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Kyle Williams Sets New Half Dome Running Record (2:23:51)

The Half Dome record has fallen once again with a new fastest know time (FKT) of 2:23:51.

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Hans Florine and Alex Honnold Crush the Nose Record

Other people will cover this with a lot more detail than I will, but I was down in the meadow today and got to see Hans and Alex shave 13 minutes off the record on The Nose — new time: 2:23:46.

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Rickey Gates Sets New Half Dome Running Record - 2:28:18

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New Record on the Nose

It took me a while to get around to this, but Hans and Yuji did it! I usually find watching climbing to be incredibly boring, especially from a distance, but it was incredibly exciting as they appeared to be on pace, then behind, then ahead but by just a little bit. In the end, they broke the record by about two minutes.
Bill Wright and Hans give the pitch-by-pitch account on speedclimb.com.

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New Half Dome Running Record (2:30:50 ROUND TRIP by Ryan Ghelfi)

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Yosemite Triple Crown (and other foolish projects for hikers and climbers)

I was poking around recently and found that somebody has just started a website devoted to what he calls the Yosemite Triple Crown.

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