Search results for: “Nose of El Capitan”
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The Nose of El Capitan (video)
Ever wondered what it’d be like to climb The Nose of El Capitan?
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Florine and Honnold set new speed record for climbing The Nose (El Capitan)
If you were in Yosemite Valley yesterday morning just before 6AM you may have noticed the large crowds of onlookers staring up at El Capitan. What was all the fuss about? Two of the worlds greatest climbers, Hans Florine and Alex Honnold were attempting to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose of…
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Climbing the Nose on El Capitan (video)
Mark and Janelle Smiley have set out to do what few have done, climb all of the routes famous by the iconic book, Fifty Classic Climbs of North America and document the whole thing in HD footage. Take a look as the Smileys climb the famous Nose on El Capitan.
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Yosemite Speed: Half Dome Running and Nose Climbing Records
There are some newsworthy happenings on the speedclimbing and running fronts happening right now in Yosemite. To back up a bit for those who don’t know about these obscure domains of human endeavour, some folks like to compete against a clock (you’ve perhaps heard of the Boston Marathon or the Iditarod?) and some of those…
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Brothers Set New Speed Record for Climbing The Nose
On October 8th the [Alex Huber] brothers and [Thomas Huber] broke their own record they set 4 days previously by successfully [climbing] the [Nose of El Capitan] in 2 hours 45 minutes 45 seconds. What’s really cool though is you’re able to watch video of the Bavarian-born brothers breathtaking ascent thanks to [YouTube]. Man these…
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Climbing The Nose: A True Tale of Climbing El Cap
This is one story you’re going to want to read the rest of. DarkSyd tells of climbing The Nose. DarkSyd: “After a week or so of getting the techniques down, we found ourselves at the base of the Mighty El Capitan before sunrise, looking up in awe at the pink granite face looming 3400 feet…
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What are you going to do today?
It was a blustery day in 1958 when after 45 days (non-consecutive) of climbing Warren Harding and his group of stalwarts did what many thought could not be done. He climbed the nose of El Capitan.
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Tom Frost
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Yosemite climbing legend and one of my personal heroes, Tom Frost. Tom was one of the first to climb The North American Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite during the 1960s with Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, and Chuck Pratt. With Robbins and Pratt, Tom…
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Third Time a Charm for Florine and Hirayama
There’s a new speed record tonight for climbing the nose route up El Capitan this time the record his held by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama who made it to the top in 2 hours and 43 minutes breaking a record set last year by two German brothers. SF Gate: “A Lafayette rock climber and…
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Climbing in Yosemite #3 on Thrill Seekers List
El Capitan: start of the Nose. Photo by Jacqueline Pogg posted on Flickr by Xavier de Jauréguiberry. Travel Guide Lonely Planet has come out with a list of the Worlds Top 10 Experiences for Thrill Seekers and guess what’s in the number 3 spot on the list, climbing in Yosemite. Also on the list (in…