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Honnold & Florine break Nose speed record- 2:23:51 18-Jun-2012 At 4:56:44 PM jono_1

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On 18/06/2012 simey wrote:
>On 18/06/2012 benjenga wrote:
>>2:23:51 gee that is quick, I guess now the pressure will be on to see
>if
>>anyone can ever break the 2 hour mark?
>
>I'm guessing you have no real idea of what climbing the Nose involves
>and just how much effort over decades has gone into reaching that time
>of just under 2:24. The idea that there is now pressure to knock off another
>24 minutes from a time that has just been set by two of the world's most
>experienced and outstanding speed climbers currently at the top of their
>game shows a fairly poor understanding of what they have just achieved.
>

But who would have thought 10-15 years ago that people could solo, often without a rope, these routes. Then along came Dean Potter and now this Honnold lad.

And who though that Usain Bolt could run 9.59 s in the 100 meter sprint in 2009.

According to a bunch of maths nerds 9.59 s over 100 m would not be possible until about 2060. But then along came Usain. see link below http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/15/usain-bolt-sprinters-100m

I'm sure sometime in the near future some guys/gals will come along and smash 2hrs up the Nose.