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Speed Record

02h:23m:46secs
Hans Florine, Alex Honnold
Jun 17, 2012

Solo Record

05h:49mins
Alex Honnold
Jun 22, 2010

2013 Ascents

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Total Ascents Logged

24
  • Aug 2012 2.5 days -- Erik Sloan, Josh Thompson
    So much fun!
  • Jun 08, 2011 12h:30mins -- Roger Putnam, Mark Grundon
    I cant stop doing this route...simply amazing!
  • Sep 12, 2010 14h:30mins -- Roger Putnam, Jesse Chakrin
    First NIAD....soooo cool!
  • Aug 2010 3 days -- Erik Sloan, Jesse Lynch
    First Vibram Five Fingers ascent of El Cap! My buddy Jesse had never climbed a bigwall. I don't know what I was thinking,hahhahha, but we got through it and had some fun. So beautiful being on El Cap. Sleeping on Camp 4 was pretty grim though. Woohoo!
  • Jul 2010 11h:15mins -- Erik Sloan, Josh McClure
    It was a hot 97 degrees, but we started early and had a blast. We pasted three Koreans on top of Texas Flake who had ropes and a leader up higher at Eagle Ledge. Before we topped out we heard a big rockfall from the Nose and heard people screaming. When we got down we found out the Korean leader had pulled off a large flake that you used to climb up at the beginning of the pitch to Camp 4--was a six foot tall flake that was stuck in the crack and you climbed on it. Guess it broke the fella's leg and almost cut his rope but he was able to be rescued as was the rest of the team the next day.
  • Jun 04, 2010 21h:30mins -- Tim Klein, Jason Wells
    Nose twice IAD......Hey it's the Nose!!! 8:10 the first round 10:05 the second 21:30 total time
  • Jun 2010 11h:35mins -- Erik Sloan, Nate Beckwith
  • May 13, 2010 13h:17mins -- Brian Gallant, Hans Florine
  • Sep 2009 12h:45mins -- Tom Lambert, Hans Florine
    So much fun - I just jugged behind the master, but it was a blast.
  • Jul 12, 2009 2.5 days -- David Allfrey, Scott Lappin
    First El Cap route. Alone (mostly) on the wall in July. A great time.
  • May 12, 2009 5.5 days -- Parker Kempf, nathan mlot
  • Oct 31, 2008 3 days -- Erik Sloan, Kevin Kuhns
  • Sep 28, 2008 3.5 days -- Roger Putnam, Eric Grove
    First Nose trip. Really fun times
  • Aug 2008 3 days -- Ben Lepesant, W.P.
    best climb ever. 95+ degrees everyday, some suffering for sure. but the history, the climbing, the line and the position are the best.
  • May 14, 2008 3 days -- Erik Sloan, Logan Talbot
    http://yosemitebigwall.com/report/nose-2x-aprilmay-08
  • Apr 27, 2008 3 days -- Erik Sloan, Richie Copeland
    http://yosemitebigwall.com/report/nose-2x-aprilmay-08
  • May 30, 2007 2.5 days -- Dave Clendenan, Brock Wilson
    First El Cap route. Good Times!!!
  • May 09, 2007 1.5 days -- Erik Sloan, Mike Haag
  • Jun 25, 2005 14hours -- Erik Sloan, Micah Dash
  • Jun 2005 4 days -- Erik Sloan, Jay Selvidge, Leo Burk
  • Aug 1999 3 days 00h:00m:02secs -- Jacques Lepesant, David Fessaguet, G Schneider
  • Jun 1988 12hours -- Paul Gagner, Tom Davies
  • Jun 1987 15hours -- Paul Gagner, Steve "Lucky" Smith
  • Jun 1979 2.5 days -- Paul Gagner, Rick Harlin
    Two sets of stoppers and two sets of hexes - yee haw

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1. Partner
02h:23m:46secs
Hans Florine, Alex Honnold
Jun 17, 2012
1. Solo
05h:49mins
Alex Honnold
Jun 22, 2010
1. Free
11hours
Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden
Oct 2005
15hours
John Long, Jim Bridwell, Billy Westbay
Jun 21, 1975 (first one day ascent)
23hours
Lynn Hill, Steve Sutton
Sep 19, 1994 (first one day free ascent)
09h:17mins
Peter Croft, John Bachar
Jun 1986 (first one day Nose+Half Dome linkup)
23hours
Steve Schneider
May 1990 (first one day solo ascent)
12h:59mins
Dean Potter
Jul 1999 (first solo one day Nose+Half Dome linkup)

Partner

2. 02h:36m:45secs Dean Potter, Sean Leary Nov 06, 2010
3. 02h:37m:05secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Oct 12, 2008 (record time)
4. 02h:43m:33secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Jul 2008 (record time)
5. 02h:45m:45secs Alex Huber, Thomas Huber Oct 2007 (record time)
6. 02h:47m:30secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Jun 2008
7. 02h:48m:30secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Oct 2008
8. 02h:48m:35secs Alex Huber, Thomas Huber Oct 2007 (record time)
9. 02h:48m:50secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Sep 2002 (record time)
10. 02h:56mins Dean Potter, Sean Leary Oct 2010
11. 02h:56m:33secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Jul 2008
12. 03h:14mins Alex Huber, Thomas Huber Jun 2006
13. 03h:24m:04secs Dean Potter, Timmy O'Neill Nov 2001 (record time)
14. 03h:27m:05secs Hans Florine, Yuji Hirayama Sep 2002
15. 03h:57m:27secs Hans Florine, Jim Herson Oct 2001 (record time)
16. 03h:59m:35secs Dean Potter, Timmy O'Neill Oct 2001 (record time)
17. 04h:22mins Hans Florine, Peter Croft Jun 1992 (record time)
18. 04h:31mins Hans Florine, Tommy Caldwell Sep 2001
19. 04h:48mins Peter Croft, Dave Shultz Sep 1991 (record time)
20. 05h:26mins Hans Florine, Mark Melvin Nov 2007
21. 05h:50mins Peter Croft, Dave Shultz Jun 1991 (Nose+Salathe in a day)
22. 06h:03mins Hans Florine, Andres Puhvel May 1991 (record time)
23. 06h:40mins Peter Croft, Dave Shultz Sep 1990 (record time)
24. 08h:05mins Hans Florine, Steve Schneider May 1990 (record time)
25. 09h:17mins Peter Croft, John Bachar Jun 1986 (first one day Nose+Half Dome linkup)
26. 15hours John Long, Jim Bridwell, Billy Westbay Jun 21, 1975 (first one day ascent)

Solo

2. 11h:41mins Hans Florine Jul 2005
3. 12h:59mins Dean Potter Jul 1999 (first solo one day Nose+Half Dome linkup)
4. 13h:41mins Hans Florine Jul 28, 1999 (Nose+Half Dome linkup)
5. 14h:11mins Hans Florine Aug 1993
6. 20h:43mins Aaron Jones Aug 21, 2010
7. 23hours Steve Schneider May 1990 (first one day solo ascent)

Free

2. 12hours Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden Oct 2005
3. 23hours Lynn Hill, Steve Sutton Sep 19, 1994 (first one day free ascent)

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Erik Sloan is an Alaskan native, who lived and worked in Yosemite from 2002-2012, and has been bigwall climbing there since 1994. Erik has climbed El Cap over 80 times. He is the co-author of Supertopo’s Yosemite BigWalls 2nd edition, and the author of a community website for Wawona climbing: wawona.yosemitebigwall.com. Erik is currently working on a new, more comprehensive book project that will replace the now out-of-print Yosemite Climbs: BigWalls by George Meyers and Don Reid.