On June 6, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold broke the speed record for climbing the Nose of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot route that takes most parties days to climb. Caldwell and Honnold finished it in 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 7 seconds, a record that鈥檚 incredible when compared to all other climbs of the Nose鈥攂ut also impressive compared to other non-climbing things that take two hours or more. Such as:
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- Listening to the Smashing Pumpkins鈥 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness .
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- A flight from Denver to L.A.
- Watching Lawrence of Arabia until the intermission.
- Light traveling to reach Uranus.
- Listening to of 鈥淓ye of the Tiger.鈥
- Listening to of the theme song of The Joy of Painting starring Bob Ross.
- The drive from Denver International Airport to Vail, with no traffic and no bad weather.
- Any reasonably dedicated game of Monopoly.
- Playing nine holes of golf, on average.
- The average NBA game.
- Watching this of the best nail art designs of July 2017.
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- Climbing eight routes with a partner on a busy weeknight at your local climbing gym (probably).