HeritagePhoto Wikimedia CommonsEl Capitan
California · United States
After lunch and your free time, we'll pay a visit to the grasslands in front of El Capitan giving you the chance to look for climbers on the granite wall and get your last photo memory of this unforgettable day in Yosemite.
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9 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1El Capitan
Welcome to Yosemite National Park, an extraordinary sanctuary located in California and originally established in the year eighteen ninety. As we begin our exploration of this grand American treasure, we stand at a sweeping…
Listen in the app2The Base of the Monolith
We have now finally arrived at the very base of El Capitan, standing directly beneath its incomprehensibly massive shadow. Looking straight up from this unique vantage point, the sheer verticality of the sweeping granite wall is…
Listen in the app3El Capitan Meadow Viewing Area
We have now gracefully stepped back from the imposing base and entered the wide, serene expanse of El Capitan Meadow. This incredibly lush, vibrant green sanctuary sits directly across from the massive cliff, offering an…
Listen in the app4The Merced River Vantage Point
Just a incredibly short, pleasant walk from the grassy meadow, we now find ourselves standing directly on the beautiful, sandy banks of the Merced River. This remarkably vital waterway actively runs through the exact middle and…
Listen in the app5The Lower Granite Face
We now deliberately position ourselves to closely examine the sheer lower vertical face of El Capitan, the deeply intimidating and formidable starting point for those brave souls who actually dare to ascend. Looking straight up…
Listen in the app6The Mid-Wall and The Boulder Problem
As we carefully trace the completely invisible climbing routes up the incredibly sheer middle section of El Capitan, the intense verticality becomes almost completely, frustratingly featureless to the naked human eye. We are now…
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Direct your fully awestruck attention to the very, absolute top edge of the massive monolith, the incredibly triumphant summit ridge of El Capitan. Powerfully standing at an incredible elevation of roughly seven thousand five…
Listen in the app8The Eastern Edge and Horsetail Fall
We incredibly now gracefully shift our entirely awestruck perspective directly to the remarkably striking, incredibly steep eastern edge of the massive El Capitan. Here, the incredibly sheer, beautifully expansive cliff face is…
Listen in the app9Closing
As we quietly make our incredibly scenic, peaceful way completely out of the incredibly magnificent Yosemite Valley, we purposefully pull over at absolutely one final, incredibly iconic stop to deeply reflect upon our truly…
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What is El Capitan?
El Capitan is a place in California · United States with 9 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | California · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 9 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 37.7339, -119.6377 |
| Last updated |
