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  • Alex Lowe relaxes in a hanging Portaledge camp 1700 feet above the glacier on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a massive overhanging cliff in the Filchner Mountains of Queen Maud Land Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Mike Graber ascends rope on overhanging cliff on Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains.
    QM 5436.jpg
  • Nabataean petroglyphs decorate a sandstone cliff in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.
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  • A mountaineer aid climbs high up a big wall on Great Sail Peak, a massive cliff on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • A rickety Tibetan Buddhist meditation center clings to a rubbly cliff above Marpha, Nepal.
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  • A monkey scampers up a cliff in Nepal
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  • Stairs lead up a mud cliff from the Amazon River to huts that will be close to waterline during flood season.
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  • TIBET. Goat-like takin climbing cliff above rapid in Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • SPITSBERGEN, Svalbard, Norway. Icicles that suggest Svalbard archipeligo's name ("frozen coast") hang off cliff above ice-choked Isfjorden, near Longyearbyen.
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  • SPITSBERGEN ISLAND, Norway. Black-legged Kittiwake gulls (Rissa tridactyla tridactyla)  land at cliff rookery by King's Fjord, near Ny Alesund, north of the Arctic Circle in the polar archipeligo of Svalbard.
    SV 6457.jpg
  • SPITSBERGEN, Svalbard, Norway. Black-legged kittiwake gulls (Rissa tridactyla) land at cliff rookery by King's Fjord, near Ny Alesund.
    SV 6354.jpg
  • A traveler studies ancient petroglyphs carved into a cliff in Jordan's Wadi Rum.
    JD 1134.jpg
  • Petra, Jordan. Visitor at the Obelisk Tomb, carved into sandstone cliff by ancient Nabateans.
    JD 0126.jpg
  • CHILE, Patagonia. Beech tree on cliff above Strait of Magellan.  Tierra del Fuego, bkg.
    CH 1654.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. 8-meter-high Nietang Buddha, 40km SE of Lhasa, largest cliff statue in Tibet, depicting Sakyamuni meditating under Bodhi tree.
    CF 0304.jpg
  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe & Greg Child sleep atop Great Sail peak after month-long big wall climb on north face of an arctic cliff.
    BI 6383.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Big wall rock climbing camp half way up Great Sail Peak, a huge Arctic cliff above Stewart Valley.
    BI 5447.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Climbers approach towering cliff on Great Sail Peak, a route that will take 5 weeks to ascend.
    BI 4421.jpg
  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-197.jpg
  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-181.jpg
  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-063.jpg
  • SPITSBERGEN, Svalbard, Norway. Polar expeditioneer under glacier cliffs at Inglefield Bay on island's east coast.
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  • Jay Jensen skis on the frozen Arctic Ocean fjord below ice cliffs of the Nordenskjold Glacier on Spitsbergen Island, Norway.
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  • NUNAVUT, Canada. Unnamed cliffs tower above frozen Quernbiter Fjord on northern Baffin Island, north of Arctic Circle.
    BI 7950.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden & John Catto relax after long day climbing high on huge cliffs of Great Sail Peak. Stewart Valley bkg.
    BI 4810.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Unnamed cliffs above Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.
    BI 4068.jpg
  • The North Face of Great Sail Peak glows in the midnight sun above purple saxifrage flowers in the Stewart Valley, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
    BI 6741.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA.  Mount Asgard in Auyuittuq National Park.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit snowmobiles pull mountaineering expedition members across frozen lake in remote Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.  The temperature is below zero, F, and Sail Peaks are in background.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Climbers on Crescent Glacier, below Snowpatch Spire in the Bugaboo Mountains, British Coumbia, Canada.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie in a zodiac raft below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-161.jpg
  • Adventure travelers in a zodiac raft float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-155.jpg
  • Adventure travelers in a zodiac raft float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-147.jpg
  • Adventure travelers in zodiac rafts float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-141.jpg
  • Adventure travelers in a zodiac raft float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-131.jpg
  • A hiker inches across a ledge on a huge boulder.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Greg Child, Mark Synnott & Alex Lowe (MR) look for climbing route up Great Sail Peak from frozen lake in remote Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.
    BI 8451.jpg
  • Polar Sun Spire and Broad Peak divide the Walker Arm (foreground) from Sam Ford Fjord, partly hidden behind the foreground peaks.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Bathed in midnight sunlight, Great Sail Peak, which towers above the Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River, is reflected in a snow-melt pool, beside purple saxifrage flowers (Saxifraga oppositifolia).
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. Great Sail Peak reflected in snow-melt pool, beside saxifrage flowers. Nunavut Territory.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. North face of Great Sail Peak glows in midnight sun, Stewart Valley.
    BI 6739.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. A rock climbing expedition prepares to lower huge haul bags that are used to drag food, water and equipment up a big wall climb.  This load was so heavy that the friction generated by a braking device almost melted the rope.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, CANADA. Stewart Valley  from summit of Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe prepares to rappel, high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe & Mark Synnott ascend ropes on Great Sail Peak, a 4000-foot monolith north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
    BI 4795.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Unnamed crags above Stewart Valley.
