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Climb the Shear and Awe Inspiring Rock Face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
Published on April 22, 2008 by Kristin Cowles, Editor-in-Chief
Country: United States 
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Books and DVDs
- Secret Yosemite DVD - National Geographic.com
- Yosemite National Park is the most visited National Park in the United States. National Geographic goes beyond the tourist hotspots and journeys deep into the dynamic and untamed wilderness behind 12,000 square miles of awe-inspiring natural wonders few have ever seen.
- National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the U.S.
- Featuring 80 all new maps and more than 350 photos, this guide is the most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute book of its kind on the market today. A perennial favorite with almost a million copies sold in previous editions, it reflects National Geographic's century-long association with America's national parks system and its peerless reputation for travel expertise and cartographic excellence.
- Photographers Guide To Yosemite And The High Sierra (Paperback)
- Top Trails: Yosemite: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone (Paperback)
- Yosemite And The High Sierra (Hardcover)
- For sixty years, Ansel Adams photographed among the great peaks of Yosemite National Park and the High Sierra range:the "range of light." Inspired by their grandeur, their wildness, and their primeval mystery, he made photographs that were to become the icons of America's national park ethic.
- Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Guide - Lonely Planet.com
Elsewhere on the Web
- Yosemite National Park - Official Site
- f you're planning a trip to Yosemite, first decide during which season you plan to visit, then decide where you'll spend the night (if you spend the night) so you can make lodging or camping reservations.
- El Capitan - Wikipedia.org
- El Capitan is a 3,000 feet (910 m) vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end.
- Yosemite National Park - Park Vision
- Among the many well-known and spectacular features of Yosemite Valley are two granite monoliths, Half Dome and El Capitan. Pictures of these landmarks usually accompany any display involving Yosemite.
- Panorama of Yosemite Falls trail nr 2 - Virtual Parks.org
- Travel Report United Sates - Voyages.gc.ca
- WARNINGS AND RECOMENDATIONS
Media References
- Wearing Down the Mountains - Time.com (magazine)
- Half a dozen climbers, wearing nothing more than shorts and rubber-soled climbing shoes, are gathered around a large boulder in Camp 4 in Yosemite National Park. They are all trying to crack Midnight Lightning.
- The Whole World is Jumpable (magazine)
- Their extreme sport is called BASE jumping, whose acronymic name derives from the four types of structures that its unusual athletes leap from--buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs).
- Earth: the Biography (movie)
- How nature altered human history.
- Top Ten Outdoor Adventures - National Geographic.com (magazine)
- El Capitan, or "El Cap," is a 3,000-foot (914-meter) vertical rock formation located in Yosemite National Park.
- Six Nights on the Dark Tower - National Geographic.com (magazine)
- When a storm trapped seven climbers on Yosemite's El Capitan last fall, rangers mounted the park's largest rescue operation in a decade.
- Yosemite: The Ultimate Natural High - National Geographic.com (magazine)
- During a hike through Yosemite National Park in 1922, renowned landscape photographer Ansel Adams wrote a letter to his future wife, Virginia Best:
- WHY WE TRAVEL: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIF.; EL CAPITAN, JUNE 25, 2005 - NY Times.com (newspaper)
- Dr. Ham Tan, a general practitioner from the Netherlands, with his wife and two daughters. ''We didn't want to sit down in a hotel lobby. We wanted to sit outside in nature. That's why we decided to go camping, and an RV is a great way to do that.
- Sequoias and a Hotel, A Natural Fit in Yosemite - Ny Times.com (newspaper)
- But I'd heard magical stories about the grove of sequoia trees around 30 miles south of the Yosemite Valley. And when my boyfriend, Scott -- who puts up a good front as a hard-bitten New Yorker -- confessed to being a tree-lover, we decided to structure our trip last fall so that we could best appreciate those celebrated giants.
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