What is El Capitan?
[[File:Yosemite El Capitan.jpg|right|thumb|200px|El Capitan]] '''El Capitan''' ({{lang-es|El Capitán}}; ''The Captain'' or ''The Chief''), also known as '''El Cap''', is a vertical [[rock formation]] in [[Yosemite National Park]]. It is on the north side of [[Yosemite Valley]], near its western end. The [[granite]] [[monolith]] is about {{convert|3,000|ft|m|0}} from base to top along its tallest face. Many [[rock climber]]s go up the mountain A person first climbed El Capitan in 1958.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fimrite|first1=Peter|title=50th anniversary of first ascent of El Capitan|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/50th-anniversary-of-first-ascent-of-El-Capitan-3186458.php|access-date=January 20, 2015|work=SFGate|agency=Hearst Communications, Inc.|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 9, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120040228/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/50th-anniversary-of-first-ascent-of-El-Capitan-3186458.php|archive-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Rock formations]] [[Category:Landforms of California]] [[Category:Mariposa County, California]]