El Capitan was free climbed is January 2015 - in which US National Park is it found?
"a bear,"" he told them. Craig Calonica Craig Calonica is a mountain climber and skier from the United States. Craig Calonica represented the US Ski Team in Speed Skiing from 1974 to 1987 where he consistently placed among the top 5 and 10 in the world. He is also a climber and has climb many big walls in Yosemite National Park and to date has climbed over 28 big wall routes mostly on El Capitan. He is also an accomplished Alpine climber and has climbed in Alaska, Nepal, Tibet, Chile, Argentina, Europe, throughout the US, etc. 2008 marked his 27th"
"local ranchers, the Hunter donation, which included El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak, was finally deeded over to the Park Service in 1969. Three years later, Guadalupe Mountains National Park was officially opened, allowing public access to the area. As previously noted, El Capitan is located within the boundaries of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, a fee-area located on U.S. Highway 62/180 between Carlsbad and El Paso. The southern terminus of the Guadalupe range, El Capitan is guarded by cliffs on three sides, and those faces are rarely climbed due to the unstable condition of the rock and the sheer nature of"
"made the third and fourth free ascents of ""The Nose"". Two days later, on October 16, Caldwell free-climbed ""The Nose"" in less than 12 hours. A few days later, Caldwell climbed ""The Nose"" in 11 hours, descended the ""East Ledges"", and then climbed ""Freerider"", topping out 12 hours later – the first ascent of two El Capitan free climbs in 24 hours. On El Capitan, Caldwell has also free-climbed: ""Lurking Fear"", ""Muir Wall"" (Cosgrove var. to Magic Mushroom finish, FFA), ""West Buttress"", ""Salathé"", ""Zodiac"" and ""Magic Mushroom"". In January 2015, Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first-ever free climb of"
"El Capitan (Texas) El Capitan is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The 10th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft (2,464 m), El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed portion of a Permian-era reef uplifted and exposed by tectonic activity during the late Cretaceous period. The southern terminus of the Guadalupe Mountains, El Capitan looms over U.S. 62/180, where its imposing height and stark outline have made it one of the iconic images of the Trans-Pecos to generations of travelers. El Capitan is the southern-most peak of the Guadalupe escarpment, an"
"the peak. While no trail to the summit has been developed, hikers can climb up to the top of El Capitan by first climbing to near the summit of Guadalupe Peak on the developed 4.5-mile Guadalupe Peak Trail, scrambling down to the south onto the Guadalupe Peak-El Capitan saddle, and then hiking up the back of El Capitan to the summit. El Capitan (Texas) El Capitan is a peak in Culberson County, Texas, located within Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The 10th-highest peak in Texas at 8,085 ft (2,464 m), El Capitan is part of the Guadalupe Mountains, an exposed portion"
"In 1978, Bev Johnson was the first woman to solo El Capitan by climbing the Dihedral Wall. In 1993, Lynn Hill established the first free Ascent of The Nose (IV 5.14a/b). Hazel Findlay has made three free ascents of El Capitan, including the first female ascent of ""Golden Gate"" in 2011, the first female ascent of ""Pre-Muir Wall"" in 2012, and a three-day ascent of ""Freerider"" in 2013. As it became clear that any non-crumbling face could be conquered with sufficient perseverance and bolt-hole drilling, some climbers began searching for El Cap routes that could be climbed either free or"
"to a Scramble. All the climbs are difficult due to the considerable elevation gain. The trail head is located within the community of Lakeside, California. El Cajon Mountain El Cajon Mountain, commonly known as El Capitan or El cap, is a mountain in the Cuyamaca Mountains, and prominent natural landmark in the East County of San Diego. The summit of El Cajon Mountain is at 3648 feet (1112 m). The mountain is almost completely surrounded by private property or an indian reservation, but the mountain itself is mostly within the Cleveland National Forest or the County of San Diego’s El"
"California, died while jumping from the New River Gorge Bridge during Bridge Day activities because his parachute opened late; he plummeted to his death in the waters below. Jumps continued after the recovery of his body. He and his friend Michael Pelkey were the first to make a BASE jump from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 1966. The National Park Service has the authority to ban specific activities in U.S. National Parks and has done so for BASE jumping. The authority comes from 36 CFR 2.17(3), which prohibits, ""Delivering or retrieving a person or object by parachute, helicopter,"
