Making the perfect photograph at 10,000 feet

It took two years and a rare streak of good weather to document a historic winter climb of Cerro Torre.

Photography · How I Got the Shot · Photographs by Tyler Lekki, Tyler Lekki · Published January 30, 2026 · 1 min read

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In September 2024 photographer Tyler Lekki set out to document the impossible: Climber Colin Haley was making the first solo winter ascent of 10,262-foot Cerro Torre—a legendary peak found in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, on the border of Argentina and Chile. Listen below as Lekki shares the story of how he got the shot.