In "The Devil's Climb," a National Geographic documentary, the famed rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold ("Free Solo") break a world record by climbing a treacherous Alaskan mountain in ...

Caldwell's new memoir, "The Push," describes his father's intense training, and builds up to the Yosemite climb that made him famous.

Tommy Caldwell on the Devil’s Thumb expedition that includes biking, hiking, sailing and climbing. They rode just shy of 2,300 and the expedition took 55 days. (Photo: National Geographic ...

Tommy Caldwell, a world-famous climber, injured his Achilles tendon in 2022. It took him two years to fully recover, which involved taking a break from climbing.

With jaw-dropping free big wall ascents and a life packed with adrenaline and adventure, climber Tommy Caldwell has had a career worthy of – and captured by – a feature film.

Rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson on Wednesday became the first to free-climb the Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park, a historic feat that many had considered impossible.

Tommy Caldwell’s memoir “The Push” is full of rich stories that fluctuate between gripping, tender, moving, laugh-out-loud funny, devastating and inspiring — sometimes all within a few pages.

Tommy Caldwell's many feats include climbing the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Illustration: Forbes / Photo: Tommy Caldwell Caldwell's ability to endure suffering is a superpower.

With jaw-dropping free big wall ascents and a life packed with adrenaline and adventure, climber Tommy Caldwell has had a career worthy of – and captured by – a feature film.