Tag Archives | Speed Climbing

New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary

Posted November 8, 2010 at 7:20 am · Comments { 8 } ·

According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan.  The pair blazed up the wall in at an astonishing 2:36:45, shaving 20 seconds off the previous record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in 2008.

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Huber Brothers El Capitan Speed Record Video

Posted April 29, 2008 at 2:46 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

Back in October, the brothers Alex and Thomas Huber broke the record for speed climbing The Nose on El Capitan…twice. Their first effort only broke the previous record held by Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine by 3 seconds. Below is videos of their second attempt on 10/8/2007 where they improved their time by 3 minutes [...]

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News & Notes! 10/8/2007

News & Notes! 10/8/2007

Posted October 8, 2007 at 2:41 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

I’ve spent way too much time spraying about myself lately and not nearly enough time spraying about the accomplishments of others. Here is my attempt to make up for this fact: Andre DeFelice has had a good summer of progression up the bouldering grades. Last week he repeated Circadian Rhythm (V13) at Poudre Canyon, CO [...]

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