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April 27, 2011
April 27, 2011
Freestone Climb, Yosemite Falls
Photograph by Jimmy Chin
This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos
Kate Rutherford can't hear a thing while climbing so close to the roar of Yosemite Falls. She can't find much to hang on to either. The water polishes the rock "like glass." Wearing tape on her hands, she has to repeatedly jam them into fissures for the ascent. Spectacular scenery makes up for the discomfort. The climbing route is called Freestone, Rutherford says, because "it's a peach of a route."
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