About ElCapitan in California Infobox mountain name ElCapitan photo Yosemite El Capitan.jpg photo caption Southwest face of ElCapitan from Yosemite Valley elevation ft 7569 elevation ref prominence ft 9 prominence ref ref cite peakbagger pid 2612 name ElCapitan ref map California map caption map ... Geological Survey USGS ElCapitan type granite rock age Cretaceous first ascent easiest route Hike ElCapitan is a vertical Rock formations in the United States rock formation in Yosemite National ... s favorite challenges for rock climber s. The formation was named ElCapitan by the History of the Yosemite ... , or simply meant the chief or rock chief . ref cite summitpost id 150993 name ElCapitan accessdate ... among rock climbers. The top of ElCapitan can be reached by hiking out of Yosemite Valley on the trail ... area ElCapitan is composed almost entirely of ElCapitan Granite, a pale, coarse grained granite emplaced approximately 100 mya unit mya million years ago . In addition to ElCapitan, this granite ... with most of the other rock formations of Yosemite Valley, ElCapitan was carved by glacial action .... The ElCapitan Granite is relatively free of Joint geology joints , and as a result the glacial ... s features, ElCapitan s granite is under enormous internal tension brought on by the compression ... from the main rock face about half way up the side of the cliff. Climbing history File ElCapitan from Lower Cathedral Spire by Tom Frost.jpg thumb ElCapitan from Lower Cathedral Spire Once considered ... travel ta rock climbing elcapitan yosemite el portal sidwcmdev 052783.html title Revealing Routes on El Cap First Ascents accessdate December 30, 2006 ref ElCapitan is now the standard for big wall ... highsights bigwall elcaphis.html title ElCapitan First Ascent accessdate January 1, 2007 archiveurl ... Main The Nose ElCapitan The Nose was first climbed in 1958 by Warren Harding climber Warren Harding ... takes fit climbers 4 5 days of full climbing. File ElCapitan 1899.jpg thumb upright William Henry ... more details
ElCapitan is the name of a cliff in Yosemite Valley, California. ElCapitan The Captain , in Spanish may refer to Bodies of water ElCapitan Reservoir , also called ElCapitan Lake, a reservoir in central San Diego County, California, United States Entertainment ElCapitan film , a film by Fred Padula of four climbers trek up the cliff of ElCapitan in Yosemite Valley, California ElCapitan operetta , an operetta composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896 ElCapitan song , a song by Scottish indie band Idlewild ElCapitan, a song by Californian based band OPM band ElCapitan, a track featured in some games of the List of Gran Turismo courses Gran Turismo series Fictional characters ElCapitan DuckTales , a villain from Disney s animated television series DuckTales Mountains or rocks ElCapitan Arizona , a peak in Monument Valley in Arizona in the United States ElCapitan San Diego , a peak in East County in San Diego County, California, United States ElCapitan Montana , a peak in the Bitterroot Range of western Montana in the United States ElCapitan Texas , a mountain in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas in the United States ElCapitan Mars , a rock on Mars Publishers ElCapitan Books , a publisher of independent comic books and graphic novels Schools ElCapitan High School ... Capitan Arizona school , the public high school in Colorado City, Arizona Transportation ElCapitan ... 1868 to 1925 ElCapitan train , a steamlined passenger train of the Santa Fe railroad USS ElCapitan ID 1407 USS ElCapitan ID 1407 , a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 Soccer competition Texas Derby , or the ElCapitan series, an annual soccer competition between Texas teams Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas Theater ElCapitan Theatre , theater in Hollywood, California ... Disambig DEFAULTSORT ElCapitan Disambiguation Category Place name disambiguation pages es El Capit n desambiguaci n ja pt ElCapitan desambigua o ... more details
MarsGeo name ElCapitan image Image PIA05457 modest.jpg 200px caption ElCapitan at Meridiani Planum, Mars type Rock outcrop latitude 1.9 N or S S longitude 354.5 E or W E ElCapitan is a layered rock outcrop found on Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity rover Opportunity in February 2004. The rock outcrop was named for ElCapitan Texas ElCapitan , a mountain in Texas . See also List of rocks on Mars External links http mars.jpl.nasa.gov Nasa s Mars Exploration Program Mars stub crater stub Category Rocks on Mars pt ElCapitan Marte ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Single infobox Name ElCapitan Cover ElCapitan single.jpg Artist Idlewild band Idlewild from Album Warnings Promises Released 11 July 2005 Format vinyl record 7 , compact disc CD Recorded ? Genre Alternative rock Alternative Length 3 57 Label Parlophone Producer Tony Hoffer Last single I Understand It br 2005 This single ElCapitan br 2005 Next single As If I Hadn t Slept br 2006 ElCapitan is a song by Scotland Scottish rock band Idlewild band Idlewild , from their 2005 album Warnings Promises . It was released as the third single from the album on 11 July 2005 and charted at 39 in the UK Singles Chart . The Walkmen s Paul Maroon plays piano on the track. The title and lyrics refer to the ElCapitan granite formation in Yosemite Yosemite Valley , California. Track listings In the UK All songs by Idlewild band Idlewild unless otherwise stated. vinyl record 7 small R6667 small ElCapitan The Bronze Medal acoustic 7 red vinyl small R6667X small ElCapitan acoustic Winter Is Blue acoustic Vashti Bunyan compact disc CD small CDRS6667 small ElCapitanElCapitan acoustic Winter Is Blue acoustic Bunyan Idlewild DEFAULTSORT ElCapitan Song Category 2005 singles Category Idlewild songs 2000s rock single stub ... more details
