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Alex Honnold jumping over a stream with his bike in marshland.
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell riding through the mountains at sunset.
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Looking down on Alex Honnold as he climbs in the trees next to Lake Louise.
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(From left to right): Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold listening to Dieter Klose discussing the Devil's Thumb whilst looking at a variety of images of the mountain.
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Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold hiking up the icefall below the Devil's Thumb.
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Waldo Etherington, Tommy Caldwell, Taylor Shaffer and Alex Honnold hike past a glacial lake on the approach to the Devil's Thumb.
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Alex Honnold climbing up the Devil's Thumb with the rest of the traverse behind him.
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Tommy Caldwell jumping across rocks in the mountains of Bugaboo Provincial Park.
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Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold hiking up the icefall on the approach to the Devil's Thumb.
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell looking out over the mountains at sunset, stood next to a tent at the Devil's Thumb campsite.
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Aerial view of Waldo Etherington and Matt Pycroft on the summit of the West Witch.
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Alex Honnold climbing up the Devil's Thumb with the rest of the traverse behind him and the sun above him.
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell celebrating on top of the Devil's Thumb.
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell celebrating on top of the Devil's Thumb.
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Tommy Caldwell preparing his climbing rope at the glacier camp at the base of the Devil's Thumb.
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Aerial view of the Witches Cauldron leading up to the Devil's Thumb.
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Aerial view of Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold climbing up a ridgeline on the East Witch, with mountains in the background.
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Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell celebrating on top of the Devil's Thumb.
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Aerial view of the Devil's Thumb.