"El Cajon Mountain El Cajon Mountain, commonly known as El Capitan or El cap, is a mountain in the Cuyamaca Mountains, and prominent natural landmark in the East County of San Diego. The summit of El Cajon Mountain is at 3648 feet (1112 m). The mountain is almost completely surrounded by private property or an indian reservation, but the mountain itself is mostly within the Cleveland National Forest or the County of San Diego’s El Capitan Open Space Preserve. There are many different hikes and climbs up El Cajon Mountain, with difficulties ranging from a hike all the way up"
"were rescued by Yosemite Search and Resue the next day. Florine has been climbing competitively since 1988. He has won 3 gold medals in X-Game speed climbing, in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Hans Florine Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) is an American rock climber, who together with Alex Honnold previously held the speed record for climbing ""The Nose"" of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2:23:46 (2 hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds), on June 17, 2012. He has climbed ""The Nose"" more than 97 times, and El Capitan more than 150. El Capitan is traditionally climbed in three to five"
"around timed ascents, social media fame, and ""competing for deals with equipment manufacturers or advertisers"". El Capitan has a controversial history regarding BASE jumping, and the National Park Service has effectively banned the practice. Michael Pelkey and Brian Schubert made the first BASE jump from El Capitan on July 24, 1966. Both men sustained broken bones from the jump. During the 1970s and with better equipment and training, many BASE jumpers made successful and safe jumps from El Capitan. In 1980 the National Park Service experimented with issuing BASE-jumping permits. The first legal BASE jump was performed on August 4,"
"Guadalupe Mountains National Park Guadalupe Mountains National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas, east of El Paso. The mountain range includes Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at , and El Capitan which was used as a landmark by travelers along the route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. The ruins of an old stagecoach station stand near the Pine Springs visitor center. The restored Frijole Ranch contains a small museum of local ranching history and is the trailhead for Smith Spring. The park covers in the same mountain range"
"he made the first free solo ascent of El Capitan, completing the 2,900-foot Freerider route in 3 hours and 56 minutes. The feat, described as ""one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever,"" was documented by climber and photographer Jimmy Chin, and was the subject of the 2018 documentary ""Free Solo"". On June 6, 2018, Honnold teamed up with Tommy Caldwell to break the speed record for the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite. They completed the approximately 3,000-foot route in 1:58:07, becoming the first climbers to complete the route in under two hours. Honnold has lived in"
"climb El Cap twice in a day, completing ""The Nose"" with Rodden, then descending and leading ""Freerider"" in a combined time of 23 hours 23 minutes. On January 14, 2015 Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first free climb of the ""Dawn Wall"" after 19 days, one of the hardest climbs in the world. In November 2016, Czech climber Adam Ondra free climbed the ""Dawn Wall"" in 8 days. On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold completed the first free solo climb of El Capitan, without protective equipment. He ascended the Freerider line in 3 hours and 56 minutes, beginning"
"Michael Pelkey Michael Pelkey (born 1940) and Brian Schubert (June 23, 1940 – October 21, 2006) are considered among the first fixed object jumpers. On 24 July 1966 Pelkey and Brian Schubert, two 26-year-old skydivers from Barstow, California, made the first parachute jumps from the top of the El Capitan mountain in Yosemite National Park. El Capitan is among the world's tallest sheer monoliths, ascending more than 900m (3000 ft) straight up from Yosemite Valley. It is the second-highest unbroken cliff in the world, the highest being Mt. Thor on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. In 1980, the idea"
"2007. Ray Jardine Ray Jardine (born in 1944 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American rock climber who, with Bill Price, in May 1979, was the first to free climb the ""West Face"" of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Jardine is also a mountaineer, sea kayaker, sailor, hang glider pilot, sailplane pilot, and small aircraft pilot, skydiver, long-distance hiker, bicyclist, motorcyclist, and gear designer. Jardine is noted for inventing and developing the spring-loaded camming devices called Friends with the late Mark Vallance, As a youth, Jardine climbed Colorado's Pikes Peak dozens of times, mostly solo, and with the Boy Scouts"