Distinguish2 ElCapitan in Yosemite National Park Infobox mountain name ElCapitan photo ElCapitan 2005.jpg photo caption elevation ft 8085 elevation ref ref name pb cite peakbagger pid 4298 name ElCapitan, Texas accessdate 2011 08 08 ref prominence ft 285 prominence ref ref name pb location Culberson County, Texas Culberson County , Texas Texas, USA range Guadalupe Mountains coordinates Coord 31 52 38 N 104 51 29 W type mountain region US coordinates ref ref cite gnis id 1356864 name ElCapitan accessdate 2011 08 08 ref topo United States Geological Survey USGS Guadalupe Peak age Permian first ascent easiest route rock climb type Limestone rock ElCapitan is a mountain peak in Culberson County, Texas Culberson County , Texas , United States USA , within Guadalupe Mountains National Park . ref name pb It is the eighth highest peak in Texas, and rises abruptly out of the Chihuahuan Desert floor it is considered Who date November 2009 the signature peak of West Texas . File ElCapitan Texas 2005 03 12.jpg thumb left View of the summit of ElCapitanElCapitan is the southern terminus of the Guadalupe escarpment , an ancient limestone reef that forms the present day Guadalupe Mountains . ElCapitan is guarded by cliffs on three sides, and those faces are rarely climbed due to the unstable condition of the rock and the sheer nature of the peak. Hikers can scramble up to the summit ... Peak ElCapitan saddle, then up the backside of ElCapitan. A permit is required as there is no trail from Guadalupe Peak to ElCapitan. Used as a signal peak for hundreds of years by travelers ... and El Capitan.jpg Guadalupe Peak and ElCapitan File ElCapitan base 2005 03 12.jpg Spring at ElCapitan File Guadalupe Mtns ElCapitan 2006.JPG Winter at ElCapitan File GuadalupeMtsUSGS.jpg ElCapitan ... articles EE rje7.html ElCapitan from the Handbook of Texas Online Category Mountains of Texas Category ... es El Capit n Texas ... more details
Infobox Secondary school name ElCapitan High School native name image name image size 269px motto Ahora Y Siempre Now and Always established 1959 city Lakeside, California Lakeside state California country United States USA province campus type Public comprehensive secondary affiliation affiliations president principal Laura Whitaker headmaster assistant principal Michael Fowler assistant principal Paul Hedberg assistant principal Dale Sheehan chaplain chairman head label head faculty students enrollment enrolment grades 9 12 address 10410 Ashwood Street district Grossmont Union High School District oversight accreditation mascot Victor E. Vaquero colors Black and gold newspaper The ElCapitan ... URL http elcapitan.guhsd.net footnotes picture ElCapitan High School commonly known as El Cap ... nine through twelve. Opened in 1959, ElCapitan is the fifth of twelve high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District . ElCapitan High School is accredited by the Western ... Mission statement The staff and administration at ElCapitan High School are committed to providing a positive and safe learning environment for all students. Since its opening in 1959, ElCapitan .... ElCapitan values not only high academic and behavioral standards, but encourages diverse perspective ... to new horizons, Hail ElCapitan Notable alumni Jeff Byrd , Major League Baseball pitcher Kevin McCadam ... schools in California References http www.guhsd.net documents FY04 SARC 05.pdf ElCapitan High School School Accountability Report Card 2003 2004 http elcapitan.guhsd.net 2007Handbook.pdf ElCapitan ... links http www.elcapsoccer.com ElCapitan Boys Soccer http www.elcapfootball.org ElCapitan Football http elcapitan.guhsd.net ElCapitan High School http web.archive.org web 20091027022745 http geocities.com elcapgirlspolo ElCapitan High School Water Polo http vaqtrack.com home ElCapitan Track & Field http ebackpack.guhsd.net rbt169 Sites Bandpage Bandpage.html ElCapitan Marching Band coord ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image SS ElCapitan 1917 .jpg 300px Ship caption SS ElCapitan ca. 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service. Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United States Ship flag USN flag 1918 Ship name USS ElCapitan Ship namesake Previous name retained Ship owner Ship operator Ship registry Ship route Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Newport News, Virginia Newport News , Virginia Ship original cost ... as SS California , SS Oliver J. Olsen , and SS ElCapitan 1917 1918 and as SS ElCapitan 1919 1942 ... Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes USS ElCapitan ID 1407 was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919. ElCapitan was built as the commercial cargo ship SS California ... News , Virginia . She soon was renamed SS Oliver J. Olsen and then SS ElCapitan . After the United States entered World War I , the United States Shipping Board took control of ElCapitan , and transferred ... ElCapitan with Lieutenant Commander J. H. Halsey, USNRF , in command. Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service , ElCapitan made four transatlantic voyages between 29 March 1918 and 23 ... guns forced the submarine to dive before it could attack. ElCapitan was Ship decommissioning decommissioned ..., the Southern Pacific Steamship Company . The ship returned to commercial service as SS ElCapitan . During World War II , ElCapitan was owned by the United States War Shipping Administration and, beginning ... flag registry a flag of convenience at the beginning of October 1941. ElCapitan was disabled ... day. References DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs e2 el capitan.htm http www.history.navy.mil photos sh civil civsh e el capit.htm Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images Civilian Ships S.S. ElCapitan American Freighter, 1917 . Served as USS ElCapitan ... Craft Photo Archive ElCapitan ID 1407 coord missing Arctic Ocean DEFAULTSORT ElCapitan ID 1407 ... more details
Infobox lake lake name ElCapitan Reservoir image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location San Diego County, California coords coord 32 53 08 N 116 48 33 W region US CA type waterbody source gnis display inline,title type reservoir inflow San Diego River outflow San Diego River catchment basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities ElCapitan Reservoir is a reservoir water reservoir in central San Diego County, California about 30 miles 50 km northeast of the city of San Diego, California San Diego and two miles north of the town of Alpine, California Alpine . The reservoir is formed by ElCapitan Dam on the San Diego River and has a capacity of convert 112,800 acre.ft m3 . The 237 foot 72 m dam is composed of hydraulic fill and was completed in 1934. The dam is owned by the city of San Diego and its primary purpose is to supply drinking water . It is the largest of the city s reservoirs. The amount of runoff that enters the reservoir varies considerably. During a 25 year period, it ranged from 1,000 to convert 70000 acre.ft per year 39 to 2,700 L s . The water in the reservoir usually consists of runoff from above the dam, but in years of drought , water is sometimes transferred to it from San Vicente Reservoir , which is the terminus of the First San Diego Aqueduct . There is limited recreation available at the reservoir. Boating and water skiing are available from May through October. Personal water craft are limited to a designated zone, except when towing someone. Also, the long and narrow north arm of the lake is only open to watercraft on Sundays. Fishing is allowed all ... at Lake Jennings . File ElCapitan Reseviour 1.jpg thumb ElCapitan Reseviour 1 File ElCapitan Reseviour 2.jpg thumb ElCapitan Reseviour 2 File ElCapitan Reseviour 3.jpg thumb ElCapitan Reseviour 3 File Above El Captian osprey .jpg thumb Above El Captian osprey References http www.sandiego.gov water ... more details
Infobox dam name ElCapitan Dam official name image image size image caption image alt location map California location map width location map text lat d 32 lat m 53 lat s 02 lat NS N long d 116 long m 48 long s 34 long EW W coordinates type type landmark coordinates display inline,title coordinates ref country United States location California status construction began open demolished cost owner City of San Diego, California San Diego type Embankment height convert 237 ft m abbr on height thalweg height foundation length convert 1170 ft m abbr on crest width base width curve radius volume crest elevation crosses San Diego River spillways spillway type spillway capacity reservoir ElCapitan Reservoir reservoir capacity convert 112800 acre feet m3 abbr on active capacity inactive capacity reservoir catchment convert 190 mi2 km2 abbr on reservoir surface convert 1536 acre ha abbr on reservoir elevation reservoir max depth reservoir length reservoir max width hydraulic head tidal range plant owner plant operator plant commission plant licence exp plant decommission plant type turbines installed capacity max planned cap capacity factor average annual gen net generation website as of extra ElCapitan Dam is an embankment dam on the San Diego River in southern California . Completed in 1934, the dam forms ElCapitan Reservoir and serves mainly to supply water to the city of San Diego, California San Diego as well as providing flood control. It is the largest storage facility in San Diego s water supply system. ref cite web url http www.sandiego.gov water recreation elcap.shtml title ElCapitan Reservoir publisher City of San Diego work Public Utilities date accessdate 2011 11 04 ref References reflist 2 California stub Category Dams in California ... more details
