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“EL Capitan” Fodors.com
“El Capitan” PlanetWare.com
“Great Granite in Yosemite” TravelLady
“Yosemite: The road best taken” The Cultured Traveler
“Journeys: Having Yosemite All to Yourself” New York Times (free registration required)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 43 attractions in Yosemite National Park
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Traveler Description: Challenging, popular rock to climb in Yosemite.
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Attraction type: Geological formation
Activities: Rock climbing
Address: Yosemite National Park, CA

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“What a Rock!!”
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5 of 5 stars
doodlebugakj   86 contributions
Seattle, WA
Jul 29, 2007
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We drove past the big beauty so many times during our 6 days here and each time it was truely amazing.... Watching the climbers on it was a lot of fun too. Be sure to bring binoculars to see them really well more

“El Capitan/One of Yosemite's Famous Icons”
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5 of 5 stars
syrahgirl   4,251 contributions
CA/Oregon Coast
Jan 3, 2007
3
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Everything about being in the Yosemite National Park is amazing with some of the best scenery in the state of California. El Capitan is a massive granite monolith that stands 3,593 ft. and is claimed to be the largest single monolith of granite in the world. We first viewed El Capitan from the Tunnel View area of the park, right... more

“photos dont do the size of it justice!”
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5 of 5 stars
UKGirly   54 contributions
England
Oct 18, 2006
3
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This rock is incredible. I believe its the biggest single granite rock in the world. It is bigger than Gibralter. Get some binoculars and try spot some climbers..then you will get the scale of it..incredible. I've never managed to spot them with the naked eye. It looks pretty smooth but apparently the ledges that climbers sleep on can take two... more

“世界一の花崗岩をを見上げるのは”
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4 of 5 stars
eikousan   95 contributions
Mobara, Japan
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Jan 20, 2009

残念だったが、リボン滝は流れていなかった。５月末から６月初めしか見られないとのことでした。観光客としては、ただ見上げて。... more

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