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# El Capitan

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No wonder nobody ever free-climbed this cliff before, these photos are terrifying

Yep, that perilously positioned tent is where you’re supposed to try to sleep.

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Jul 21st 2015, 12:25 PM

In photos: The journey of the two men who completed the hardest climb in the world

They’ve been “free-climbing” to the 3,000-foot summit for the past 18 days.

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Jan 15th 2015, 10:09 AM