For the nearby theatre known by the same name during the 1940s Avalon Hollywood Infobox local1 name ElCapitan Theatre lahcm yes image ElCapitan Theatre 2009 Academy Awards.JPG caption 2009 location 6838 Hollywood Boulevard , Hollywood , Los Angeles , California lat degrees 34 lat minutes 6 lat seconds 4 lat direction N long degrees 118 long minutes 20 long seconds 23 long direction W locmapin California area Hollywood built 1926 architect G. Albert Lansburgh br Stiles O. Clements architecture designated ... ElCapitan Theatre is a fully restored movie palace at 6838 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood . It is owned ... Theatre Egyptian 1922 , ElCapitan The Captain 1926 , and Grauman s Chinese Theatre Chinese Theatre 1927 . ElCapitan, dubbed Hollywood s First Home of Spoken Drama, opened as a legitimate theatre on May ... By the late 1930s, ElCapitan felt the economic effects of the Great Depression Depression , showcasing ... owner willing to risk screening Citizen Kane , he turned to ElCapitan, and in 1941, Citizen ... with name ElCapitan Image LA ElCapitan confetti.jpg thumb 200px right Confetti rains at the climax ... s original decor as well as the theater s original name. ElCapitan reopened in 1991 with the premiere ... door to the ElCapitan. The refurbished theater features a giant Wurlitzer Theatre organ originally ... www.latos.org venues ElCap.html title ElCapitan Theatre publisher Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society ... location for the ElCapitan Theatre. In fact, the address occurred at another Hollywood location, then likewise called ElCapitan Theatre, located nearby at 1735 Vine Street. That location is currently known as Avalon Hollywood . The address took place at the time the current ElCapitan Theatre was known ... elcapitanElCapitan Theater Official Website http www.atos.org Pages Journal Capitan elcapitan.html American Theater Organ Society Renaissance of ElCapitan Theater Hollywood, CA http disneyworld.disney.go.com ... Spanish Revival architecture in California fr ElCapitan Theatre ko ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File C.P.R.R. ferry boat ElCapitan , at the Terminus, by Thomas Houseworth & Co..jpg 300px Ship caption ElCapitan was the largest ferry on San Francisco Bay when built in 1868 Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name ElCapitan Ship owner 1868 1885 Central Pacific Railroad br 1885 1925 Southern Pacific Railroad Ferry service Southern Pacific Ship operator 1868 1885 Central Pacific Railroad br 1885 1925 Southern Pacific Railroad Ferry service Southern Pacific Ship registry San Francisco, flag USA Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Patrick Tiernan, San Francisco Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched Ship completed 1868 Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service 1868 1925 Ship out of service 1925 Ship identification Official Number 8230 Ship fate Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class passenger ferry Ship tonnage 982 Ship displacement 669 Ship length convert 194 ft 0 m abbr on Ship beam convert 33.6 ft 0 m abbr on Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth convert 14.5 ft 0 m abbr on Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Total 250 hp from 4 fire tube boilers Ship propulsion side wheels powered by a vertical beam engine steam engine Ship speed Ship capacity Ship crew 14 Ship notes ref Ford, Robert S. Red Trains in the East Bay 1977 Interurbans Publications ISBN 0 916374 27 0 pp.343&345 ref ElCapitan was a side wheel steam powered passenger ferry operated on San Francisco Bay . The ferry was built for the Central Pacific Railroad in 1868 in anticipation of completion ... for train passengers arriving in Oakland, California . ElCapitan collided with the Central Pacific ... day. ElCapitan spent its last decade crossing the Carquinez Strait between Crockett, California ... DEFAULTSORT ElCapitan Category 1868 ships Category Ferries of California Category San Francisco ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE ElCapitan operetta File John Phillip Sousa De Wolf Hopper El Capitan1.png thumb 250px Poster from the original production ElCapitan is an operetta in three acts by John Philip Sousa and has a libretto by Charles Klein with lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost . The piece was Sousa s first successful operetta and his most successful stage work. ElCapitan was first produced at the Tremont Theatre, Boston 1889 Tremont Theatre in Boston , beginning on April 13, 1896. After this tryout, it transferred to The Broadway Theatre 41st St. The Broadway Theatre in New York on April 20, 1896, where it ran for 112 performances, starring DeWolf Hopper , Edna Wallace Hopper, John Parr, and Alfred Klein. It then toured almost continuously for four years in the United States and Canada. It was produced at the Lyric Theatre London Lyric Theatre in London beginning on July 10, 1899, where it ran for 140 performances. Thereafter, the operetta was produced numerous times internationally and remained popular for some time. Occasional modern performances continue. For example, Lake George Opera gave a production in 2009, and Ohio Light Opera presented the work during the summer of 2010. Citation needed date July 2010 ElCapitan also refers to