Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell just set a new record on The Nose of El Capitan. The duo climbed the route, one of the most iconic in Yosemite, in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds.

Each spring and fall, climbers flock to Yosemite with lofty goals on its big, granite walls. And recently, a trend of climbing The Nose as fast as possible has taken hold. On May 30, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell speed climbed The Nose route on El Cap in 2:10:15. This record beats Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds’ time of 2:19:44 in Oct. 2017. Instagram stories posted by Gobright and Hans Florine confirm the record. To climb The Nose as fast as possible, climbers employ a mixture of free and aid-climbing tactics.
Honnold, Caldwell Climb the Nose in 2 Hours, 10 Minutes
Both Honnold and Caldwell hold their most renowned ascents on El Cap. Honnold famously free-soloed El Capitan’s Free Rider route in 2017. Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson claimed the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, one of the world’s hardest big-wall routes, in 2015. Honnold also previously held the speed record. In 2012, Honnold and Hans Florine climbed it in 2 hours, 23 minutes. Honnold posted on Instagram about their speed record practice, hoping to break the record this season.