Hans Florine

Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) is an American rock climber, who together with Yuji Hirayama holds the Speed Climb World Record for climbing "The Nose" of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2 hours, 43 minutes and 33 seconds set on July 2, 2008. This breaks the record that was set by the German "Huberbuam" (Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber). The two brothers climbed "The Nose" on October 8, 2007 in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 45 seconds breaking Hans' and Yuji's prior speed record. On July 2, 2008, Florine and Hirayama went back up on the Nose are reclaimed the record with a time of 2:43:33. El Capitan is traditionally done by a strong party of two climbers in three to five days. "The Nose" route is 2900 ft long and features over 31 pitches of strenuous, exposed climbing. Florine thus climbed The Nose at roughly 6 minutes per pitch. On July 30, 2005, Florine also completed a solo ascent of "The Nose" in just 11 hours and 41 minutes. Solo ascents are characterized by climbing by yourself and require one person to do all the work.

* Nickname: Hollywood Hans
* Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
* Weight: 158 lb (72 kg)
* Home town: Lafayette, California
* Occupation: Climber / Speaker
* Climber since: 1983
* Competitor since: 1988

Hans has been undefeated in speed competition for (5) years and has won (3) gold medals in X-Game speed climbing.

External links

* [http://speedclimb.com/ Speedclimbing.com] (including Hans Florine's Homepage)