the march music march of the same name, composed ... assassination by Rebellion rebels . After he secretly has the rebel leader ElCapitan killed, he disguises himself as ElCapitan. Estrelda, the daughter of the former viceroy, Cazzaro, impressed by tales of ElCapitan s daring, falls in love with the disguised Medigua, who is already married. Meanwhile ... Behold ElCapitan Duet I ve a most decided notion. Double Chorus and Solo Bowed with tribulation. Recitative ... O0747.htm Note on ElCapitan http www.cantoncomicoperaco.com Images and historical information about ElCapitan from Canton Comic Opera Co. http www.flyrope.com sections shows score.php?var 100001333 ...?parent id 502046&word Photos from ElCapitan John Philip Sousa DEFAULTSORT Capitan, El Category ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Straybullets 1.jpg thumb right 200px Cover to Stray Bullets 1 1995 . Art by David Lapham . El Capitan Books is an United States American comic book and graphic novel publisher , which exclusively publishes the work of its founder, David Lapham . El Capitan s first release was Stray Bullets 1 in 1995, and the company is still best known for publishing this comic book series which continues today. Other series which it has released include Murder Me Dead 1 9 2000 2001 and The Parallax Man 2005 . The company is also well known for its collections of Stray Bullets stories Innocence of Nihilism , Somewhere Out West , Other People , and Dark Days in large European style hardcover editions and more recently in small US comic size softcover editions . Category Comic book publishing companies of the United States Comics stub ... more details
File ElCapitan Santa Fe circa 1938.JPG thumb The train circa 1938. File AT& SF44CatLosAngelesCA9 24 66.jpg thumb 250px right The combined Super Chief ElCapitan , led by locomotive 44C an EMD F7 sporting .... ElCapitan was one of the List of named passenger trains named train passenger trains of the Atchison ... , the name ElCapitan was ultimately chosen to honor the Spain Spanish conquistadors and their influence ... 85 foot coaches had 44 seats on 52 inch centers. ElCapitan was the first of Santa Fe s trains to utilize ... by ElCapitan is served by Amtrak s Southwest Chief . Many of Amtrak s trains consisted of a combination ... railcar designs until the early 2000s. In the late 1990s, six mothball ed ElCapitan lounge cars .... History File ATSF ElCapitan combined x3.png thumb 300px right Drumhead sign Drumhead logos such as these three often adorned the ends of observation cars on ElCapitan . 1937 ElCapitan is conceived .... 1946 ElCapitan trains begin operating every other day, leaving each terminal on odd days of the month but not on the 31st . February 29, 1948 ElCapitan begins its daily schedule between Chicago ... from both ElCapitan and the Chief . January 10, 1954 The Union Pacific Railroad reintroduces its Challenger train Challenger train on a 39 and a half hour schedule to compete with ElCapitan ... on ElCapitan instead of the Chief . The railroad trial tests the units for over a year. March ..., 575 580 ref name ORPTE25 01 from Budd, enough rolling stock to equip ElCapitan on a daily basis .... Summer 1956 ElCapitan makes three demonstration runs to San Diego, California along the Surf ... is on the scenic HI LEVEL. January 12, 1958 The Super Chief and ElCapitan are combined into one ... over operation of the nation s passenger service, thus ending the reign of ElCapitan . Amtrak ..., and lounge cars in the late 1970s. 1973 Amtrak drops the ElCapitan designation. Equipment used Deleted image removed Image OP 2289.jpg thumb 300px right A rear view of ElCapitan and its Budd ... more details
primarysources date June 2008 refimprove date June 2008 Infobox Film name ElCapitan starring Gary Colliver br Richard McCracken br Lito Tejada Flores filmed by Glen Denny director Fred Padula producer Fred Padula released 1978 USA runtime 60 min. language English language English ElCapitan is a film by filmmaker Fred Padula that captures one of the earliest ascents of The Nose ElCapitan The Nose on ElCapitan in Yosemite Valley, California, USA. ref Cite web title 2005 Barry Corbet Film Festival work Alpinist.com publisher Alpinist Magazine date March 2005 url http www.alpinist.com film festival 2005 format doi accessdate November 6, 2010 ref It was screened at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in 1979 ref name banff http www.banffcentre.ca mountainculture festivals 2007 passion climbing.asp Banff Mountain Festival 2007 ref and won several awards at film festivals around the world. Plot The film follows three rock climbing climbers as they do the 3000 feet 900 m vertical ascent of The Nose ElCapitan The Nose , the classic first big wall climbing big wall climb on ElCapitan . A fourth climber follows the group and films their ascent but is never seen in the movie. The climbers needs three days to reach the summit, which means they have to spend two nights sleeping on steep ledges waking to magnificent views. Several minutes of the film is filmed in the pitch black when the climbers are caught by nightfall before reaching a ledge to spend the night. The screen is dark when one climber is heard trying to belaying belay another when a bolt climbing bolt breaks loose and the climbers fall, luckily unharmed. Most of the filming was done over a 6 week period probably in 1969 possibly 1968 or 1970 . Climbers Gary Colliver Richard McCracken Lito Tejada Flores Glen Denny Filming Climbing Techniques The climbers use many techniques that are different from modern big wall climbing. For example they do not use climbing harness harnesses but instead tubular nylon webbing swami ... more details
