Hans Florine
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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 2:43:33 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 2:45:45, 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.
- Nickname: Hollywood Hans[9]
- Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
- Home town: Moraga, CA [4]
- Occupation: Climber / Speaker [9]
- Climber since: 1983[3]
- Competitor since: 1988[3]
Hans has been undefeated in speed competition for 5 years [3] and has won 3 gold medals in X-Game speed climbing.[3][10]
[edit] External links
- www.Hansflorine.com Hans Florine's personal website
- www.Speedclimbing.com (including Hans Florine's Homepage)
[edit] References
- ^ "PowerBar: Athletes". teamelite.powerbar.com. http://teamelite.powerbar.com/Athletes/Profiles/Details.aspx?id=77606403-DC11-45A1-A232-CC48FA15CD3A. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "Hans Florine's 2004 birthday challenge". www.birthdaychallenge.com. http://www.birthdaychallenge.com/hans/2004.html. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b c d e f "EXPN.com - Story". expn.go.com. http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/FLORINE_HANS.html. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b Fimrite, Peter. "50th anniversary of first ascent of El Capitan". sfgate.com. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/09/BADS13VJJJ.DTL&hw=rocky&sn=072&sc=311. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Helft, Miguel (2008-07-03). "Two Climbers Regain Record on Yosemite Peak - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/sports/othersports/03climbing.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/H/Helft,%20Miguel. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "Alexander Huber interview - climbing news, mountaineering.". www.planetmountain.com. http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?keyid=36420. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b "El Capitan - The Nose 5.13c or 5.9 C2 - Climbing Info - Yosemite Valley, California USA". www.supertopo.com. http://www.supertopo.com/rockclimbing/route.html?r=ybelnose. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "Hans Florine - Fastest Solo Ascent of El Capitan - Speed Climbing". www.spadout.com. http://www.spadout.com/wiki/index.php/Hans_Florine_-_Fastest_Solo_Ascent_of_El_Capitan_-_Speed_Climbing. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b "USATODAY.com - Teen scales heights of rock climbing". www.usatoday.com. 2003-11-18. http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-11-17-rock-climbing_x.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "CNNSI.com - SI Adventure - The El Capitan Climbing War - Wednesday July 31, 2002 11:18 AM". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/17/el_capitan/. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
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