The Nose Speed Record

I've always sort of had the life goal of climbing the nose sub two hours. It seems possible, but it's a big psychological barrier, kind of like the two-hour marathon. You definitely need a partner that you trust, and to me the most obvious choice is Tommy Caldwell. He's a really good granite climber. I mean my shoes are named after him, so that's always a good sign. Brand new GC Pros, look at the edge on these bad boys. The nose speed record is one of the big games in climbing. I mean I always thought it was kind of dangerous, but climbing with Alex, it's a bit addicting. Pretty much anytime Alex says, let's go do something, I'm going to say yes. History begins. I never realized how freaking fun speed climbing is. Climbing El Cap in, you know, a couple of hours, that's unbelievable. It's just got to be the coolest racetrack in the world. Yeah, like 16 minutes faster. Whoa, buddy. Nice job, see you on top. The key is to climb smoothly and climb relaxed, nice and fluid, and just flow up the route. Yeah, let's fix. It's crazy trying to keep up with Alex. He's just running it out, looking at falling to the end of that 100-foot rope, but he doesn't fall at all. Come on. Breaking the record. Feels possible, I think. What was your time? 257. But we got to take an hour off. It's going to be hard. I kind of think we can go sub 2, dude. We'll see.