Kevin spent more than 50 days, spread over two and a half years, before completing Blue Collar, 5.13d, leading all the pitches in a one-day push.
[VIDEO] Kevin Jorgeson on Blue Collar (5.13d) Higher Cathedral Spire
After his historic first free ascent of the Dawn Wall, on El Capitan, Kevin Jorgeson needed another project - out of the limelight. He found it on Higher Cathedral Spire.


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