You Can Now Climb Yosemite’s Famous El Capitan on Google Maps

 

On June 24, 2015, Google launched their first-ever vertical Street View, giving you the opportunity to climb 3,000 feet up the world’s most famous rock wall: Yosemite’s El Capitan.

To bring this new imagery, Google partnered with legendary climbers Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell. Check out the incredible behind-the-scenes video below.

 

 

For the full interactive experience visit go here or explore in the embedded trek below. I have also included a gallery of photos and gifs of the epic undertaking.

 

 

 

 

 

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Picture of the Day: Valley Fog in Yosemite

 

VALLEY FOG IN YOSEMITE

 

Photograph by David Kingham on 500px

 

In this beautiful capture by David Kingham we see the famous ‘Tunnel View’ in Yosemite National Park, California. For many of the park’s visitors, this is one of the first views they see as they enter Yosemite Valley.

While the valley only represents about 1% of the park area, it is a very popular location where many of the visitors arrive and stay [Source].

Yosemite National Park covers an area of 761,268 acres (3,080.74 km2) and over 3.7 million people visit each year. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984.

 

via David Kingham on 500px

 

 

 

Picture of the Day: Morning View from Washburn Point, Yosemite

 

Morning View from
Washburn Point, Yosemite

 

Photograph by Jesse L. Summers | Prints Available

 

Redditor Jesse L. Summers shared this incredible shot of Yosemite National Park in California as seen from Washburn Point, at an elevation of about 7000 ft.

The shot was was taken in the early morning, just down the road from Glacier Point. Many commenters were also quick to draw comparisons of this incredible landscape shot to the popular video game Skyrim.

Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,268 acres (3,080.74 km2) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Over 3.7 million people visit Yosemite each year and it was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. [Source: Wikipedia]

 

JesseLSummers.com via only_eats_plankton on Reddit

 

 

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