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MX
Trad climber
Seattle
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:45am PT
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They bested the old time by about 8%. (9405 seconds vs. 8631 seconds).
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:46am PT
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Unreal. Period.
WOW!
Hans for president, Alex for Veep!
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:46am PT
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Ron, wonder if AH has been to the Leap.
Bears Reach, ala Dan O, is waiting... :)
Very impressive feat!
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:48am PT
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Is the Nose in under two hours the new 4-minute mile...?
I'm thinking this record will stand for some time.
Be interesting to take a pool for the next record. Years off?
I'm really impressed with the prep, Alex's Spring efforts, Hans honed the route over years. Then two runs in two days, three days off. Then...Rocket Fuel!
Again, a toast to the lads.
Now it's time for me to start my day, Ha!
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:49am PT
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By the decade:
4:22:00 Peter Croft and Hans Florine, 1992
2:48:50 Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine, 2002 (35.6% delta)
2:23:51 Alex Honnold and Hans Florine, 2012 (14.8% delta)
Another 16% puts it down under 2:00????
"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
John Wooden
So what about the guy who starts and finishes. (Florine 1990-2012).
EDIT:
Not to slight other pioneers, but I couln't find any that lined up nicely on decades going back from 2012.
1991 Peter Croft, Dave Schultz 4:48
1991 Hans Florine, Andres Puhvel 6:01
1990 Peter Croft, Dave Schultz 6:40
1990 Hans Florine, Steve Schneider 8:06
1986 John Bachar, Peter Croft 10:05
1975 Jim Bridwell, John Long, Bill Westbay 17:45
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:50am PT
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Wow that's insane. Alex is having quite the 2012
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Terry
climber
Spokane
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:53am PT
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Didn't even want to bring up the comparison of the 2 hour Nose to the 4 minute mile even though it is obvious. We should savor this before looking to the next for sure.
However, Nose in a Day might be a better comparison to the four minute mile. Hundreds have now run the four minute mile. You can count on one hand those who have done sub 2:38.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:54am PT
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It was 2:23?
So they're done getting their rack and ropes together? When do they start climbing?
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:55am PT
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Wow, really blew by the old record.
Since some guys asked, AH has been to the Leap. I think he soloed all the .10s years ago. He also onsighted the Silly Willy crack.
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all in jim
climber
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:56am PT
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My god. Honnold is a mutant. An athlete of unprecedented ability.
That Hans, at nearly 50 years old can hang with him is the thing I really can't wrap my head around.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:57am PT
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Blazing . . . Congrats.
JL
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Doogz
Trad climber
EastWest
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:03pm PT
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Super Humans = Super Achievement
Bravo!!
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:08pm PT
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Incredible - so motivating!!!
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frank wyman
Mountain climber
helena montana
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:11pm PT
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2:23 bottom-to--top, couple of minutes shaking hands and congrats, Start running down, They should be in meadow in about 5 minutes giving interviews
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:18pm PT
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looks like Hans has a record that won't be broken in a month by the hubers or caldwell or whoever,
glad everything went so well,
they are approaching the limit on this thing, fo sho,
i bet el cap pics will have the shizzle my bizzle,
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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Wonder if RR follows this kind of stuff, or even cares?
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:20pm PT
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Amazing! Big thanks to Max and Mark for the reports.
I'll bet that it never goes in 2h or less.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:27pm PT
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Yes, it is nice that they got the record, but as we used to ask all those who climbed the Nose "Did you do Stovelegs free?'
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m_jones
Trad climber
Carson City, NV
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:29pm PT
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Splits from Mark.
Tom Frost is here. Hans Is almost on ec tower in less than an hour.
Alex is on The great roof in 1 hour 25 min!
Hans just left camp 6 Alex is at the top of the next pitch. 2:01 right now
2:23:51 official!
It was amazing to watch. They were in way more control than I thought they would look.
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phile
Trad climber
SF, CA
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Jun 17, 2012 - 12:31pm PT
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W00T!
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