Kevin Jorgeson

Kevin Jorgeson

Birth : , Santa Rosa, California, USA

History

Jorgeson was born to Eric and Gaelena Jorgeson. His father was an employee of the Santa Rosa Parks and Recreation Department, and helped to instill Kevin and his younger brother Matt with a love of the outdoors, and encouraged an 11-year-old Kevin to pursue climbing when an indoor climbing facility opened in the city.[1] He began competing in international climbing contests at 16.[1] Jorgeson is known for being able to free climb, using no equipment outside of gear to protect from falling, and is well known for being able to high ball large boulders.

Profile

Kevin Jorgeson
Kevin Jorgeson

Movies

The Dawn Wall
The Dawn Wall
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In the middle of Yosemite National Park towers El Capitan, a huge block of granite whose smoothest side, the Dawn Wall, is said to be the most difficult rock climb in the world. Tommy Caldwell didn’t see inhospitable terrain, but rather a puzzle almost a kilometer tall. In The Dawn Wall, we follow him and Kevin Jorgeson in their historic ascent to the summit.