On Thursday, rock climber Hans Florine began his 100th ascent of the Nose of听El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, . He and his team plan to sleep on the wall for two nights before finishing听on Saturday.
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The Nose, a classic Yosemite route, is nearly 3,000 feet tall, graded 5.9 C2, and requires 31 pitches to complete, . Despite being El Cap鈥檚 easiest full-length route, injuries are not uncommon on the Nose, . In the past four decades, 41 out of 101 incident reports on El Cap came from the Nose (including a 2015 fall that resulted in death).
Many well-known climbers have completed the Nose, including Lynn听Hill, who was the first to free-climb it.听Dean Potter,听along with partner Sean Leary,听held the route鈥檚听speed record听until 2012, when听Florine and Alex Honnold broke the free-climbing record with a time of听2:23:51.
Speed isn鈥檛 the focus of Florine鈥檚 current ascent, which he鈥檚 climbing with听explorer Fiona Thornewill and journalist Jayme Moye, according to Gear Junkie.
鈥淭he two partners I am going with have never been higher than 400 feet up the cliff,鈥澨鼺lorine told Gear Junkie. 鈥淚t will be super fun seeing and experiencing their reactions.鈥
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We've reached Dolt Tower. With on his 100th ascent of the Nose on El Cap!
鈥 Jayme Moye (@JaymeMoye)
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