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Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California · USA
El Capitan
El Capitan is the single most famous piece of rock on Earth: a sheer 3,000-foot (roughly 900 m) monolith of golden granite rising straight out of Yosemite Valley. It is not climbed so much as inhabited — classic routes like The Nose take most parties several days of hauling, hanging bivouacs, and sustained crack and face climbing to complete. In the hands of the world's best it has also become the ultimate speed-climbing and free-soloing proving ground, most famously in Alex Honnold's ropeless ascent of Freerider. For hikers rather than climbers, its flat summit plateau can also be reached via a long, unheralded trail from the Yosemite Falls area.
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