The history of the unique and world-renowned climbing in El Dorado County will be the focus of Arts and Culture El Dorado’s newest exhibition. Sending It: Climbing El Dorado opens Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Switchboard Gallery in Placerville.

While Yosemite Valley will always loom large in the minds and mythos of die-hard rock climbers, El Dorado County holds its own as a wild granite playground. With Lover’s Leap, Phantom Spires and Sugarloaf all a stone’s throw from one another and accessible right off Highway 50 en route to South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County attracts novice climbers and lifelong enthusiasts. Even the legendary Royal Robbins, who made his name conquering Half Dome, hosted a climbing school at Lover’s Leap.