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The writer and stonemaster John Long dives into the lore (and his own experiences) on his favorite 5.10: The East Buttress of El Cap An Epic-Laced History of El Cap’s Easiest Route Skip to main ...
El Capitan lies due north of Middle Cathedral. Middle Cathedral's East Buttress Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America . [ 3 ]
East Buttress may refer to: a high point and a prominent point of Denali, Alaska; one of the buttresses of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, Wales; one of the crags of Scafell, England; a climbing route in Middle Cathedral Rock, Yosemite Valley, California; a climbing route in Middle Triple Peak, Alaska
"El Capitan" is a song by Scottish rock band Idlewild from their fourth studio album, Warnings/Promises (2005). It was released as the third single from the album on 11 July 2005 and charted at No. 39 in the UK Singles Chart. "El Capitan" is a song by Omaha-based indie rock band Bright Eyes from their eleventh studio album, Five Dice, All ...
The Vietnamese term bụi đời ("life of dust" or "dusty life") refers to vagrants in the city or, trẻ bụi đời to street children or juvenile gangs. From 1989, following a song in the musical Miss Saigon, "Bui-Doi" [1] [2] came to popularity in Western lingo, referring to Amerasian children left behind in Vietnam after the Vietnam War.
It is a striking rock tower, with immense, sheer walls on the east and west sides. Its East Buttress route (roughly 3,600 feet/1,100 m high) is a classic hard rock climbing route, although the first pitch was destroyed by rockfall (discovered by Nancy Hansen in 2012) and the route has not been climbed since. [ 1 ]
The show had originally been named "Qi Guai Shi Dian Zhong" (奇怪十點鐘, "Weird 10 o'clock"), but was changed to Kangsi Coming soon after its debut.Kangsi, the Wade-Giles romanization of the Kangxi Emperor's reign title in the Qing dynasty, was a pun derived from the names of the hosts; 康 (Kang) was taken from the Chinese name of Kevin Tsai and 熙 (Si) from the Chinese name of Dee Hsu.
The first free ascent of a major El Cap route, though, was not The Nose, but The Salathe Wall. Todd Skinner and Paul Piana free climbed the route over 9 days in 1988, after 30 days of working the route ( graded 5.13+ by the Yosemite Decimal System ).