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She Made History When She Free Climbed El Capitan. 5 Years Later, She Shares Her Unexpected New Perspective (Exclusive)
Emily Harrington speaks to PEOPLE exclusively about her history-making ascent of El Capitan in 2020, becoming the first woman ...
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‘It was mad’: Large rock falls from Yosemite’s El Capitan; visitor captures video
The phenomenon at Horsetail Fall on El Capitan occurs in a tiny window in ... The deadly rockfall was a sheet of granite estimated to be the height of a 13-story building — about 130 feet ...
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The Economic Lessons Of A Free Solo Climb
In 2017, American rock climber Alex Honnold ascended Yosemite National Park's vertical rock formation, El Capitan, in under four hours. Honnold's extraordinary journey to the top was captured in ...
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Watch trans pride flag fly from Yosemite National Park's El Capitan: 'Done being polite'
A coalition of transgender, queer and LGBTQIA+ ally rock climbers hung the 55-by-35-foot transgender pride flag from the towering El Capitan rock formation in the central California national park ...
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Capturing Yosemite's gorgeous — and elusive — natural 'firefall'
Horsetail Fall is a seasonal waterfall that spills off the eastern face of the iconic El Capitan rock formation. For a couple weeks in winter, just before sunset, the light hits in such a way that ...