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Setting the Speed Record on The Nose

By Rocky Thompson on May 27th, 2010


Ueli Steck and Alex Honnold are going after the speed record on the Nose at El Capitan. The current record stands at around 2 hours and 37 minutes. I’m not sure I could cover 2900 feet on flat ground in less than two hours, let alone running straight up the side of the earth. The first assent took 47 days in 1958, so if we stay on track, we should break the 30 second mark in the next 20 years on this assent. The above video is one of Steck and Honnold’s training climbs.

via The Adventure Blog

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One Response to “Setting the Speed Record on The Nose”

  1. matt mio June 1st, 2010 at 12:48 am

    really, you couldn’t walk 2900 feet, ~half a mile, in less than two hours? are you injured or obese?