Talk:El Capitan
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Is El Cap really a mountain? I always thought of it as more of a cliff - the top of the vertical part is just a gentle slope going into the woods. Stan 06:47, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
It does have a distinct summit, see [1] -- hike395 15:29, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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- Heh, OK - one of those summits that's almost visible to the naked eye. :-) Stan 16:24, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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- It's an honest 40 feet! :-) :-) -- hike395 01:32, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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The Google Maps link goes to a map of central China. --Sebbo the Unregistered User in 1990
[edit] Agathla
Someone removed the edits from the El Capitan article regarding the Navajo name for this feature. I noticed it and thought it deserved a better summary. While it is true that El Capitan's Navajo name is Agathla, in Arizona, this article is about the El Capitan formation in California. Rklawton 23:51, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Needs More Information.
Is this an article about Rock Climbing and Base Jumping or is this an article about the rock formation in California known as El Capitan???
There is hardly a single sentence in this atrticle with any meaningful or worth while information about the significant geology of this formation. How did it form? Was it shaped by glaciers? Geochemistry??
History: Who was the first other than Native American to discover this formation? When? Its first appearance in literature?
This article really needs much more academic/scientific information to be included. Can anyone help?
