El Capitan
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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 from base to summit along its ta
Southwest face (left, in light) and southeast face (right, in shade) of El Capitan from Yosemite Valley; the Nose lies between the two faces
1864 photo of El Capitan by Charles Leander Weed
William Henry Jackson's 1899 photograph of El Capitan
El Capitan viewed from Tunnel View
Free solo climbing
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Free solo climbing is a form of rock climbing in which the climber climbs on technical terrain without ropes or any form of protective equipment — all they are allowed to use are climbing shoes and cl
El Capitan
…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. The top of El Capitan can be reached by hiking out of Yosemite Valley on the trail next to Yosemite Falls, then proceeding west. For climbers, the…
Alain Robert free soloing (on sight) the multi-pitch route, No Self Control 7a (5.11d), in the Verdon Gorge, 1991.
Alain Robert free solo of Pol Pot (5.12d, 7c), Verdon Gorge, 1996
Steph Davis free solo of Outer Limits (5.11a), Yosemite, c2002
Michael Reardon free soloing Lower Right Ski Track (5.10b) in Joshua Tree National Park, 2007.