Infobox climbing route name Salath Wall photo Yosemite El Capitan.jpg photo caption Southwest face of ElCapitan from Yosemite Valley location California , United States USA coords coord 37 44 02.4 N 119 38 13.2 W type mountain region US climbing area Yosemite Valley route type Aid climbing vertical gain 2900 pitches 35 rating 5.13b or 5.9 C2 grade VI first ascent Royal Robbins , Tom Frost , and Chuck Pratt , 1961 ffa Paul Piana and Todd Skinner , 1988 fastest ascent The Salath Wall is one of the original rock climbing technical climbing routes up ElCapitan , a convert 3000 ft m 2 high granite monolith in Yosemite National Park . The Salath Wall was named by Yvon Chouinard in honor of John Salath , a pioneer of rock climbing in Yosemite. The route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America and considered a classic around the world. ref Fifty Classic Climbs pages 269 275 ref ref McNamara, Chris, and Sloan, Erik. Yosemite Big Walls . Mill Valley, CA SuperTopo, 2005 . ISBN 0 9672391 9 2 ref The first ten pitches of the Salath Wall are commonly known as Free Blast since they can be quickly climbed free at a 5.11 rating or less. The first free ascent of a main ElCapitan route was by the Salath Wall. Todd Skinner and Paul Piana made the first free ascent over nine days in 1988, after thirty days of working the route Grade climbing grade d 5.13b by the Yosemite Decimal System . ref cite web last Samet first Matt coauthors Steve Bechtel title Loss of a Legend work Climbing Magazine publisher Primedia month November year 2006 url http www.climbing.com community passages toddskinner index2.html doi accessdate 2007 03 27 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref References reflist External links http www.supertopo.com rockclimbing route.html?r ybelsala Supertopo.com http www.rockclimbing.com routes North America United States California Yosemite N... Park Yosemite Valley ElCapitan Southwest ...pitan Salathe Wall 4505.html Rockclimbing.com ... more details
Infobox school name ElCapitan image imagesize image caption motto established principal schooltype State school Public school grades kindergarten K twelfth grade 12 address 255 North Cottonwood Street city Colorado City, Arizona Colorado City state Arizona zipcode 86021 country USA district Colorado City Unified School District enrollment 113 high school students Oct. 2010 mascot Eagles mascot image colors Royal blue silver homepage http elcap.us File OldColoradoCityK 12School.JPG thumb The previous Colorado City K 12 School ElCapitan is the public school for Colorado City, Arizona . It also serves surrounding areas in unincorporated Mohave County, Arizona Mohave County Centennial Park and Cane Beds . It is the only school in the Colorado City Unified School District . History Colorado City USD had 1,200 pupils in 2000. When Warren Jeffs ordered Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints members to pull children out of public schools, the number dwindled to 250. Jeffs did not order the fundamentalist church members who made up the majority of the school district s administrators to quit their positions. The Arizona state government attempted to take over the district in 2005 due to mismanagement. ref http www.ade.az.gov administration superintendent articles Colorado 20City 20Response 20to 204 19 04 20editorial.pdf This is in response to the Republic Editorial of April 19 relating to Colorado City. Arizona Department of Education . Retrieved on May 6, 2009. ref ... 2011 02 17 20110217arizona high school boys basketball elcapitan journey 1a final four.html title ElCapitan s journey to 1A Final Four a story of perseverance date 2011 02 17 first Richard last Obert ... for any playoffs. In October 2010, the Colorado City school board voted to make ElCapitan ... ElCapitan students to play on its football team, among other programs the small school currently does not have. Schools were eager to schedule the new ElCapitan, looking for an easy win. That did not happen ... more details
