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from VAS_Entertainment
19 May 2009
Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine set a new speed record on the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite. Leaving all the common practices and protections of climbing behind, they simo-climb mind-bendingly fast, stretching their lead-outs by 60, 80, even 150 feet at a time as the crowd screams, "GO!" from below. This is the Super Bowl, Olympics, and Boston Mararthon of rock climbing, all rolled into one. Here's how they broke the record at 2:43:33 on 2900 vertical feet of the world's finest rock.
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