El Capitan
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About El Capitan
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What people say
Samantha Lorenz
"We decided to do a loop around to get our bearings
first and stopped at the base of El Capitan.
We hiked up to the base to watch
climbers coming down and then we ended up hiking to the base of the nose as
well. "
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Alexis Brown
"Cool viewing and picnic area"
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