Honnold And Caldwell Set New Speed Record On The Nose On El Capitan In Yosemite National Park

El Capitan, Yosemite National Park – On May 30 2018, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set a new speed record on 2900-foot, 31 pitch route called The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. They duo climbed the route in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds!

New Nose Speed Record! This morning @tommycaldwell and @alexhonnold climbed the 3000 ft route in 2:10:15 — smashing the old best time by almost 10 minutes! REEL ROCK is there shooting for an upcoming film. @thenorthface @yeti @blackdiamond @gopro. Photo: @samuelcrossley

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Honnold and Caldwell beat the previous record set in October 2017 by Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds who sent The Nose in 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds. Learn more about this previous record in the film Two Nineteen Forty Four.

Read more about the The Nose Speed Record from the following sources:

• GearJunkie.com