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2 rock climbers within reach of El Capitan summit

Name: 2 rock climbers within reach of El Capitan summit
Uploaded: 2015-01-13T18:53:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 24 s
Description: The stark beauty of El Capitan always seizes the gaze of sightseers in Yosemite Valley. But two small dots on the granite wall are the focus of the attention now. Climbers Kevin Jorgenson and Tommy Caldwell are near the end of a climb long thought impossible. John Blackstone reports.

The stark beauty of El Capitan always seizes the gaze of sightseers in Yosemite Valley. But two small dots on the granite wall are the focus of the attention now. Climbers Kevin Jorgenson and Tommy Caldwell are near the end of a climb long thought impossible. John Blackstone reports.