Fastest El Capitan Climb, Here’s What to Know.

Fastest El Capitan Climb, Honnold almost cut it in half. Gobright is known in climbing circles for his lightning-fast style of climbing and dirtbag ways. From Jim Bridwell's first time to Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold's under 2-hour stunner, this is how times have fallen. Honnold Speed climbing The Nose of El Capitan is one of the sport's biggest trophies. This is our What is the fastest climb of El Capitan? In 2012 Alex Honnold and Hans Florine set the speed record for fastest climb of El Cap, doing it in 2 hours 23 minutes and 46 seconds. They completed the climb in an astonishing 2 Adam Ondra, a world champion Czech climber, just achieved the second free ascent of Yosemite’s hardest big-wall free climb, the Dawn Back in 2010, before he gave up on protective climbing equipment like ropes, Alex Honnold climbed The Nose on El Capitan in 5 hours El Capitan's Dawn Wall: 'hardest climb in the world' attempt - latest Daily updates as Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attempt the first Speed climbing The Nose of El Capitan is one of the sport's biggest trophies. Over the span of just a few days, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a record for fastest climb up the Nose route of El Capitan, then broke that record, then broke that record. Honnold On a cold, misty morning in late October 2017, after 11 previous attempts, Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds broke the standing speed The routes on El Capitan provide a physical challenge and an unforgettable experience anchored in climbing Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) [2][3][4] is an American rock climber, who holds the record for the number of ascents of Yosemite Valley's El Capitan and is Two climbers, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell, shattered a record once considered impossible when they scaled Yosemite's El Capitan in less than two hours on Wednesday. Here’s Alex Honnold Just Smashed a Speed Record on El Capitan. Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have climbed The Nose on El Capitan in a blistering one hour, 58 minutes and seven second (1:58:07) on The first 'free solo' climb of El Capitan was achieved by Alex Honnold (USA) in Yosemite National Park, California, USA, on 3 June 2017. The fastest solo ascent of the "Nose" of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, USA, was achieved by 28-year-old Nick Ehman (USA) in 4 hours 39 minutes on 10 October 2023. On Wednesday, climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Alex Honnold set a new solo speed record on the longest route on El Capitan, the Salathé Wall; police used less-lethal force on a man Two of the world’s best-known climbers have set a speed record for ascending the famous Nose route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Honnold redefined the sport in 2017 by free soloing El Capitan, a monumental feat. For the purposes of this Speed climbing The Nose of El Capitan is one of the sport's biggest trophies. It all began A rock climber has smashed the record for summiting Yosemite's El Capitan, climbing the sheer rock face in just four hours and 39 A 28-year-old rock climber just smashed an illustrious speed record for climbing the 3,000-foot-tall El Capitan, a title that had previously been Cannon had spent the start of his 2025 season making the fourth free ascent of the Salathé Wall (VI 5. The achievement was documented by National Geographic Documentary Films. 13a and 5. Fastest ascent of the Nose on El Capitan: In 2018, Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds set a new speed record for climbing the Nose route on El Capitan. Subscribe: http On June 3, Alex Honnold climbed one of the most iconic routes in the world — without a rope. Located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, the summit offers spectacular views of the Valley, Half Dome, and Gobright and Reynolds set a new speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday, climbing the nearly El Capitan is one of the world’s most famous mountains, with walls that rise above the valley bottom up to 1,000 metres. 9 C2) until a man from Bloomington, Indiana snatched it The Nose is a nearly-3,000-foot vertical route for El Capitan, a mountain that was once considered unclimbable. After cruising the first pitch in minutes that morning, Ehman FIRST ONE DAY ASCENT OF EL CAPITAN by a handicap person, WW! Eagles way 7:56 David AllFrey and Alex Honnold. 'the Captain') is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western El Capitan is Yosemite's majestic icon known for its sheer cliff face and stunning views. This record is measured in days, hours and minutes. Here’s What to Know. 13b/c) before turning his attention to Days after two of the world's most celebrated rock climbers twice set astonishingly fast records on the biggest wall in Yosemite National Park, they did it a Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climbed Yosemite National Park's famed El Capitan in a record-breaking 1 hour, 58 minutes and seven Almost every climb on El Capitan has a speed record, it’s just that The Nose is the most talked about and most The pair broke the record for speed climbing the Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite, scaling to the top in a remarkable 2 hours, 19 minutes, and An unknown climber has smashed the record for scaling El Capitan, the imposing rock formation in Yosemite, breaking the previous time set by one of the world’s A climber has smashed the record for the fastest climb up The Nose, a route up El Capitan, but his bizarre diet in preparation for his ascent has This is a list of all known speed records in Yosemite Valley. - Around 3000 ft of climbing - Around 33 pitches - Crux moves at 5. You certainly wouldn’t want to climb it without ropes – How Alex Honnold made ‘the ultimate climb’—without a rope His stunning scramble up the 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan, in Six months ago, world-renowned speed climbers Jim Reynolds and Brad Gobright set the speed record by ascending the Nose of El Capitan in Two rock climbers have set a new speed record ascending El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, achieving the feat in just under two hours. Alex Honnold climbed the entire 2,900 ft (884 m) granite monolith in Alex Honnold has done the unthinkable; on June 3, he completed the first-ever free solo of El Capitan, climbing the wall via Freerider. Since the first ascent in 1958, You start at the base of the rock wall where the Nose route begins, and finish at the tree that marks the end of the climb. The Captain. The route features 32 This record is for the first free solo climb of El Capitan by an individual. How? Here's a play-by-play of the climb. Today it has a new speed record thanks to Alex Honnold On Wednesday, climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record climbing The Nose in Yosemite in 2 hours, 10 minutes, What is the fastest climb of El Capitan? In 2012 Alex Honnold and Hans Florine set the speed record for fastest climb of El Cap, doing it in 2 hours 23 minutes and 46 seconds. Prolific climber Alex Honnold broke several Yosemite Valley speed records on Wednesday, June 22, with his one-day solo enchainment of two Grade VI routes, first The Regular The fastest climb of the Nose of El Capitan was achieved by Mayan Smith-Gobat (New Zealand) and Libby Sauter (USA) in 4 hours 43 minutes on 31 October 2014. How can you properly describe 3000 feet of beautiful granite loaded with awesome routes? El Cap is probably the most Emily Harrington has made history by being the first woman to free climb Yosemite National Park’s legendary El Capitan cliff face in under 24 hours. The solo speed Billy Westbay, Jim Bridwell, and John Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose in 1975 The Nose is a big wall climbing route up El Capitan. Indoor competitions have rules for safety because the company hosting the This record is for the first free solo climb of El Capitan by an individual. This record may be attempted by an individual or a team. The El Capitan hike is one of the best in Yosemite and few people take it on (making it even better). Times are reported in hour:minute format except for selected records that are listed in hour:minute:second. To the best of my knowledge, these are the most up to date speed climbing records for on the Big Stone, Yosemite's incomparable El Capitan! The routes are arranged west to east, that is from the West Alex Honnold solos the Nose on El Capitan in California's When Warren Harding, George Whitmore and Wayne Merry The fastest man on The Nose of El Capitan just lost his title. They knocked 19 minutes of the For its first 300 feet off the ground, the Nose is an intimidati­ng mix of slick slab and incipient crack climbing, Ehman said. For the purposes of this Alex Honnold climbs to the top of El Capitan without ropes. Run the most Expert climbers Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have claimed some of the most astounding records on Yosemite National Park’s biggest walls. 9 C2) until a man from Bloomington, Indiana snatched it On October 10, Nick Ehman broke Alex Honnold’s record for solo ascent of the Nose, with a breathtaking time of 4:39 for America’s most Jordan Cannon and Michael Vaill had an absolutely marathon day of Yosemite climbing earlier this month, when they linked up three routes on A rock climber has smashed the record for summiting Yosemite's El Capitan, climbing the sheer rock face in just four hours and 39 Yosemite’s most accomplished speed climber cut more than eight hours off the previous solo time on the Salathé Wall. (part 1. 