My website is about the Sierra Nevada mountain. The Sierra Nevada extends for over 400 miles along eastern California, from the Mojave Desert in the south to the Feather River Basin in the north. The southern third of the Sierra Nevada is the highest and most rugged, with eleven peaks topping 14,000 feet. This area is known as the High Sierra, and is well known for its startling beauty and contrastss.
Half Dome is an enormous granite crescent-shaped mass, famous for its smooth carved 2,000-foot face. Today the spikes of the original route have been replaced by wooden steps and steel cables, making the climb possible for the inexperienced climber. El Capitan is a 3000-foot vertical rock, a famous feature of the lower Yosemite Valley. The first ascent was an extensive 47-day aid climb, spread over seventeen months. The average ascent today relies much more on free climbing, and takes only four days.
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