Hans Florine

Hans Florine

Florine in 1995
Personal information
Nickname Hollywood Hans[1]
Born (1964-06-18) June 18, 1964
Residence Moraga, California, U.S.[2]
Occupation Professional climbing and speaker[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Website hansflorine.com
Climbing career
Type of climber Big wall, Speed climbing
Known for Fastest ascent of The Nose of El Capitan
Medal record
Speed climbing
Representing  United States
IFSC World Championships
1991 Frankfurt Speed

Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964)[3][4][5] is an American rock climber, who together with Alex Honnold holds the Speed Climb World Record for climbing The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2:23:46 (2 hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds), set on June 17, 2012[6] which broke the previous record of 2:36:45 set by Dean Potter and Sean Leary. Florine also previously held the same record with Yuji Hirayama for El Capitan in 2:37:05 (2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds), set on October 12, 2008.[2] This broke their record of 2:43:33 set on July 2, 2008, which had broken the record that was set by the German "Huberbuam", Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber.[7] The two brothers climbed The Nose on October 8, 2007 in 2:45:45, breaking Florine' and Hirayama's prior speed record.[8] El Capitan is traditionally climbed in three to five days.[9] The Nose route is 2,900 ft long (880 m) and features 31 pitches of strenuous, exposed climbing.[9] 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.[10] Solo ascents are characterized by climbing by yourself and require one person to do all the work.

Florine has been climbing since 1983, and competitively since 1988.[3] He has been undefeated in speed competition for 5 years [3] and has won 3 gold medals in X-Game speed climbing.[3][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "USATODAY.com - Teen scales heights of rock climbing". www.usatoday.com. 2003-11-18. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  2. 1 2 Fimrite, Peter (2008-11-09). "50th anniversary of first ascent of El Capitan". sfgate.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "EXPN.com - Story". expn.go.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  4. ↑ "PowerBar: Athletes". teamelite.powerbar.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Hans Florine's 2004 birthday challenge". www.birthdaychallenge.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  6. ↑ "Honnold and Florine Break Nose Speed Record". alpinist.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Helft, Miguel (2008-07-03). "Two Climbers Regain Record on Yosemite Peak - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  8. ↑ "Alexander Huber interview - climbing news, mountaineering.". www.planetmountain.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  9. 1 2 "El Capitan - The Nose 5.13c or 5.9 C2 - Climbing Info - Yosemite Valley, California USA". www.supertopo.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  10. ↑ "Hans Florine - Fastest Solo Ascent of El Capitan - Speed Climbing". www.spadout.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  11. ↑ "CNNSI.com - SI Adventure - The El Capitan Climbing War - Wednesday July 31, 2002 11:18 AM". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
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