857-82137 - Male climber's hand on rock.

857-77597 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-77617 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-74517 - A male climber climbs a route in Indian Creek called Burl Dog in Utah.

857-77561 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-80097 - A climber walks back to his rental car on April 10, 2007 from a day of bouldering in Castle Hill, Canterbury, New Zealand.

857-74512 - A male rock climber climbs a difficult face in Utah.

857-77578 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-75969 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-77596 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-75965 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-77577 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-73958 - A professional male climber ascends a frozen waterfall pillar while ice climbing near Ouray, Colorado.

857-77579 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-75981 - A rock climber falls as she ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-76864 - Women rock climber in yellow tank top hangs upside down while climbing a difficult rock climb.

857-75968 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-83349 - Rock climber walks across bridge.

857-77631 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-77622 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-75975 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-75961 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-77601 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-77678 - A rock climber stands on top of a pinnacle that he just completed in the French Alps.

857-75971 - A rock climber is silhouetted as he ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-77608 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-77567 - A rock climber ascends a steep rock face in Mexico.

857-74507 - A female rock climber bouldering in Yosemite National Park.

857-82135 - A female climber's hand on rock.

857-78861 - A rock climber climbs a vertical sport route in the Valley of the Moon in Southern California on the Mexico border.

857-77076 - Female climber reaching out for a distant hold on overhanging limestone in China.

857-75962 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-63910 - Kevin Jorgesen bouldering at sunset on the craggy Sonoma County coastline in Northern California. Bouldering is a kind of gymnastic rock climbing in which the climber uses his hands and feet to scale reasonably small rocks without a rope or other equipment.

857-52315 - A rock climber in a yellow and red shirt reaching up for a hand hold on a steep and difficult route.

857-50788 - A photographer photographs an ice climber in Calif.

857-52311 - A rock climber in a blue tank top climbing a steep and technical route in Rifle Colorado.

857-38317 - Two men rock climbing on a large granite face in North Carolina.

857-38327 - Male rock climber at Cathedral Ledge, New Hampshire.

857-38353 - Male rock climber at the New River Gorge, West Virginia.

857-46353 - Rock climbing in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon, USA

857-46349 - Rock climbing in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon, USA

857-45131 - man rock climbing, San Rafael Swell, Utah

857-45132 - man rock climbing, San Rafael Swell, Utah

857-43829 - Two rock climbers scale a vertical sandstone cliff in Castle Valley, Utah.

857-46354 - Rock climbing in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon, USA

857-38308 - Two men rock climbing on sandstone in a Kentucky forest.

857-32217 - Matt Floyd on the crux roof pitch (5.12+) of The Glass Menagerie on the North Side of Looking Glass Rock near Brevard, NC

857-37141 - Mandoline Masse-Clark climbs Turtle Wax, 5.11b. Calico Basin, Red Rocks, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

857-30198 - A climber boulders on a sunny afternoon in Tralenta, France.

857-32498 - Rock climber Rikke Ishoy makes her way up a thin crack climb in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

857-36601 - Katie Brown climbing the 'Window Route' 5.10+ on Echo Pinnacle, near Moab, Utah.

857-31925 - Rock climber Mike Lewis jams up the third pitch of a thin finger crack in Yosemite National Park. El Capitan is in the background.

857-34437 - Rock climber Beth Rodden crimping a hold with chalky hands on Renaissance Wall at the Lumpy Ridge climbing area in Rocky Mountain National Park outside of Fort Collins, Colorado. Beth Rodden is one of the world's leading free climbers.

857-37134 - Rock climber ascends The Runaway, 5.10b. Wall of Confusion, Red Rocks, Nevada, USA

857-30930 - Toby Putnam rock climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT

857-31364 - Beth Rodden places a cam in a crack in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Beth Rodden is one of the worlds leading rock climbers.

857-37130 - Rock climber ascends The Gift, 5.12d. The Gallery, Red Rocks, Nevada, USA

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.

857-34844 - Young male rock climber Scott Corey bouldering at Echo Estates in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Lake Tahoe, California.

857-35926 - Toni Lamprecht falls while rock climbing, deep water soloing in Mallorca, Spain.

857-36483 - Beth Rodden belays her husband, big wall climber Tommy Caldwell, from a portalege as Caldwell is rock climbing Dihedral wall, a multi pitch route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-29977 - Rock climber Cassandra Riddle climbs out of the shadows while climbing at Carver, Oregon.

857-36481 - Big wall climber Tommy Caldwell rock climbing Dihedral wall, a multi pitch route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California.

857-35036 - Rock climber Kelly Doyle climbing an overhanging bouldering route in the Buttermilks, outside of Bishop, California in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Hwy 395.

857-35559 - Male rock climber Adam Stack crimping and hanging out while climbing on a bouldering route in Red Rocks Conservation Area outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.

