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New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary

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According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan.  The pair blazed up the wall in at an astonishing 2:36:45, shaving 20 seconds off the previous record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in 2008.

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  1. kevin

    how come this didnt make the front page?

    1. Narc

      Several reasons...

  2. mose

    hmm... care to speculate?

  3. Narc

    Didn't mean to be so vague in my first response. Just a lot of things go into what gets posted where I suppose.

    I guess the answer I'll go with is that since they are likely to try again I'll wait to see where the final number sits at the end of the season before making a huge deal out of it...

  4. rachel

    Hey brian, i read this on supertopo:

    On or around November 6, Sean Leary and Dean Potter climbed the Nose of El Capitan in 2:35.45. They broke the old record of 2:37:05 held by Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine. October 2008 .

    So, im wondering where the 20 seconds came from? It looks like a bit more than that to me. Was this another attempt? Or mis-information?

    1. Narc

      I believe the correct time is 2:36:45 based on everything I've read. The 2:35:45 might be a typo.

      They tried again yesterday but the top of the route was wet apparently so no dice.

  5. Rhoads

    Prolly not front page because Speed Climbing is losing its sheen.

    1. Narc

      Little bit of that too...