So Close: The Nose in 2:47:30
On Sunday, June 29, 2008, Yosemite speed climber and historian Hans Florine, with Japanese partner Yuji Hirayama, climbed the Nose (VI 5.9 A2, 2,900') on El Capitan in 2 hours, 47 minutes and 30 seconds, nearly reclaiming the world's most coveted speed record. Their new time is the route's second fastest, barely missing the mark—2:45:45—that the Huber brothers set in October of last year (read the October 9, 2007 NewsWire)...
Taken from: Alpinist Magazine.
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