Hans Florine
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Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) [citation needed] is an American rock climber, who together with Yuji Hirayama holds the Speed Climb World Record for climbing The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2:37:05; 2 hours, 37 minutes and 05 seconds set on October 12, 2008. [1] This breaks 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).[2] 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. [citation needed]El Capitan is traditionally done by a strong party of two climbers in three to five days. [citation needed]The Nose route is 2900 ft long and features over 31 pitches of strenuous, exposed climbing. [citation needed]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. [citation needed] Solo ascents are characterized by climbing by yourself and require one person to do all the work.
- Nickname: Hollywood Hans[3]
- Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[citation needed]
- Weight: 163 lb (72 kg)[citation needed]
- Home town: Moraga, CA [1]
- Occupation: Climber / Speaker [3]
- Climber since: 1983[citation needed]
- Competitor since: 1988[citation needed]
Hans has been undefeated in speed competition for (5) years and has won (3) gold medals in X-Game speed climbing.[citation needed]
External links
- www.Hansflorine.com Hans Florine's personal website
- www.Speedclimbing.com (including Hans Florine's Homepage)
References
- ^ a b "50th anniversary of first ascent of El Capitan". sfgate.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ "Two Climbers Regain Record on Yosemite Peak - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ a b "USATODAY.com - Teen scales heights of rock climbing". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
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