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"Halfway up The Nose of El Capitan is one of the wildest pendulums in existence"--it's called the King Swing! I shot this way back in 2015 with my Sony a6000 (a CMOS sensor camera) and a 70-200mm lens for a 35mm equivalent of 300mm. Still, it's cropped waaay in. The climber's goal is seen in the fourth frame, grabbing onto a crack in the rock face so they may continue their climb up The Nose and to the top.

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A color landscape photo of a gray granite rock face with two climbers. One climber is spotting a second climber about thirty feet above them as they attempt to swing from the far right side of the image to the far left side of the image where they will grab hold of a crack in the rock face so they can continue their climb up the mountain. The climber attempting the swing from the right, and who is suspended from a rope above them, has a yellow-green shirt on, a small backpack, and is making a very large step to gain the momentum necessary to swing across the rock face to the target crack.
A color landscape photo of a gray granite rock face with two climbers. One climber is spotting a second climber about thirty feet above them as they attempt to swing from the far right side of the image to the far left side of the image where they will grab hold of a crack in the rock face so they can continue their climb up the mountain. The climber attempting the swing from the right, and who is suspended from a rope above them, is now at the bottom of the swing and is making very large strides in their attempt to swing far enough to grab the crack on the left side of the frame.
A color landscape photo of a gray granite rock face with two climbers. One climber is spotting a second climber about thirty feet above them as they attempt to swing from the far right side of the image to the far left side of the image where they will grab hold of a crack in the rock face so they can continue their climb up the mountain. The climber attempting the swing from the right, and who is suspended from a rope above them, is now nearing the crack on the left and is just starting to reach out to insert their fingers into the crack. They are still about ten feet away, however.
A color landscape photo of a gray granite rock face with two climbers. One climber is spotting a second climber about thirty feet above them as they attempt to swing from the far right side of the image to the far left side of the image where they will grab hold of a crack in the rock face so they can continue their climb up the mountain. The climber attempting the swing from the right, and who is suspended from a rope above them, has now reached the crack on the far left and appears to have obtained a hold. They are lying horizontal on the rock face and have yet to pull themselves over the crack.
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in reply to Bob Tregilus

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Fantastic captured, and amazed that people dare doing this kind of climbing.
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