1116-42067 - Mid-Aged Man Helping Daughter Tie Climbing Rope At Base Of Cliff, Near Rexford, Montana, Usa

857-95185 - View from below of young man on portaledge while rock climbing Moonlight Buttress, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

857-95187 - Distant shot with view from above of single young woman lying on portaledge while rock climbing Moonlight Buttress, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

857-95184 - View from above of single young woman lying on portaledge while rock climbing Moonlight Buttress, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

857-95186 - View from below of young woman lying on portaledge while rock climbing Moonlight Buttress, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

832-300162 - Crossing of a crevasse by ladder, Western Cwm, 6000m Mount Everest, Himalaya, Nepal

857-31902 - Bob Porter aid climbing up Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+, route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-31904 - Bob Porter places a cam on Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+, route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-31891 - Martin Avidan and Bob Porter prepare to aid climb up the first pitch of Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+, route in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-32898 - Steve Giddings makes his way up a frozen waterfall at the Ouray Ice Festival in Ouray, Colorado. Ice climbers require ice axes, crampons, rope and harness as well as a great deal of balance and focus. The Ouray Ice Festival is located in the Uncompahgre Gorge and is held once a year during Martin Luther King weekend.

857-32897 - Kelly Cordes makes his way up a frozen waterfall using ice axes and crampons as well as balance and focus. The Ouray Ice Park is located in the Uncompahgre Gorge in Ouray Colorado. The Park is funded mostly by the Ouray Ice Festival that happens every Martin Luther King weekend and by the festivals corporate sponsers.

857-33419 - Rock climber Tommy Caldwell jams his hands into a crack on while lead climbing the the West Buttress climbing route of El Cap in Yosemite Valley, California.Tommy Caldwell is one of the world's leading big wall rock climbers.

857-31903 - Bob Porter aid climbs Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+, route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-31899 - Bob Porter adjusts his wall hauler, a pully used to haul gear up a wall. Bob Porter is climbing Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+ route, in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-34433 - Bob Porter rock climbing, aid climbing, big wall climbing on Zodiac 5.13+ on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-31894 - Bob Porter uses his Funkness device while aid climbing up Zodiac, a 16 pitch 5.11 A3+ route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-25221 - Tom McMillan blowing out a seam to place protection while making an ascent.

857-26596 - Bob Porter and Martin Avidan rest and eat dinner on a portaledge while rock climbing, aid climbing, big wall climbing up the Zodiac 5.13+ on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. The team spent three days and two nights on the big wall.

857-26598 - Martian Avidan rock climbing, aid climbing, big wall climbing up the Zodiac 5.13+ on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. In the photo you see Avidan placing a wire rivet hanger on a rivet. The climber wears leather gloves to protect his skin from the elements. The team spent three days and two nights on the big wall. Several haul bags are visible in the photo.

857-26593 - Bob Porter rock climbing, aid climbing, big wall climbing up the Zodiac 5.13+ on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. The team spent three days and two nights on the big wall.

857-26287 - Chris McNamara uses a sky hook to move higher while rock climbing Mescalito on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. By the time McNamara was 18 years old he had rock climbed the 3000 foot high El Capitan more than 50 times. El Capitan is considered a big wall and usually requires aid climbing.

979-4423 - Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) in the Falkland Islands. This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes. It reaches a length of 45-58 cm (18-23 in) and typically weighs 2-3.4 kg (4.4-7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 5 kg (11 lbs). Their common name refers to the fact that unlike many other penguins which negotiate obstacles by sliding on their bellies or by awkward climbing using their flipper-like wings as aid, Rockhoppers will try to jump over boulders and across cracks. This behavior is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. Southern Rockhopper Penguins have a global population of roughly 1 million pairs, perhaps a bit more. About two-thirds of the global population belongs to E. c. chrysocome which breeds on the Falkland Islands and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN.