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Up El Cap faster and faster with another record on Nose

Libby Sauter and Mayan Smith-Gobat have set another record for fastest female party up The Nose.

The pair knocked 19 minutes off their record which was set four days ago. They climbed The Nose in four hours and 43 minutes as reported by Rock and Ice. The men’s speed record  by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine is two hours and 23 minutes and 51 seconds.

Mayan and Libby’s first Nose Record

Libby Sauter, John Long and Mayan Smith-Gobat after their first Nose speed record Photo Diane Kay
Libby Sauter, John Long and Mayan Smith-Gobat after their first Nose speed record
Photo Diane Kay

 

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