"such as Half Dome and North Dome and inset arches like Royal Arches. Yosemite Valley represents only one percent of the park area, but this is where most visitors arrive and stay. The Tunnel View is the first view of the Valley for many visitors and is extensively photographed. El Capitan, a prominent granite cliff that looms over Yosemite Valley, is one of the most popular rock climbing destinations in the world because of its diverse range of climbing routes in addition to its year-round accessibility. Granite domes such as Sentinel Dome and Half Dome rise , respectively, above the"
"Ray Jardine Ray Jardine (born in 1944 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American rock climber who, with Bill Price, in May 1979, was the first to free climb the ""West Face"" of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Jardine is also a mountaineer, sea kayaker, sailor, hang glider pilot, sailplane pilot, and small aircraft pilot, skydiver, long-distance hiker, bicyclist, motorcyclist, and gear designer. Jardine is noted for inventing and developing the spring-loaded camming devices called Friends with the late Mark Vallance, As a youth, Jardine climbed Colorado's Pikes Peak dozens of times, mostly solo, and with the Boy Scouts of"
"Baja, Mexico. Long's many climbing feats include the first one-day ascent of the most sought after rock climb in the world, the 3,000 foot Nose route on El Capitan, on Memorial Day, 1975, with Jim Bridwell and Billy Westbay. The following year, partnered with Dale Bard, Long made the second one-day ascent of El Cap via the West Face, in the remarkable time of five hours. He followed this with blitz ascents of Leaning Tower, Washington Column, Half Dome and Ribbon Falls, precipitating the modern speed climbing movement so popular today, both in Yosemite Valley and beyond. A skilled free"
"looked for different challenges and set herself the task of free climbing (that is, using climbing aids only to protect her from falls) ""The Nose"", a famous route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Asked why she was motivated to climb ""The Nose"", Hill has said: Hill first attempted to free climb ""The Nose"" in 1989 with Simon Nadin, a climber she had met at the World Cup that year. Although he had never climbed big walls, she felt at ease around him and both had a background in traditional climbing; they both shared a desire to free climb ""The"
"1980 by Dean Westgaard of Laguna Beach. These legal jumps resulted in no major injuries or fatalities. However, some jumpers exhibited significant disregard for the park's rules and the environment. After a trial lasting only ten weeks, the National Park Service ceased issuing permits and effectively shut down all BASE jumping on El Capitan. On October 22, 1999, BASE jumper and stuntwoman Jan Davis died during a jump intended to protest the death of Frank Gambalie who had landed safely but drowned while fleeing park rangers, and to demonstrate the safety of BASE jumping. El Capitan is featured on a"
"Briton to complete a new free route on the famous El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California. Houlding, in a talk at Kennedy School in Hong Kong, has stated that he fell in love with rock climbing when he went climbing with his father's friend at the age of ten. He also remarked that climbing was a powerful and overwhelming experience. From December 2012 to January 2013, a team led by Houlding and including Alastair Lee, Chris Rabone, Sean Leary, Jason Pickles and David Reeves made the first ascent of a new route up the north-east ridge of Ulvetanna Peak in"
"There is no camping at the lake. The nearest camping site is about 10 miles (16 km) away at Lake Jennings. El Capitan Reservoir El Capitan Reservoir is a reservoir in central San Diego County, California. It is in the Cuyamaca Mountains, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of the city of San Diego and two miles northwest of the town of Alpine. The reservoir is formed by El Capitan Dam on the San Diego River and has a capacity of . The 237-foot (72 m) dam is composed of hydraulic fill and was completed in 1934. The dam is"
"Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is a national monument of the United States comprising of the California Coast Ranges in Napa, Yolo, Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Mendocino counties in northern California. Cache Creek Wilderness is located within the monument. The national monument was created by a proclamation issued on July 10, 2015 by President Barack Obama under the Antiquities Act. Obama also signed proclamations creating two other national monuments (the Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada and the Waco Mammoth National Monument in central Texas) the same day. The monument will be jointly"
