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Free Ride (other)
Free ride, freeride, or freeriding may refer to: Sports * Freerider (climb), a climbing route in Yosemite and featured in the 2018 film ''Free Solo'' * Freeriding (sport), skiing or snowboarding in natural, un-groomed terrain * Free Riding, extreme horseback riding Media Film and television * Free Ride (TV series), ''Free Ride'' (TV series), a Fox TV sitcom * Free Ride (1986 film), ''Free Ride'' (1986 film), a 1986 film * Free Ride (2013 film), ''Free Ride'' (2013 film) * ''A Free Ride'', a 1915 American pornographic film and the earliest surviving American pornographic film Music * Free Ride (album), ''Free Ride'' (album), a 1977 album by Dizzy Gillespie * ''Free Ride'', a 1978 album by Marshall Hain * ''Free Ride'', a 2004 album by Carson Cole Songs * Free Ride (song), "Free Ride" (song), a 1973 song by Dan Hartman for the Edgar Winter Group * "Free Ride", a song by Nick Drake on the album ''Pink Moon'' * "Free Ride", a song by Annabelle Chvostek on the album ''Bija (album), Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freerider (climb)
El Capitan ( es, El Capitán; "the Captain" or "the Chief") is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith is about from base to summit along its tallest face and is a popular objective for rock climbers. Naming The formation was named "El Capitan" by the Mariposa Battalion when they explored the valley in 1851. ''El Capitán'' ("the captain", "the chief") was taken to be a loose Spanish translation of the local Native American name for the cliff, “Tutokanula” or "Rock Chief" (the exact spelling of Tutokanula varies in different accounts as it is a phonetic transcription of the Miwok language). The "Rock Chief" etymology is based on the written account of Mariposa Battalion doctor Lafayette Bunnell in his 1892 book. Bunnell reports that Ahwahneechee Chief Tenaya explained to him, forty-one years earlier, in 1851, that the massive formation, called Tutokanula, could be translated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
