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From Denali's brutal cold to Utah's sandstone canyons and a swarm of tornadoes on the Great Plains — America's extremes are as geographically scattered as the country itself.

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Rock Climbing · Yosemite National Park, California

Big wall climbing, El Capitan

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A 900m sheer granite monolith and the benchmark big-wall climbing objective on the continent — multi-day ascents with climbers sleeping in "portaledges" bolted to the vertical face, on routes that have defined the sport since the 1950s.

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Mountaineering · Denali National Park, Alaska

Denali summit expedition

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North America's highest peak at 6,190m, and one of the coldest mountains on Earth relative to its altitude thanks to its extreme sub-Arctic latitude — a 2–3 week self-supported expedition hauling sleds across the Kahiltna Glacier, with wind chill regularly reaching –40°C or lower on the upper mountain.

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