    BI 4027.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Greg Child, Mark Synnott & Alex Lowe (MR) look for climbing route up Great Sail Peak from frozen lake in remote Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.
    BI 8451.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
    BI 6093.jpg
  • Alex Lowe climbs on a boulder at the base camp for big wall climbing expedition up Great Sail Peak (not visible) on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-243.jpg
  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-242.jpg
  • A tourist takes pictures from a zodiac raft in Seno Chico, a fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-170.jpg
  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small, icy fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-099.jpg
  • Adventure travelers in a zodiac raft float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-093.jpg
  • Adventure travelers in a zodiac raft float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-088.jpg
  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small, icy fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-082.jpg
  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small, icy fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-081.jpg
  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small, icy fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-072.jpg
  • A glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
    CHe 080201-041.jpg
  • Eisenhower Tower, a pinnacle of Castle Mountain, looms above the Bow River Valley in Banff National Park. An osprey perches in a tree below.
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  • Conrad Anker relaxes near the summit of Mount Kubus with the Filchner Mountains in the background, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Conrad Anker ascends a rope high on Rakekniven ("The Razor"), a towering granite fin in the Filchner Mountains of Antarctica's Queen Maud Land.  Behind are the Fenris Mountains.
    QM 6514.jpg
  • MOUNTAINEERING, ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe in Portaledge camp 1700' up Rakekniven spire, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
    QM 6286.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land. Mount Ulvetanna and Fenris Mountains.
    QM 1119.jpg
  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. National Geographic archaeology expedition on cliffside trail hewn by Inca laborers, en route to site on Cerro Victoria. Nevado Sacsayrayoc background.
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  • Rock climber Lisa Gnade scrambles on colorful, striated sandstone near Petra, Jordan.
    JD 0436.jpg
  • A steep, cliffy gully down which Allan Pietrasanta, Jay Jensen and Gordon Wiltsie were avalanched, near the end of the first-ever winter ski traverse over India's Great Himalaya Range from Ladakh to Kashmir.  All survived, but Wiltsie crushed two vertebrae and - not knowing the extent of his injuries - skied out under his own power.
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  • Doug Chabot climbs "Come & Get It," an extreme icicle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7318.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING. Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, in Gallatin Mountains near Bozeman, Montana
    CL 7293.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7265.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7263.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7256.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7250.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7233.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7222.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a "mixed climb" up a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana.
    CL 7194.jpg
  • ICE CLIMBING, Alex Lowe repeats his first ascent of "Come & Get It," a hanging ice needle in Hyalite Canyon, near Bozeman, Montana
    CL 7180.jpg
  • Yosemite National Park, California. Rock climber on Polly Dome above Lake Tenaya near Tuolumne Meadows.  Jay Jensen (MR)
    CL 4263.jpg
  • Sierra Nevada, California. Mountaineer rappels over glacier bergshrund crevasse on Palisade Glacier.
    CL 4088.jpg
  • Chris Vandiver & Galen Rowell bask in dawn light after a long bivouac on Keeler Needle in California's Sierra Nevada.
    CL 0622.jpg
  • Andes Mountains, Chile. Southern beech trees and 2819-meter Cerro Castillo, near Coihaique.
    CH 0606.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Sail Peaks tower above Stewart Valley on right.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. Great Sail Peak.  Route of National Geographic-sponsored first-ascent expedition goes up the North Face, just right of central summit gully.
    BI 8250.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Sail Peaks tower above Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River. Great Sail Peak on right, with climbing route in longest, blankest part of face.
    BI 8247.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA.  Belvedere Ridge & Sam Ford Fjord (capped by Broad Peak on left). Polar Sun Spire above Walker Arm foreground.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
    BI 6093.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) aid climbs high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
    BI 6078.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Mountaineer Alex Lowe, in hanging camp, hears on radio that leaders are near summit of Great Sail Peak. Stewart Valley bkg. (MR)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child climbs into storm above Portaledge camp, halfway up Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
    BI 5726.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Jon Catto, Greg Child & Mark Synnott (MR) set up a hanging Portaledge camp, high on upper headwall of Great Sail Peak, a 4,000-vertical-foot, overhanging granite wall.
    BI 5655.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Portaledge bivouac camp, during big wall rock climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak.
    BI 5606.jpg
  • MOUNTAINEERING. Climbers on Crescent Glacier, below Snowpatch Spire in the Bugaboo Mountains, British Coumbia, Canada.
    BB 0254.jpg
  • Black-browed albatross nest in a rookery above surf on West Point Island, part of the Falkland Islands.
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  • Hikers stand atop a colorful eroded cliff during sunset at Panther Beach, north of Santa Cruz, California.
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  • Hikers stand atop a colorful eroded cliff during sunset at Panther Beach, north of Santa Cruz, California.
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  • Hikers stand atop a colorful eroded cliff during sunset at Panther Beach, north of Santa Cruz, California.
    CAe 130225-328.jpg
  • A hiker stands atop a colorful eroded cliff during sunset at Panther Beach, north of Santa Cruz, California.
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  • A waterfall pours over a cliff beside Godhul Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica.
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