Huber Brothers Break El Cap Record–AGAIN

October 13, 2007

I recently posted about The Hubor brothers breaking the speed ascent record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan. The Nose is claimed to be the hardest route on El Capitan.

The Hubors boasted of a time of 2 hours, 48 minutes and 35 seconds, besting the old record set back in 2002 by a mere 20 seconds.

Four days later on October 8th, Alexander and Thomas Hubor broke their own record once again, this time shaving close to 3 minutes off their previous record breaking run.

The 2002 record holders, Yuji Hirayama and Hans Florine, have exclaimed an interest in returning to El Cap to once again try to rebreak the records currently being set by The Hubor brothers.

The Hubors have definately become comfortable on The Nose, as of late though, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they don’t shoot up it once more and shave even more time off their current record.

The Hubors–as stated in this in-depth article about the dynamic climbing duo–are “two of the world’s best extreme and high alpine climbers of our time.”

They have done a lot of free-solo high risk routes, not only on El Cap, but other faces in Yosemite Valley, Patagonia, and some extreme faces in the Alps as well.

The Hubor Brothers recently set the climbing world ablaze with a magnificent climb, setting a speed ascent record as well, on “The Zodiac” in Yosemite. The Hubors managed to climb their way up the rugged 600 foot face in little over 1 hour, 51 minutes, and 34 seconds. Most experienced climbers have taken at least 2-3 days to get up this difficult route.

Expect for the Hubors legendary status to continue to grow. I am also hearing that the Hubors recent exploits on El Cap have been filmed by legendary filmmaker and Oscar Winner, Pepe Danquart for a possible film project to be released in the next few months. That might be something worth looking into.

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