was going to get there.”
Becca was asked by an unanimous reporter about being able to trust Tommy when he is climbing mountains. “There’s always a slight chance something catastrophic can happen. But Tommy’s so seasoned in this. He functions up there better than on the ground. I trust him and I know he’ll be careful.”
Before this huge accomplishment was set for the record books, Tommy had to hurdle over some obstacles in life. Prior to this climb Tommy had an accident resulting in him cutting his index finger while doing some renovations to his house. The doctors were telling him that it was time to push his dreams out the window, because it would be a huge risk if he was to try to climb again.
“One of the doctors told Tommy ‘You’ll never climb again, you should find a different career, but he was able to use that as motivation and push on. He finds joy in pushing though challenges. “He’s been able to set this life-time goal of the Dawn Wall and chisel away at it year after year, always thinking ‘I can do a lot more than I think I can do.'”
You do not run away from obstacles that can hinder you. You find a way and that was what Tommy did. The loss of his finger meant Caldwell has always had difficulty with “dynos”. “Tommy made a dyno simulator on the back of our shed,” Mrs. Caldwell said. “That’s the way he practiced. He would fall and we had pads below. Fritz would watch him practice it over and over again.”
Tommy had it in his mind that he was going to concur this goal with patience and a strategy. It worked all right in the end.
Tommy wasn’t the only person that had obstacles that they had to overcome. Keven had struggled on many accounts to keep up on the mountain. For ten days he could not get a pitch right. On every attempt you could see he was getting tired by the minute, but he kept going at it.
His efforts paid off dearly and days later he had accomplished that people thought was impossible.
The rule of thumb in this amazing story is never give up. If you have a dream, go for it! Never let anybody or anything get in your way about something you fill so passionate about.
Both climbers had something to prove and they proved it by their actions of not giving up, despite all of the obstacles that were in their way.