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Tommy Caldwell

American rock climber
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    In 2014 he and Tommy Caldwell became the first pair to complete Patagonia’s Fitz Roy Traverse, climbing up and down a 3-mile (5-km) ridgeline of seven peaks over five days. In 2016 Honnold and Colin Haley made the first-ever one-day ascent and the second completion of Patagonia’s Torre Traverse.

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    In 2014 he and Tommy Caldwell became the first pair to complete Patagonia’s Fitz Roy Traverse, climbing up and down a 3-mile (5-km) ridgeline of seven peaks over five days. In 2016 Honnold and Colin Haley made the first-ever one-day ascent and the second completion of Patagonia’s Torre Traverse.

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