El Capitan
About El Capitan
El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith is about 3,000 feet (914 m) from base to summit along its tallest face and is a world-famous location for big wall climbing, including the disciplines of aid climbing, free climbing, and more recently for free solo climbing.
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Three months after Alex Honnold became the first person ever to free solo climb El Capitan, his mother became the oldest woman ever to climb it.
from 611: No Such Thing As A Forbidden Panettone · read transcript
More facts about El Capitan
El Capitan is a huge sheer face of granite in Yosemite.
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Coordinates: 37.7422, -119.6358