"Tommy Caldwell Tommy Caldwell (born August 11, 1978) is an American rock climber. He is accomplished in several types of climbing, including sport climbing, hard traditional climbing, big-wall speed climbing and big-wall free climbing. Caldwell made the first free ascents (FFA) of a handful of El Capitan routes to his credit. He made the first ascents (FA) of some of the United States' hardest sport routes (as of 2008) including ""Kryptonite"" (5.14c/d) and ""Flex Luthor"" (5.15a) at the Fortress of Solitude, Colorado. In January 2015, Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first-ever free climb of the ""Dawn Wall"" of El"
"Hans Florine Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) is an American rock climber, who together with Alex Honnold previously held the speed record for climbing ""The Nose"" of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2:23:46 (2 hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds), on June 17, 2012. He has climbed ""The Nose"" more than 97 times, and El Capitan more than 150. El Capitan is traditionally climbed in three to five days. ""The Nose"" route is and features 31 pitches of strenuous, exposed climbing. This translates to a rate of roughly 6 minutes per pitch. Florine is well regarded in the climbing community,"
"route is 1:22 and was set during a solo ascent in late May 2012 by Alex Honnold, who had previously recorded the first free solo ascent in 2008. This improved on a longstanding record of 1:53 set in October 1999 by Jim Herson and Hans Florine. All of the major walls and formations in Yosemite Valley had been climbed by the mid 1950s with the exception of the ""Northwest Face of Half Dome"" and El Capitan. El Capitan, with its intimidating 3000 foot face, was out of the question for at least a few years, leaving Half Dome, with a"
"The peak can also be reached form the Tamarack Flat Campground located off the Tioga Pass Road. The hike, which follows the El Capitan trail most of the way, is but the trailhead is at about . Another route starts at Yosemite Creek Campground at an elevation of . This trailhead is at the end of a very rough, single lane, road. Eagle Peak (Mariposa County, California) Eagle Peak is the highest of the Three Brothers, a rock formation, above Yosemite Valley in California. This independent peak is located just east of El Capitan. John Muir considered the view from"
"the Fitz Roy Range in Patagonia, Argentina. In 2018, the American Alpine Club awarded Honnold the Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for excellence in various fields of climbing. In July 2018, Honnold was awarded the special mention of Piolets d'Or for his outstanding contribution to climbing during 2017. Alex Honnold Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls. He was the first person to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and holds the fastest ascent of the Yosemite triple crown; an 18-hour 50 minute link-up"
"the Apache and various outlaws in the 19th century. Animals that inhabit this national parks include elk, gray foxes, black bears, coyotes, bobcats, striped and hog-nosed skunks, badgers, sixteen species of bats, mule deer, and cougars. Birds of this park include great horned owls, chickadees, sparrows, barn owls, woodpeckers, turkey vultures, greater roadrunners, hummingbirds, peregrine falcons, golden eagles, wrens, and grosbeaks. Guadalupe Mountains National Park Guadalupe Mountains National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas, east of El Paso. The mountain range includes Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at , and El Capitan"
"canyon. The canyon was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1972. Last Chance Canyon Last Chance Canyon is a canyon in the El Paso Mountains near Johannesburg, California. The canyon runs from Saltdale in the south to Black Mountain in the north; part of it lies within Red Rock Canyon State Park. The canyon includes a variety of archaeological sites, including pictographs, villages, rock shelters, mills, and quarries. Historic sites such as gold mining camps are also located in the canyon. The canyon is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and is open"
"done by Tom Bauman in 1969. The first ascent of ""The Nose"" in one day was accomplished in 1975 by John Long, Jim Bridwell and Billy Westbay. Today, ""The Nose"" typically takes fit climbers 4–5 days of full climbing. Efforts during the 1960s and 1970s explored the other faces of El Capitan, and many of the early routes are still popular today. Among the early classics are ""Salathé Wall"" (1961, Royal Robbins, Chuck Pratt and Tom Frost) on the southwest face, and the ""North America Wall"" (1964, Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Chuck Pratt and Tom Frost) on the southeast face."
"Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular features. It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of"