All I can ever think of now when anyone mentions El Capitan(not Captain the way OP spelled it) is the video from the TikTok livestream where Balin Miller rappelled off the end of his rope when going back down to get his gear bag after making it to the top.
I’ve been lucky enough to travel to nearly 40 countries in my life so far across all continents (cept Antarctica but I’ll get there) and am also Canadian so don’t dole out compliments to the US too readily, but… Yosemite is up there as one of the most jaw-dropping places I’ve seen. Driving in is just, wow. Must be incredible seeing it like this!
Yeah, that's an incredible winter view. I saw it as a 13 y.o. in summer nearly 60 years ago but my memory of it is nothing like that. Covered in snow with clouds of snow powder billowing about is so dramatic.
I don't know what's meant by being too old for Trump. Or too young for that matter. And there is no just right age for that PoS. As a NYCer, I was aware of him being a crooked, self-aggrandizing megalomaniac long before he ran for president, even before his "You're fired" TV show. I was lucky that the voting age was lowered to 18 just as I turned 18 and so was able to vote for McGovern. He lost but my choice won in '76.
I’m not from NY but I really thought everybody knew he was a jackass and that he was as dishonest of a businessman as there ever was. I thought everyone knew he was doing the apprentice because all his businesses failed…
I've climbed El Cap (with ropes) 4 times and it's absolutely insane in sheer size. Mad props to him for what he's done (I actually spent 2 weeks in a mountain hut with him and his gf at the time; cool guy).
I recommend watching it on VR, that was fun to work out to. Also, after watching that, scaling a building like this is probably a walk in the park with all those hand-holds everywhere.
jaggcomputing5
Gorgeous
TheOvy
I've been to yosemite... but never in winter, wow!
kahlas
All I can ever think of now when anyone mentions El Capitan(not Captain the way OP spelled it) is the video from the TikTok livestream where Balin Miller rappelled off the end of his rope when going back down to get his gear bag after making it to the top.
ricpaul
Yosemite is still high on my list. Who knows, maybe in 10-15 years when the USA is somewhat back to normal...
Birdnose
Damn that is majestic
NepLeet
ITS SO FLUFFY!!
SideshowBobsotheravatar
Looks as cold as a witches tit.
figuringeights
That can't be real. That never happens like that.
wylkyn
I remember when we came into the park and the size of it just made me very uncomfortable. Some primitive part of my brain was shrieking.
Theshnazzyone
Either the video is reversed or this dude driving on the wrong side of the road.
Sixsystems
Because it's there....
TheSheybot
Row, row, row your boat...
pfunk81
I got to see Yosemite when I was a kid. Absolutely majestc. Heard it is a 12 hour drive in now with too many attendees.
yn7jy8s84v7
What is this place?
yn7jy8s84v7
Never mind I read the title. It’s been a long day.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Free solo that shit now, Alex Honnold
fiveclovers
Because it is there
beckscore
Its breathtaking in person
Foxster99
BS! I've seen it and its a sun-lit rock shimmering with heat haze. That was in July and I see no reason for it to be different now.
AzazelOmega
Yo semite
eathotdog
Dudes in NYC be like
QueefMalone
I'm an idiot. I always read it as yose-might. All my life.
ChrisCorona
Never saw a Looney Toons cartoon with Yosemite Sam?
HuskyPirate
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
"Yo... yo... yo sem ite. Yo semite national Park." -trump trying to speak at a 4th grade english level
NotWerner
yo semite? This Trump being familiar with Netanyahu?
LostChats
Not every fucking post needs tRump mentioned. Ffs.
Go touch grass or something
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Said the person who came to a 10 hour old post to bitch over a single random comment....
Birdnose
That’s offensive to 4th graders
Fanner50
I got you covered:
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JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Laserbot1
El Capitan
reurra
TsubakiTragic
that's what I thought... and I'm not even American.
squirrelgirl86
Autocorrect strikes again, I'm sure.
InablueMule
Never seen it like that! Will have to get there.
schizznatt
I’ve been lucky enough to travel to nearly 40 countries in my life so far across all continents (cept Antarctica but I’ll get there) and am also Canadian so don’t dole out compliments to the US too readily, but… Yosemite is up there as one of the most jaw-dropping places I’ve seen. Driving in is just, wow. Must be incredible seeing it like this!
riddmkidd
you'll have to wait for some snow. it didn't look like that right now.
powerrangerpl
Too bad the USA are no longer a safe country to travel to.
victor3434
Looks really cool but I wouldn't want to be there driving on those roads when there's icy conditions
nelllybellly1
Yeah, that's an incredible winter view. I saw it as a 13 y.o. in summer nearly 60 years ago but my memory of it is nothing like that. Covered in snow with clouds of snow powder billowing about is so dramatic.
yamsonyamsonyams
According to my math you are 55 years too old for trump - congratulations on your loss
nelllybellly1
I don't know what's meant by being too old for Trump. Or too young for that matter. And there is no just right age for that PoS. As a NYCer, I was aware of him being a crooked, self-aggrandizing megalomaniac long before he ran for president, even before his "You're fired" TV show. I was lucky that the voting age was lowered to 18 just as I turned 18 and so was able to vote for McGovern. He lost but my choice won in '76.
yamsonyamsonyams
I dunno I just meant when you turned 18
I’m not from NY but I really thought everybody knew he was a jackass and that he was as dishonest of a businessman as there ever was. I thought everyone knew he was doing the apprentice because all his businesses failed…
Apparently not.
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
This absolute mad lad climbed up that thing without a rope. (Here seen in more recent shenanigans)
ididntwannadothis
Someone should’ve thumped the glass
TheOvy
And to put it in context, El Capitan is about 3,000 ft from the valley floor. That's 300ft taller than the Burj Khalifa. An insane climb.
nelllybellly1
Big belly button power!
Klaustrophile
CertifiedBonerDonor
Yea absolutely not on that curve I have never trusted anything in my life the way this man trusts his hands
FeloniousMonk13
I watched the documentary, fuckin amazing. Balls the size of coconuts on the fucker.
smegheadenergy
He’s not wearing a belt….is his fear boner keeping his pants up?
Keenwa
(climbing pants are often stretchy)
jesuisgur
I've climbed El Cap (with ropes) 4 times and it's absolutely insane in sheer size. Mad props to him for what he's done (I actually spent 2 weeks in a mountain hut with him and his gf at the time; cool guy).
icouldntthinkofabetterusername2
Awesome, congrats on the climb! Yeah, Alex seems like a down to earth kinda chill guy, pun not intended.
YesThisIsTero
Free solo is one of the most butt-clenching stressfull documentaries i’ve seen. Epic and amazing watch too
FoxAffair
I recommend watching it on VR, that was fun to work out to. Also, after watching that, scaling a building like this is probably a walk in the park with all those hand-holds everywhere.
MarkWatneysVicodinPotato
Literally my stomach dropped at the thought of him up there without a rope. I can't do heights anymore!
SavageDrums
There's a few docs about that lunatic, great watches, but yikes!
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Even when you KNOW he survives, it's exhausting and stressful to watch.
dorpjorp
I go into a flop sweat each time I watch his climb. It's something everyone should watch once.
Also, Marc Andre-LeClerc and Tommy Caldwell. I recommend watching their respective documentaries. Amazing athletes.