El Capitan

基本解釋

He once climbed El Capitan, in Yosemite, in 24 hours—a feat that takes most experienced climbers three days.
他曾用24小時(shí)就爬上了優(yōu)山美地國家公園的酋長巖，而這一壯舉，就算最有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的登山者也得花3天才能完成。
People come from all over the world to climb one of the huge rock formations at Yosemite. The most famous of these is called El Capitan.
來自世界各地的游客攀登約塞米蒂中巨大的巖石，在這些巨大的巖石中，最著名的一個(gè)是艾卡普蒂，攀登者都叫它為“艾卡普”。
When we were doing the climbs in Yosemite for my 50th birthday on El Capitan, we were going to do a lot of the pitches in the dark and we were also going to switch ends of the rope.
當(dāng)年為了慶祝我50歲生日，我們打算到約塞米蒂國家公園里去爬船長峰，這段路線要求我們?cè)诤诎抵信篮荛L時(shí)間，還要互相交換繩端。
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Millions of years later these would become the giant rocks called Half Dome and El Capitan in Yosemite Park.
The most famous of these is called El Capitan.

He quickly established himself as one of the world's best climbers, in 1964 making the first ascent of the North America Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan--regarded at that time as the most difficult climb in the world.
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