North America Wall on El Capitan

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aid climbing route big wall climbing route

North America Wall on El Capitan is a historic and highly challenging big-wall climbing route in Yosemite National Park, renowned as one of the early testpieces of modern aid climbing.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
North America Wall on El Capitan canonical	1
North America Wall, El Capitan	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aid climbing route ⓘ big wall climbing route ⓘ
approach	from Yosemite Valley floor ⓘ
bestSeason	autumn ⓘ spring ⓘ
cliff	El Capitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
commitmentGrade	Grade VI ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
difficulty	5.8 A3 ⓘ A3 ⓘ
firstAscentBy	Chuck Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAscentStyle	multi-day big wall ascent ⓘ
firstAscentYear	1964 ⓘ
hazard	exposure ⓘ objective danger from weather ⓘ rockfall ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early testpiece of modern aid climbing ⓘ one of the classic big wall routes on El Capitan ⓘ
knownFor	historical importance in Yosemite big wall climbing ⓘ sustained aid climbing difficulty ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Yosemite National Park ⓘ Yosemite Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	El Capitan NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainRange	Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	follows a large rock scar resembling the map of North America ⓘ
numberOfPitches	27 ⓘ
onFeature	southeast face of El Capitan ⓘ
park	Yosemite National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
popularity	considered a classic but less frequently climbed than some other El Capitan routes ⓘ
protection	cams ⓘ nuts ⓘ pitons ⓘ
region	Yosemite Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	portaledge or natural bivouacs ⓘ
requiresSkill	advanced aid climbing techniques ⓘ multi-day big wall logistics ⓘ
rockType	granite ⓘ
style	aid climbing ⓘ big wall climbing ⓘ
typicalAscentTime	several days ⓘ
verticalGain	approximately 3000 feet ⓘ approximately 900 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Robbins → madeFirstAscentOf → North America Wall on El Capitan ⓘ

Chuck Pratt → notableAscent → North America Wall on El Capitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: North America Wall, El Capitan