rock face

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He starred in the Oscar-winning documentary film “Free Solo,” which captured his record-setting 2017 no-ropes ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park’s 3,000-foot sheer rock face.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A photogenic patch of Yosemite Valley, with the soaring rock face of El Capitan in the background, had become his personal TV studio.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Mr Harris was found on Wednesday under snow at the foot of a rock face on Carè Alto mountain near Trento.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

In 1972, the community of Naters blasted a path into a steep rock face to offer the herders and sheep an alternative way home.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

The man in black was hanging in space, clinging to the sheer rock face, seven hundred feet above the water.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman