Hans Florine
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Hans Florine is an American rock climber and competition speed climber, who holds the record for the number of big wall climbing ascents of Yosemite Valley's El Capitan, and is known for holding the s
Florine in 1995
Yuji Hirayama
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Yuji Hirayama is a Japanese rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two Lead World Cups, in 1998 and in 2000. He is notable for being the first-ever climber to onsight an 8c ro
Hans Florine
…following year Hans met Peter Croft at a slide show and suggested they climb The Nose together, and so they did. Hans broke The Nose speed record with Yuji Hirayama in 2002, with a time of 2:48:55. This was bested by German brothers Alexander Huber and Thomas Huber in 2007, however, Florine and Hirayama regained…
Yuji Hirayama at TEDxTokyo 2009