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Mar 25, 2014 17:46:40   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
We were in Yosemite a couple weekends ago with temperatures in the low 70's during the day but dipping down to the high 30's during the night. We found someone climbing up the face of El Capitan on Saturday and Sunday. I shot these 3 on Saturday afternoon. This person was about half way up. On Sunday, he was still a ways from the top.

The first shot is a close up taken with my Canon 100-400 from about 1/4 of a mile or so away then cropped. The next 2 shots I backed off to give you the magnitude of this chunk of granite. The last shot represents about 60% of the total size, you can barely see him. Download and zoom in to see further detail. There is a bag of equipment hanging below him too.

El Capitan Climber - Close Up
El Capitan Climber - Close Up...
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El Capitan Climber #2
El Capitan Climber #2...
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El Capitan Climber #3
El Capitan Climber #3...
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Mar 25, 2014 18:06:21   #
globetrekker Loc: Bend, OR
 
Nice. You don't see shots like this every day. About how long does it take a climber to climb El Capitan?

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Mar 25, 2014 21:30:15   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
It depends on how one tackles it. The record for "speed climbing" is 2 hours and 20 minutes (ish). There have been some that have completed it twice in one day. Most average climbers take 3-5 days with gear. So obviously, 2 hours and some change without safety gear is quite amazing. Many have died.

globetrekker wrote:
Nice. You don't see shots like this every day. About how long does it take a climber to climb El Capitan?

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Mar 25, 2014 22:17:55   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
I can tell you one very truthful fact.
That's not me doing the climbing.....
Pat

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Mar 26, 2014 09:22:35   #
waykee7 Loc: Cortez, Colorado
 
I had a pal who was a rock jock and would spend his summers in the valley, bumming around and climbing, showering at least monthly. He climbed El Cap. . . and it frightened him so badly that he quit climbing. Period. I can't remember if he said it was 18 pitches or 22. A bunch.

Nice shots, by the way!
Wayne

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Mar 26, 2014 09:40:56   #
rbourque2 Loc: Portland, Maine
 
Great shots.

Shooting the captain I would love to do. I'll leave the climbing for someone else.

Randy

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Mar 26, 2014 10:01:56   #
rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida
 
Just fantastic!

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Mar 26, 2014 11:24:04   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
Me either! There are no toilets up there! Ha-ha.

Jay Pat wrote:
I can tell you one very truthful fact.
That's not me doing the climbing.....
Pat

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Mar 26, 2014 11:29:03   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
Thank you Wayne. I know a young gent from Fresno area that has climbed it a few times. He still enjoys it. I hiked to the top via the Yosemite Falls trail quite a few years back, only to find a group from Atlanta getting ready to rappel over the side. We stayed up at the top for a few hours watching the guys harness up and head over the side before we hiked back down.

waykee7 wrote:
I had a pal who was a rock jock and would spend his summers in the valley, bumming around and climbing, showering at least monthly. He climbed El Cap. . . and it frightened him so badly that he quit climbing. Period. I can't remember if he said it was 18 pitches or 22. A bunch.

Nice shots, by the way!
Wayne

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Mar 26, 2014 11:49:15   #
zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL
 
Great captures. I can hardly wait for our trip there in May.

zuzanne

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Mar 26, 2014 11:49:44   #
Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona
 
All I can say is "No thankyou, this sport is not for me".
Nice captures.

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Mar 26, 2014 15:02:29   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
Hi Randy, thanks for the compliment. The only climbing I do anymore is up something with steps and handrails! LOL!

rbourque2 wrote:
Great shots.

Shooting the captain I would love to do. I'll leave the climbing for someone else.

Randy

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Mar 26, 2014 15:04:16   #
HowardPepper Loc: Palm Coast, FL
 
Great shots, and I won't even comment about the sanity of the climbers.

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Mar 26, 2014 15:35:07   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
Thank you rlaugh. It was a nice trip.

rlaugh wrote:
Just fantastic!

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Mar 26, 2014 16:32:29   #
Chris F. Loc: San Francisco
 
Thank you Zuzanne. Yosemite is a great place. May is a nice time to before it gets really crowded and hot. It's a photographers dream.

zuzanne wrote:
Great captures. I can hardly wait for our trip there in May.

zuzanne

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