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Rock Climbing amazing pictures

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Rock Climbers & Cliff Campers Man is a wondrous being, just look at what God has made. Man is capable of amazing deeds! Hanging precariously in tents off a 4,000ft vertical cliff face wouldn't be most people's idea  of the perfect camping trip. But these daredevils scale cliffs and pitch their tents thousands of feet up. These intrepid rock climbers thrill in tackling the longest and hardest - and probably most dangerous - big wall climbs they can find. And as these pictures show, because their climbs can last for weeks they must set up tents on the edge of cliff faces for much needed rest The collection of photographs is part of a summer-long exhibit of work by Gordon Wiltsie at the Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop, California , USA . The exhibition features an array of stunning images from climbs over the past decade including the first ascent of Great Sail Peak (above) - an overhanging granite  wall on Canada's Baffin Island Gordon W