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[edit] Steepness
I deleted the part of the opening sentence saying "sheerest in North America". First, that implies it is immensely steep, which it is not, as compared to, e.g. El Capitan. Second, it's not even close to the biggest face in all of North America (compare Mount McKinley/Denali), and it is not quite the biggest in the contiguous US (compare Mount Rainier). Now, it may be true that Rainier is the only other place where you can get more than 10,000 feet in 7 miles, and if you declare that not to count as an "escarpment" (since it's volcanic), then the photo caption could perhaps be changed back. But it would need a careful reference. -- Spireguy 02:16, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
