Climbers, one with nine fingers, close to completing 17-day ascent without ropes

One of them got stuck in one part for a week.

Two climbers trying to accomplish the "Climb of the Century" using only their hands and feet to scale a sheer granite face, are near the top after 17 days.

Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell are free-climbing to the 3,000 foot summit in Yosemite National Park in California.