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On October 22, 1999, Jan Davis died while attempting a BASE jump from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Davis' jump was part of an organized act of civil disobedience protesting the NPS air delivery regulations (36 CFR 2.17(a)), which make BASE jumping illegal in national park areas.
El Capitan is composed almost entirely of a pale, coarse-grained granite approximately 100 MYA (million years old). In addition to El Capitan, this granite forms most of the rock features of the western portions of Yosemite Valley. A separate intrusion of igneous rock, the Taft Granite, forms the uppermost portions of the cliff face.
Nancy Jan Davis was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida, but considers Huntsville, Alabama, to be her hometown.. She graduated from Huntsville High School in 1971, [3] received a Bachelor of Science degree in applied biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1975 and another in mechanical engineering from Auburn University in 1977. [3]
Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin [ 4] that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform the first-ever free solo climb of a route on El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park, in June 2017. [ 5][ 6] The film premiered at the 45th Telluride Film Festival on August 31 ...
Jan Davis (born 1953), former American astronaut. Jan Davis (died 1999), stuntwoman who died BASE jumping from El Capitan. Janet Davis, former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jennet Device, a key witness in 18–19 August 1612 trial of the Lancaster Assizes. Janet Davis (sprinter), winner of the 1987 NCAA 4 × 100 m championships.
Sousa composed this operetta in 1882 and 1883. He based it on an English comedy, Our Wife, by John Maddison Morton . National Theatre, Washington, D.C. [ 11] The Queen of Hearts. 1885. One act, three scenes. Edward M. Taber. The Queen of Hearts had the shortest run of all Sousa operettas, with only three performances in Washington, D.C.
Davis free climbed the Salathé Wall route (at left) on El Capitan in Yosemite, which stretches 3,200 feet (980 m). In 2004, Davis became the second woman to free climb El Capitan in one day. [ 2 ] One year later, in October 2005, she became the first woman to free climb the Salathé Wall , on El Capitan, [ 2 ] The route is rated 5.13b/c, is 35 ...
Sitting in the noisy dayroom of Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Calif., as he speaks over a grainy video call, Scott Peterson looks more like a laidback surfer than a man convicted of the heinous ...