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

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

Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes simply could not find traction.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

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

For clearly, this last part of the climb was made up the rock face itself.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman