Angel Falls

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Core Identity: Angel Falls is the highest waterfall on Earth, plunging 979 meters (3,212 feet) off the sheer sandstone face of the Auyán-Tepuí mesa in Canaima National Park, Venezuela Foundational Thesis: Surrounded by dense Guiana Highlands jungle and accessible primarily by air or river expedition, the cataract's extreme 807-meter uninterrupted free fall atomizes much of its water into mist before reaching the Churún River below 1935–1937 (Aerial Discovery & Naming): Surveyed by aircraft in 1935 and named after U.S. aviator James ("Jimmie") Angel, who crash-landed his plane on the nearby Auyán-Tepuí mesa in 1937 1971 (First Rock-Face Ascent): Three Americans and one Englishman completed a 10-day climb of the sheer rock face of the falls

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