His breathing labored, his heart pounding, Kevin Jorgeson summoned the courage to ascend thirty glasslike pitches on one of the world's deadliest climbs: a 3,000 foot granite monolith known as El Capitan.
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Adrenaline Lab: Kevin Jorgeson Free Climbs El Cap
His breathing labored, his heart pounding, Kevin Jorgeson summoned the courage to ascend thirty glasslike pitches on one of the world's deadliest climbs: a 3,000 foot granite monolith known as El Capitan.
Added: Sep 14, 2011
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