Pair Breaks Speed-climbing Record On Yosemite's El Capitan Nose

By ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Press Democrat
Thu, 05/31/2018 - 9:29am

LOS ANGELES — Two climbers have set a speed record for ascending the famous Nose route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, one of …

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