Summit elevation2,307 m
1,049Motorcycle lengths
461Beaver dam lengths
1,923Ski pole lengths
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
El Capitan
The world's most famous big wall, a vertical granite monolith/Mountains
El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California, featuring a sheer granite face rising approximately 914 meters from base to summit on its tallest face (the Dawn Wall). It is one of the most prominent rock faces in the world and the premier destination for big-wall climbing. The first ascent of The Nose route was completed by Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, and George Whitmore in 1958 after 47 days of climbing. In 2017, Alex Honnold made history by free-soloing the face without ropes in 3 hours 56 minutes. The granite formed from a pluton roughly 100 million years ago.
Measurements
Vertical face height (Dawn Wall)914 m
183 millionSpider silk threads
1.1 trillionGlucose molecules
1,498Nightstand heights
The Nose route length884 m
368Forklift lengths
618 trillionthsSaturn orbit radii
Face width1,100 m
3.33Eiffel Towers
25,000Oreo diameters
Honnold free solo time14,160 s
3.93Lunch breaks
15 millionthsGenerations
472Elevator ride durations
3 hours 56 minutes, June 2017
Granite age3.1 quadrillion s
55,458Great Wall constructions
3.1 quintillionCamera shutters
1.51Dinosaur extinctions ago
Roughly 100 million years old