Southeast Select, El Capitan  Yosemite National Park
Published in 2002, First Edition
 

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The Southeast Select is the culmination of a decade long vision and represents my ultimate piece of Topography. The overview map of El Cap was first published in November 1996. By 1998 Half Dome represented an entirely new level of research and accuracy. With unwavering encouragement from Tom Frost and using his historic photograph of El Capitan I began what became a year long project of drawing El Cap's right side in the finest detail. Utilizing telephoto pictures taken at different times and with different shadows, the face was artistically 'flattened' to show the oblique portion of the wall around the Wall of Early Morning Light. Once complete every route could be followed on the rendering.

Next began the exhaustive process of verifying and superimposing over 90 routes. Chris McNamara was a tremendous asset with his super topos. Thanks go out to Jim Beyer, Jay Smith, Conrad Anker, Bryan Law, Steve Gerberding, Ken Sauls, Matt Buckner, Jay Smith and the many others who gave me original and updated topos for nearly all the routes shown. Therefore this comprehensive coffee table print is a resource for those who want to follow the obscure testpieces of El Caps right side, with a telescope in the meadow or a magnifying glass at home.

Size: 26" x 37"

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