Hans Florine

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Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) is an American rock climber, who together with Yuji Hirayama holds the current Speed Climb World Record for climbing The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2 hours, 48 minutes and 50 seconds. El Capitan is traditionally done by a strong party of two climbers in three to five days. The Nose route is 2900 ft long and features over 31 pitches of strenuous, exposed climbing. Florine thus climbed The Nose at roughly 6 minutes per pitch. On July 30th, 2005, Florine also completed a solo ascent of The Nose in just 11 hours and 41 minutes. Solo ascents are characterized by climbing by yourself and require one person to do all the work.

• Nickname: Hollywood Hans
• Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
• Weight: 158 lb (72 kg)
• Home town: Lafayette, California
• Occupation: Climber / Speaker
• Climber since: 1983
• Competitor since: 1988

Hans has been undefeated in speed competition for (5) years and has won (3) gold medals in X-Game speed climbing.