October is high season for big wall climbing in Yosemite. This past Thursday I had an opportunity to spend time in El Capitan meadow watching the heavy traffic of elite climbers on the southwest and southeast walls of El Capitan. There was a bottleneck of four or five parties below the œGreat Roof. The horizontal shadow within the red box (near the top) is caused by an overhang that is called the great roof and with the light-colored horizontal veins are useful landmarks for finding climbers on what is known as the œNose Route. These amazing climbers are all more than 2000 feet above the valley floor. There are 13 or 14 individuals in the second shot. Please try the downloads.

Phil, I have seen a lot of photos of El Capitan, but never have I seen any better. I really appreciate the time you took for the photos and the description of what the climbers were doing.

Greg

October is high season for big wall climbing in Yosemite. This past Thursday I had an opportunity to spend time in El Capitan meadow watching the heavy traffic of elite climbers on the southwest and southeast walls of El Capitan. There was a bottleneck of four or five parties below the œGreat Roof. The horizontal shadow within the red box (near the top) is caused by an overhang that is called the great roof and with the light-colored horizontal veins are useful landmarks for finding climbers on what is known as the œNose Route. These amazing climbers are all more than 2000 feet above the valley floor. There are 13 or 14 individuals in the second shot. Please try the downloads.