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El Capitan free climbers nearing the top



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Aug 11, 2003
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3 times taller than the Shard in London the El-Capitan free climbers are nearing the end of their climb. Using only fingers to climb and ropes to stop themselves falling it's an incredible feat. They have to rest up and let the skin on the fingertips heal itself before commencing the climb!


BBC

Two men have slowly been making their way up 900m of granite as they climb the Dawn Wall of El Capitan, a rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park.
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are set to become the first people to free-climb the rock face using only ropes to catch them if they fall.
They are very close to completing this nerve-wracking climb and could reach the top on Wednesday.

BBC News video on link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30808356
 







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