Alex Honnold and Hans Florine break The Nose speed record, again

Hans Florine now holds the speed record on the nose, again, but this time with Alex Honnold.  The pair beat the record yesterday by 12min 59sec, which a total time of 2:23:46.  Read more about it here:

http://www.rockandice.com/news/2047-honnold-and-florine-set-new-nose-speed-record

Alex Honnold at it again! Triple Crown Solo in under 20 hrs!

This quote from Reel Rock Tour's Facebook page:  Wow! Just finished covering one of Alex Honnold's most epic adventures for REEL ROCK 7 - The Solo Triple Crown in about 18 hours. Watkins, El Cap, and Half Dome, 90% free solo with a little bit of aid. Yesterday he started up Watkins at 4PM and topped out in 2:20, a speed record in itself. Next was The Nose, in 6 hours, in the dark. He forgot his chalk bag and had to borrow one from aid climbers half way up. Topped out Half Dome at 10:45 this morning. Here he is looking worked on the summit an hour ago. "OK," he finally admitted, "that was a big deal."


This guy's an animal!  I hope he has a long life.  The odds aren't particularly promising.

Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set another record in Yosemite

Everybody knows about Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell.  Each of them have broken more records and done more firsts in Yosemite than I can count.  So, what happens when they join forces?  They climb El Cap, Half Dome, and Mt. Watkins in 21h 15min, free.  Dean Potter is the only other person to link these climbs in a day, but he didn't climb them all free.  Alex and Tommy did in less than one day what takes the average climber over 11 days to do.  More information on their feat can be found here:

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web12s/newswire-caldwell-honnold

Dean Potter, The Man Who Can Fly

I came across a link from my friend's blog, http://levikepsel.blogspot.com/, of a trailer for this video of Dean Potter.  The video is absolutely incredible!  A bit nuts, in my opinion.

Here it is.  The video is National Geographic: The Man Who Can Fly.  Make sure to watch this in full screen.

Part 1, 15mins

Part 2, 15 mins

Part 3, 15 mins