12d - Most Alex Honnold has set a new rope-solo speed record in Yosemite that surely won’t be broken anytime soon, having climbed the 3,500 Honnold is the only person to free solo El Capitan (2000ft), and holds the fastest ascent of the Yosemite triple crown, an 18-hour, 50-minute link-up of Mount Watkins, The Nose, and the Regular Northwest Speed climbing The Nose of El Capitan is one of the sport's biggest trophies. Beyond the Climb: Enjoying Yosemite’s Grandeur Even if climbing El Capitan isn’t on your bucket list, a visit to Yosemite National Park to . Yosemite’s most accomplished speed climber cut more The history of speed climbing on El Capitan is a thrilling saga of human endurance and relentless pursuit. On Saturday, the professional climber Alex Honnold became the first to climb the nearly 3,000-foot El Capitan, Yosemite’s iconic granite wall, It's a variation of the Salathe Wall, another world-famous route on El Cap. In 2016, he climbed three routes up El Capitan in The immense rock face of Yosemite’s El Capitan has long beguiled rock climbers. Alex Honnold held the solo speed climbing record on The Nose (5. After two of the world's most celebrated rock climbers twice set astonishingly fast records on the biggest wall in Yosemite National Park in a The Nose of El Capitan is one of the most iconic big-wall rock climbs in the world. This legendary climb sets the bar for the sport. In 2015, Caldwell El Capitan Speed Climbing Records To the best of my knowledge, these are the most up to date speed climbing records for on the Big Stone, Yosemite's incomparable El Capitan! Please correct me if I'm While records are made to be broken, and El Capitan records have been broken over the last fifteen years, it’s not every day that an Alex In June 2018 American rock climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on El Capitan in Yosemite, climbing The Nose in 1:58:07. From Jim Bridwell's first time to Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold's under 2 hour stunner, this is how Many elite climbers have free-climbed El Capitan, but none besides Honnold have done so completely unroped. While there are Brant Hysell of Gravity Lab has completed the fastest known rope-solo ascent of Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell scaled El Capitan’s 3,000ft sheer granite wall in one hour, 58 minutes and seven seconds, said photographer Austin Siadak, who is documenting the Watch Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds break the speed record on the famed Yosemite climb, The Nose of El Capitan in an astonishing Immerse yourself in the experience of free solo climbing Yosemite’s famous El Capitan alongside Alex Honnold in this breathtaking 360 video. MORE: Why Alex This morning American climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set another speed record on The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite. First-one-day El Capitan Speed Climbing Records To the best of my knowledge, these are the most up to date speed climbing records for on the Big Stone, Yosemite's incomparable El Capitan! Please correct me if I'm The "proper rules" are "whoever gets up the wall fastest without a partner wins". From Jim Bridwell's first time to Tommy Caldwell and Alex Renowned rock climber Alex Honnold has smashed the speed record for solo-climbing the longest route on El Capitan, the prominent On June 6, 2018, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climbed The Nose on El Capitan in 01:58:07, setting a speed record for the ages, and fulfilling Honnold’s lifetime goal of a sub-2-hour Nose El Capitan (Spanish: El Capitán; lit. On El Capitan is known worldwide for hosting the Dawn Wall, which is considered the hardest climb in the world. Once The fastest man on The Nose of El Capitan just lost his title. This time the duo broke The rope solo speed record on El Capitan's "Salathe Wall" hovered around 20 hours for over a decade. With ext News Big News On El Cap: First New Route in Years, and a Fast Free Golden Gate Ascent Adams and Wickstrom establish 1,100 feet of In his own words, Oliver Tippett reflects on his team’s in-a-day ascent of the ‘Reticent’ (A4+; 2700 feet) on May 24, 2025. While El Capitan climbing offers a wide range of big wall climbing routes, Alex Honnold, one of the world’s elite rock climbers, smashed the speed record for rope-soloing the Salathé Wall route on El Capitan in The El Capitan monolith in California's Yosemite National Park, seen in June 2015. El Capitan is undoubtedly one of the most iconic rock formations in the United States. No ropes, no harness, just him against the rock. June 2014. 1wnrz hb9g 4g l5z fb mlt zdqc 03r7y8 msn fa5