HANS FLORINE
The Big Wall Speed Climber!
Date of Birth: June 18, 1964
Residence: Moraga, CA
Height: 6ft. 1 in.
Profession: Big Wall Speed Climber
Known for : Fastest Ascent of The Nose, El Capitan
2hrs, 23 mins 46 secs in 2012 w/ Alex Honnold
Status: Married
HANS FLORINE, 52, is an American Big Wall Speed Climber from California, who jointly holds the record with Alex Honnold for climbing the Nose of El Cap in a mind blowing time of 2:23:46. Listen as Hollywood Hans, as some prefer to call him, shares his story on how they were able to break the record that was previously set by the late Dean Potter and the late Sean Leary.
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"It's not about making money for me. It's about breaking personal barriers on the most famous route in all of climbing."
HANS FLORINE TED TALK
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Brief History
Alex Honnold free solos Astroman and Rostrum
September, 2007
Alex free solos Astroman and Rostrum in Yosemite Valley in a single day, becoming the second person after Peter Croft (1987) to do so.
Alex Honnold free solos Zion's Moonlight Buttress
April 1 2008
Alex free solos Zion's Moonlight Buttress.
Alex Honnold free solos the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome on
Sept 6, 2008
Alex Honnold ree solos the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome.
Alex Honnold sets speed record on El Capitan
June 17, 2012
Alex Honnold set speed record on the Nose of El Capitan with Hans Florine
Alex Honnold free solos The Phoenix 5.13a
Alex Honnold ree solos The Phoenix, the first 5.13a in United States.
Alex Honnold free solos Separate Reality 5.12a
Alex Honnold free solos Separate Reality 5.12a
Alex Honnold free solos Heaven 5.12d
2014
Alex Honnold free solos Heaven 5.12d