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...experiments that put that theory to rest--and nailed down the presence of water for good--were largely conducted on one 10-in.-high, 65-ft.-wide rock outcropping in the Meridiani Planum that mission scientists dubbed El Capitan. The surface of the formation is made up of fine layers--called parallel laminations--that are often laid down by minerals settling out of water. The rock is also randomly pitted with cavities called vugs that are created when salt crystals form in briny water and then fall out or dissolve away...
Still, good intentions in camp do not always translate into the best practice in the field. About two miles west of Camp 4 is El Capitan, the majestic 3,000-ft. cliff face that is America's most famous climbing spot. On a busy day in the high season, there can be as many as 50 climbers on the face of El Cap, and each one is dragging up a considerable amount of equipment, trash and human waste. "On big walls, people get very intense after a few days up there--they feel more at risk, and ethics tend...
...afternoon in Camp 4, nobody has managed to get up Midnight Lightning. Hack heads back to his tent. "Yeah, climbing is an impact sport, but so is hiking or horse riding," he says. Of course, horses have no desire to conquer cliffs like El Capitan. Only humans do that...
...movie industry is about to honor some of its biggest flimflam artists--and we're not just talking about the Oscar ceremony on March 24. The Third Annual Golden Trailer Awards are scheduled to be handed out this week at Hollywood's grand old El Capitan Theatre. A panel of judges (including Ben Stiller) will cast their votes for last year's best trailers: those 2 1/2-minute theatrical reels, 30-second TV spots and eye-grabbing teasers. Some contenders made bad movies look good (Pearl Harbor); some helped B movies open big (The Fast and the Furious); all of them...
DIED. WARREN HARDING, 77, first rock climber to scale Yosemite's El Capitan, who opened the door to "big wall" climbing in the U.S.--nicknamed "Batso" for his batlike tendency to hang from cliffs; of liver failure; in Happy Valley, Calif...