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Michael Hamiel: Parts of the climb we’re glad we missed

OK, we’ve got those two guys and the photographer who chronicled their ascent to the top of that really big rock in Yosemite, back on terra firma. Would somebody please report back to us on how the heck, with the whole world watching through telephoto lenses, did those guys, you know, ah, relieve themselves while up there?

Michael Hamiel, Manteca

This story was originally published January 15, 2015 at 11:17 AM with the headline "Michael Hamiel: Parts of the climb we’re glad we missed."

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