Other uses Nose disambiguation Infobox climbing route name The Nose photo Yosemite El Capitan.jpg photo caption Southwest face of ElCapitan from Yosemite Valley location California , United States USA ... in 1975 The Nose is one of the original technical rock climbing climbing routes up ElCapitan ... parks guide travel ta rock climbing elcapitan yosemite el portal sidwcmdev 052783.html title Revealing Routes on El Cap First Ascents accessdate December 30, 2006 ref ElCapitan is now the standard ... 2900 ft m 2 prow of ElCapitan, at the other end of the valley. With Mark Powell and Bill ... to stop until after Labor Day due to the crowds forming in ElCapitan meadows, the team had a major ... unpromising venture. ref name AAJ cite journal author Warren Harding title ElCapitan journal .... ref cite news author Michael Doyle title House Honors First Climbers to Scale ElCapitan publisher ... Camp IV El Cap.JPG 300px thumb View down the face of ElCapitan from the belay stance at the top ... resisted free attempts for another fourteen years. The first free ascent of a main El Cap route, though, was not The Nose , but Salathe Wall ElCapitan The Salathe Wall . Todd Skinner and Paul ... crux when free climbing The Nose . See also ElCapitan film References Reflist Category Climbing routes de The Nose fr The Nose, ElCapitan escalade ... ascent 2 36 45, Sean Leary og Dean Potter . File Stone Masters in front of El Capitan.jpg thumb ... 261 268 ref El Cap has two main faces, the Southwest on the left when looking directly at the wall and the Southeast ... hole drilling, some climbers began searching for El Cap routes that could be climbed either free climbing ... climbing on El Cap. ref name McNamara McNamara, Chris, and Sloan, Erik. Yosemite Big Walls. Mill Valley ... returned two weeks later to free climb El Cap twice in a day, completing The Nose with Rodden ... 1, 2007 ref Speed climbing Speed climbing The Nose of El Cap is also popular. Teams of two, well trained ... more details
Capitan , Capitano , and Kapitan are equivalents of the English Captain disambiguation Captain in other European languages, usually referring to Captain land Captain naval wiktionary capitan kapitan TOC right Capitan , Capitano , and Kapitan may also refer to Companies Capitan tequila , a brand of tequila produced by Barton Brands Capitan Records, a record label set up by US musician Chris Brokaw Geography Capitan, Louisiana , an unincorporated community in the United States Capitan, New Mexico , a village in the United States Media Il Capitano the Captain , a masked character from the Commedia dell Arte Il Capitano A Swedish Requiem , a 1991 Swedish Finnish film Le Capitan , a novel by Michel Zevaco Other uses Kapitan, another name for Opperhoofd , a Dutch colonial governor Kapitan Cina or Capitan China, an originally Portuguese title for the representative of a Chinese enclave See also Capoten , a drug used for the treatment of hypertension ElCapitan disambiguation Kapit n , a shortened version of several ranks in the German navy Katepano , a senior Byzantine military rank and office Kapudan Pasha , the admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire disambig fa fr Capitan ... more details
Image NMMap doton CapitanMtns.png right Location of the Capitan Mountains within New Mexico The Capitan Mountains are a mountain range in Lincoln County, New Mexico Lincoln County , in south central New Mexico in the southwestern United States . The range is about 20 miles 32 km long from east to west and about 6 miles 10 km wide, formed from a large, elongated granite intrusion similar to the round one that produced Carrizo Mountain to the west. File Capitan gap.jpg thumb left 350px Tahoe National Forest Fire Engine 731 and Crew in June 1990. Capitan Mountains are in the distance behind the Engine and the sign. The small town of Capitan, New Mexico Capitan , on the southwestern side of the mountains, is the location of Smokey Bear Historical Park, which memorializes the famous bear that was rescued from the Capitan Gap fire Capitan Gap Fire in the Capitan Mountains. The highest point in the range is an unnamed peak that reaches 10,201 feet 3139 m , 118 feet 36 m higher than Capitan Peak. The entirety of the range lies within Lincoln National Forest and is separated from the Sacramento Mountains to the south and Sierra Blanca to the southwest by the valley of Rio Bonito. The Spanish used to use this mountain range as a landmark due to it being the only East to West mountain range in New Mexico on their way between Mexico and Santa Fe. Fact date June 2009 External links http www.emnrd.state.nm.us FD SmokeyBear SmokeyBearPark.htm Smokey Bear Historical Park coord 33.61056 105.41333 type mountain region US NM display title Category Mountain ranges of New Mexico Category Landforms of Lincoln County, New Mexico NewMexico geo stub es Sierra del Capit n ... more details
Capitan is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish , Louisiana . The community is located near the intersection of LA Hwy 89 and Platt Rd. References reflist Louisiana geo stub Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Louisiana coord 30 03 56 N 91 58 57 W type city region US LA source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Category Populated places in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Category Acadiana ... more details
Capit n Prat may refer to Arturo Prat , an officer and war hero of the Chilean Navy who was killed during the War of the Pacific Two locations in and or related to Chile are named after Arturo Prat Capit n Prat Province , the eighth largest province of Chile Capitan Arturo Prat Base , a Chilean research station in the South Shetland Islands Four ships of the Chilean Navy have been named after Arturo Prat Chilean battleship Capit n Prat , a pre dreadnaught battleship that served between 1890 and 1935 Chilean cruiser Capit n Prat 03 , the former USS Nashville , a Brooklyn class light cruiser that served between 1951 and 1985 Chilean destroyer Capit n Prat , the former HMS Norfolk , a County class destroyer that served between 1985 and 2006 Chilean frigate Capit n Prat , the former HNLMS Witte de With , a Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate that entered service in 2006. disambig Category Set indices on ships Category Ships of Chile ... more details
