MODEL RELEASED. Rock climber climbing a steep granite face. As the climber ascends he clips the rope into anchors forced into the rock. The other end

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MODEL RELEASED. Rock climber climbing a steep granite face. As the climber ascends he clips the rope into anchors forced into the rock. The other end of the rope is attached to a person belaying, (not seen) who controls the slack of the rope and holds the rope fast in the event of a fall. Photographed in the Pyrenees, Spain.

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Photo credit: © CORDELIA MOLLOY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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