#el capitan mountain

[aimeekb]

Yosemite comes to life at sunrise

[thomaswaynewolf]

[madlori]

Today in "random internet shit that annoyed me..."

This image from a Cracked article titled "16 Things We Picture Wrong (Thanks, Movies)"

HEY CRACKED. YOSEMITE IS MORE THAN ONE SPOT.

It is correct that there are cables on the side of Half Dome. Half Dome is one (1) place to ascend a wall among many dozens in the park. And Kirk wasn't meant to be climbing Half Dome! He was meant to be climbing El Capitan, one of the most challenging wall cimbs in the world:

Also, what hikers are doing on Half Dome IS NOT MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. It's hiking with some extra difficulty. I should add that ZERO casual tourists on a day trip are climbing those cables. For one thing there's a lottery for permits. For another, it's a very strenuous like 8 hour hike to get TO the cables, let alone up and back down.

Climbers flock to El Cap because of its difficulty. In the documentary "Free Solo," climber Alex Honnold climbed El Cap without harnesses or ropes (aka free solo) which had never been done before.

Incidentally, Alex was asked to evaluate mountain climbing scenes in movies and he gave the Kirk climbing scene in STV pretty high marks for realism.

You should watch the clip, it's amazing. Honnold is so deadpan and hilarious.

[manu031192]

[r4d14t3lov3]

Daybreak

Her Focus recorded the spectacular sunrise that chased away thick clouds filled with snow.

As the last flurries gently floated into the valley, Aloy sent the recording to her archives. It was too early yet to wake the GAIA gang - barely six o'clock.

Kotallo of course would already be outside, close to Varl, sitting cross-legged in meditation, watching the sun rise, inhaling its energy as he did every morning.

Aloy smiled. She couldn't wait to return to him.

[humongouscasheaglebagel]

[pangeen]

“ Standing tall “ // Jeremy Bishop

[idiotnamedkayla]

El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California.

[ha3m]

To be out there with nature. 🍂🍁🍃

I will never stop talking about Yosemite. About how beautiful it is. The drive, the view.

[thorsenmark]

Elbow Room in the Mountains (Guadalupe Mountains National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At the El Capitan Viewpoint with a view looking to the north-northwest at El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak in the nearby national park. With this image, I decided to zoom in with the focal length and have the mountainside with the ridges and peaks fill up much of the image. There would be some blue skies and clouds above as more or less a backdrop for them.

[mysticalstarfishgalaxy]

[aimeekb]

Heading up the El Capitan trail in Yosemite

[rabbitcruiser]

Two Giants

What do you think about my pic?    

[amalgamatedalcove]

El Capitan Sunset Guadalupe Mountains NP by javi.velazquez

[manu031192]