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Q9. Answer the following questions.
a) Why is El Capitan expedition a challenge for the climbers?
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Answer 1

Answer:Minute by the way

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Answer 2

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• So in conclusion, now you know how climbers get off El Cap! They typically don't rappel down the same way they came. If they do rappel, they'll usually go for the East Ledges Descent. Alternatively, climbers will hike using either the Yosemite Falls route, or the Old Big Oak or Tamarack Flat hike routes.
• Free Solo Climber Alex Honnold Ascends Yosemite's El Capitan Without a Rope. Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan without a rope or safety equipment, becoming the first person to free solo the route. Honnold stands at the top of El Capitan after completing its first-ever free solo.
• ondra)—the climber in the red coat—reached the summit of El Capitan, officially completing the second free ascent of the Dawn Wall. At 3,000 feet long, and with a Yosemite Decimal System difficulty rating of 5.14d, the Dawn Wall is considered to be the longest hardest free climb in the world.
• Five people have died in climbing accidents on El Capitan since 2013. In all, Farabee said, 31 of the 120 climbers who have died in the park since 1905 have died on the famous granite monolith

• The climber is Alex Honnold, an old friend of mine. He's the star of Free Solo, the documentary about his ascent of El Capitan that won an Oscar last year. El Cap is a 3,000ft sheer rock face in Yosemite, California, and he climbed it without a rope. ... Alex was on vacation but even on vacation he still climbs.

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