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National Park Scouts · August 20 · 17 min

Yosemite National Park: El Capitan's Impossible Climb

This is part 2 of our Yosemite National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Yosemite National Park for kids: Part 1: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire Part 2: El Capitan's Impossible Climb Part 3: Half Dome's Crazy Crack Part 4: The Great Gray Owl -- Imagine holding on to the side of a rock wall, with no ropes to catch you! Today, we scale the side of El Capitan, the most famous rock wall on the planet.⛰️ From the original climbers who took 45 days to reach the top, to Alex Honnold's unbelievable four hour climb, discover why this massive vertical cliff has captured the imagination of adventurers for generations. 🧗‍♂️ Kids will learn how a process that took over a hundred million years deep underground created a giant, unbroken block of granite with almost no cracks or weak spots. Thank you to Lauren Harter for providing us with our park sound today. 🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family. 🏕️ How do you feel about heights? Would you like to try rock climbing yourself one day? Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast. Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺ https://nationalparkscouts.com/ Amazing music from Sheb3ar Find National Park Scouts on Instagram

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This is part 2 of our Yosemite National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Yosemite National Park for kids:
Part 1: The Waterfall That Turns to Fire
Part 2: El Capitan's Impossible Climb
Part 3: Half Dome's Crazy Crack
Part 4: The Great Gray Owl

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Imagine holding on to the side of a rock wall, with no ropes to catch you! Today, we scale the side of El Capitan, the most famous rock wall on the planet.⛰️

From the original climbers who took 45 days to reach the top, to Alex Honnold's unbelievable four hour climb, discover why this massive vertical cliff has captured the imagination of adventurers for generations. 🧗‍♂️

Kids will learn how a process that took over a hundred million years deep underground created a giant, unbroken block of granite with almost no cracks or weak spots. 

Thank you to Lauren Harter for providing us with our park sound today.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ How do you feel about heights? Would you like to try rock climbing yourself one day? 

Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast.


Hey Scouts! Review & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's the best way for others to find the show too. Thank you for supporting National Park Scouts! 🌲⛺

https://nationalparkscouts.com/

Amazing music from Sheb3ar

Find National Park Scouts on Instagram

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