Where in Yosemite Valley was the shot of Kirk nearly hitting the ground filmed?

Question

As we know, an early scene in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was shot in Yosemite Valley:

Kirk is supposed to be climbing El Capitan. I don't imagine for one second that Shatner was actually on the face of el Cap, although el Cap is in the shot.

At the end of the sequence, Kirk falls and nearly hits the ground. Where was this actually filmed? If you fall off el Cap, you hit a talus slope, not flat ground with a few rocks and trees.

This may be a very trivial point, but having just returned from my nth visit to Yosemite, I am curious.

Answer 1

According to Shatner's book, "Star Trek Movie Memories",

the shot of him almost hitting the ground was filmed on a sound stage with him in a rig comfortably suspended a few feet off the ground.

◾Closeups of Kirk's fall were actually shot horizontally, then flipped so that they appeared vertical. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek_V:_The_Final_Frontier

Answer 2

I was in Yosemite that day, and the actual filming of the 'climbing' portion before the fall was filmed at a turnout alongside HWY 120. a thin steel ladder was used in a wide crack in a boulder then moved into the shots on El Capitan. As to the fall part, I agree. No where near the actual rock face. Perhaps in the area near the big hotel, it has a similar feel there.