The Nose in 2 hours, 43 minutes, 33 seconds
July 3, 2008
SG in Yosemite
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Chronicle photo by Michael Maloney.
"I feel just like Lightning McQueen," said Hans Florine after he and his partner, Yuji Hirayama, on their third attempt, managed to break the world speed record up the 2900-foot route on Yosemite's El Capitan.

Peter Fimrite for the SF Chronicle.
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