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Terry defying the brake-hand rule while rapping |
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Direct start on Zodiac |
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Sean Courage coiling a rope on the summit of the Zodiac, El Capitan. The route finishes just a few feet behind him. From the edge, it is 1600 feet straight down to the base. |
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Miles Smart leading the crux of the Nipple Pitch on El Capitan's Zodiac route. This section, if climbed hammerless, requires multiple inverted cam hook placements in a row. These placements are terrifying but secure. |
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Belay 4 with Horsetail Fall behind (spring conditions). |
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Canadian soloist at the top of the first pitch |
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Brett at portaledge bivy on Zodiac, El Capitan |
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A climber leading the twelfth pitch with the Devil's Brow (just out of the picture) on the Zodiac. |
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Leading the Nimple pitch on Zodiac. |
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wana be pancake flake |
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The beauty of stone. El Cap near Zodiac start. 1997 |
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Looking over Peanut Ledge (belay 13) with BIG exposure to the deck. |
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Bill Sherman |
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Honnold on Zodiac 2008 |
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Honnold on the Flying Butress |
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Honnold on the Flying Butress |
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- Can you do it? |
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Storm and two more pitches to the summit. |
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Above the Peanut Ledge |
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