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
The team continued searching in a pool below a sheer rock face.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 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
There was only room for them to land one at a time, and then the African riflemen had to make their way down the rock face.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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