I will never try to put up a Yosemite speed record. That’s right, everyone out there who was nervous can relax. But that’s not to say such feats aren’t rad. Being a friend of mine, I can attest that Hans Florine is in fact rad. So I was psyched to hear he and Yuji had made a bid for another speed record on the Nose. And in usual Climbing Magazine fashion, this report sucks:
Florine-Hirayama Nearly Regain Nose Record climbing.com – June 29, 2008
Eclipsed only by this article’s suckiness:
On Speed in Yosemite: Catching up to the Hubers (yeah, that’s really the title) UKclimbing.com – June 29, 2008