857-35039 - Rock climber Hallie Lee crimping while climbing on a slightly overhanging bouldering route in the Buttermilks, outside of Bishop, California, off Hwy 395.

857-35556 - Male rock climber Tommy Caldwell climbing an overhanging route at the Red Rock Conservation Area in Nevada. Tommy is one of the greatest big wall climbers in the world.

857-35024 - Rock climber Erik Chabala bouldering on Bachar Boulders near Bishop, California in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains near Hwy 395.

857-33431 - Tommy Caldwell belays female rock climber Beth Rodden as she climbs a crack on the West Buttress climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Beth Rodden and Tommy Caldwelll are two of the world's leading big wall climbers.

857-30489 - Josh Gross rock climbing 'And Justice for All' rated 5.12, in Mill Creek, La Sal mountains, Utah

857-26151 - Joi Gallant rock climbing on a granite dome hight in Tuolumne Meadows, California. Tuolumne Meadows is a part of Yosemite National Park.

857-13531 - Gripping rock

857-26607 - Beth Rodden rock climbing, crack climbing on The West Buttress, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California. Rodden is one of the worlds leading rock climbers.

857-26150 - Joi Gallant rock climbing on a granite dome hight in Tuolumne Meadows, California. Tuolumne Meadows is a part of Yosemite National Park.

857-25045 - Matt Ciancio struggles to clip his rope on a very steep climb in the Owens River Gorge, California.

857-26588 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbs a crack on the headwall of The Salathe Wall 5.13 on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Caldwell is a professional rock climber and has free climbed more on El Capitan than any other climber.

857-19204 - A rock climber in the Windy Point area of the Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, Arizona

857-19209 - A rock climber in the Windy Point area of the Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, Arizona

857-18704 - Joe Brooks climbs Facile, 5.14b sport climb at Mount Charleston outside Las Vegas, NV

857-26618 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbing Grand Ol' Opry 5.14b at the Monastery near Estes Park, Colorado. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading climbers, despite having cut off one of his fingers.

857-18701 - Joe Brooks Sport Climbing at Mt. Potaci cliff outside Las Vegas, NV.

857-26617 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbing Grand Ol' Opry 5.14b at the Monastery near Estes Park, Colorado. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading climbers, despite having cut off one of his fingers.

857-26590 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbs a crack on the headwall of The Salathe Wall 5.13 on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Caldwell is a professional rock climber and has free climbed more on El Capitan than any other climber.

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.

857-26275 - Tommy Caldwell doing the second free ascent of The Zodiac on El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading rock climbers. In the lower third Caldwell's climbing partner, Kevin Swift, is visible belaying while laying on his portaledge.

857-25700 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbing at The Monastery near Estes Park, Colorado. Tommy Caldwell is one of the worlds leading rock climbers.

857-26693 - Charlotte Moats rock climber bouldering in the desert of Moab, Utah.

857-26267 - Tim Burnett and Leslie Barber resting on a flat santstone table while watching friends rock climbing on a sandstone cliff high above Lake Powell, Utah. Burnett and Barber were on a houseboat climbing expedition. The team of climbers used the houseboat as a base camp and a small speed boat to explore the many great sandstone cliffs that surround the lake.

857-25220 - A rock climber scaling the knobby granite walls in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California

857-26589 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbs a crack on the headwall of The Salathe Wall 5.13 on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Caldwell is a professional rock climber and has free climbed more on El Capitan than any other climber.

857-26154 - Tommy Caldwell rock climbing on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. In the photo Caldwell is doing the first free accent of The West Buttress of El Capitan. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading climbers.

857-25262 - Brandon Latham on Way Rambo 5.12b Indian Creek Recreation Area, Indian Creek, Utah

857-10254 - Climbing Ranger in Grand Teton National Park.

857-1988 - Todd Skinner, top American rock climber, uses small holes and edges in the rock to climb one of the over 3,000 limestone towers and islands in Ha Long Bay, on a route called "Sing Sing", which he rated 5.13c. In the background, other rock spires rise directly from the ocean. Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site, encompasses some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars, most of them uninhabited.

857-4684 - Preparing to dance, Kimm E. Ward checks her harness and climbing devices. Climbing skills and safety checks are integral for these performers of which many started as rock climbers before integrating dance into their vertical world.

911-8176 - Sunset from the Sphynx Rock on Great Gable in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

921-1029 - Adult male, rock climbing, Railay Beach. Krabi, Thailand, South-East Asia, Asia

915-985 - TYF rock climbing, Porthclais, Pembrokeshire

979-6399 - California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pup (left) climbing the rocks at Los Islotes (the islets) just outside of La Paz, Baja California Sur in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

979-6400 - California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) at Los Islotes (the islets) just outside of La Paz, Baja California Sur in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.