Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) [1][2] [3] is an American rock climber, who together with Yuji Hirayama previously held the Speed Climb World Record for climbing The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2:37:05; 2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds set on October 12, 2008. [4] This broke their record of 2 hours, 43 minutes and 33 seconds set on July 2, 2008, which had broken the record that was set by the German "Huberbuam" , Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber.[5] The two brothers climbed The Nose on October 8, 2007 in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds, breaking Hans' and Yuji's prior speed record. [6] El Capitan is traditionally climbed in three to five days. [7]The Nose route is 2,900 ft long (880 m) and features over 31 pitches of strenuous, exposed climbing. [7] Florine thus climbed The Nose at roughly 6 minutes per pitch. On July 30, 2005, Florine also completed a solo ascent of The Nose in just 11 hours and 41 minutes. [8] Solo ascents are characterized by climbing by yourself and require one person to do all the work.
Hans has been undefeated in speed competition for 5 years [3] and has won 3 gold medals in X-Game speed climbing.[10][3]
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