Rock climbers reach the summit of El Capitan
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson became the first to ascent to the summit of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan's 3,000-foot (900-meter) sheer granite face in California without climbing tools.
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Tommy Caldwell, top, ascends the final pitch of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan, belayed by his climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson, below, in Yosemite National Park.Max Whittaker/The New York Times
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From left: Becca and Tommy Caldwell, and Jacqui Becker and Kevin Jorgeson embrace after the two men completed a free climb summit of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan.Max Whittaker/The New York Times
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Shown is El Capitan where two climbers vying to become the first in the world to use only their hands and feet to scale a sheer slab of granite make their way to the summit.Ben Margot/The Associated Press
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Tommy Caldwell, center, stands with a photographer at a base camp before continuing to climb what has been called the hardest rock climb in the world.Tom Evans/The Associated Press
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Tommy Caldwell eats dinner in a shelter tethered to the cliff of El Capitan.Kevin Jorgeson/The Associated Press
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Tommy Caldwell works what is known as pitch 15.Tom Evans/The Associated Press
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Kevin Jorgeson climbs Pitch 15Tom Evans/The Associated Press
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Tommy Caldwell ascends what is known as pitch 10of El Capitan.Tom Evans/The Associated Press
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Tommy Caldwell stretches during a break in climbing the Dawn Wall on El Capitan.Big Up Productions/The New York Times
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Tommy Caldwell hauls cable during a break in climbing the Dawn Wall on El Capitan.Big Up Productions/The New York Times