Infobox School name Capitan High School image imagesize logo caption location Capitan, New Mexico Capitan , New Mexico country United States coordinates coord 33 32 40 N 105 34 57 W region US NM type edu source GNIS display inline,title district Capitan Municipal Schools principal Jerrett Perry ref name Handbook http www.capitan.k12.nm.us publications chshand.pdf Capitan High School Student Handbook 2009 2010 PDF . Capitan High School. Retrieved on 2009 12 15. ref asst principal faculty 19.0 ref name Handbook http www.capitan.k12.nm.us publications chshand.pdf Capitan High School Student Handbook 2009 2010 PDF . Capitan High School. Retrieved on 2009 12 15. ref type Public school government funded Public grades Education in the United States School grades 9 to 12 conference slogan motto mascot Tiger mascot image sports team name nickname colors Orange & Black established footnotes homepage http www.capitan.k12.nm.us default.aspx?pg d0ed1c5b 521b 478b 8f8c e41f4219692a CHS home page Capitan High School , home of the Fighting Tigers, is a Public school government funded public high school located in Capitan, New Mexico . It is a traditional High School that provides education to grades 9 12. References reflist Category Educational institutions with year of establishment missing Category High schools in New Mexico Category Schools in Lincoln County, New Mexico NewMexico school stub ... more details
The Capitan Grande Reservation is a Kumeyaay Indian reservation in San Diego County, California , jointly controlled by the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians and Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians . The reservation is uninhabited and is convert 15753 acre km2 large, ref name p146 Pritzker, 146 ref located in the middle of the Cleveland National Forest and west of Cuyamaca Peak . ref name ear Eagle, 202 ref The closet town is Alpine, California . ref name sdsu http infodome.sdsu.edu research guides calindians calinddict.shtml c California Indians and Their Reservations C. SDSU Library and Information Access. retrieved 11 June 2010 ref History The reservation was created by US Executive Order in 1875 for local Kumeyaay people. ref name p146 Its name comes from the Spanish Coapan , which was what the area west of the San Diego River was called in the 19th century. The dry, mountainous and chaparral lands proved inhospitable. ref name ear In the early 20th century, the state of California first created Lake Cuyamaca on the reservation, which provided water for growing San Diego, California San Diego . ref name ear Then in 1931, the state flooded the heart of the reservation, creating the ElCapitan Reservoir . ref name sdsu Many Kumeyaay families had homes in the floodzone, and they petitioned Congress to prevent the loss of their land however, Congress gave San Diego the right to buy the land without the local Kumeyaays knowledge or consent. ref name viejas http www.viejasbandofkumeyaay.org html tribal history kumeyaay history.html Kumeyaay History. Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians. retrieved 11 June 2010 ref The two tribes, Barona and Viejas, were forced to sell the land and with their proceeds they purchased their current reservations, the Barona Reservation and Viejas Reservation , respectively. ref name ear In 1973, 7 people lived on the reservation. ref Shipek, 612 ref Today Today, the two tribes have a joint trust patent of the remaining ... more details
File Capitan gap.jpg thumb left 250px Tahoe National Forest Fire Engine 731 and Crew at Smokey Bear Vista Point in June 1990. Capitan Gap is the pass located in the distance between the Engine and the sign. The Capitan Gap Fire was a human caused forest fire that broke out in Lincoln National Forest , New Mexico in the Capitan Mountains Capitan mountain range in 1950. The fire devastated 17,000 acres 69 km . ref cite web url http forestry.about.com od forestfire ss top fires na 9.htm title Capitan Gap Fire Disaster accessdate August 7, 2009 ref While a 24 man firefighting crew desperately dug firebreak s the wind shifted, and the fire jumped the line. The men buried themselves in the earth of a recent landslide, and survived the fire. Also during the blaze, a bear cub who the men had previously seen ducking in and out of the forest survived the fire by climbing a tree and hanging onto the windward side with only singes and other survivable injuries. He was rescued by the firefighters and named Hotfoot, before filling the role of Smokey Bear . References reflist See also List of forest fires List of historic fires coord missing New Mexico Category Wildfires in New Mexico Category 1950 disasters Category 1950 fires Category 1950 in New Mexico US hist stub ... more details
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