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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 4, 2015 - 12:39pm PT
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Just came across this on the ol Facebooks. It was posted just a few hours ago. Thats reeeeely covering some dirt fast.
Anybody have some details? Rad run.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - May 4, 2015 - 12:40pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Wow, did he run up Snake Hike?
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Congratulations, Dean!
Very creative path. I would not have thought of it, yet seeing your line every inch makes perfect sense.
The speed with which you executed it, though...YOWZAH!
DAMN, Man. You're an inspiration. Just stay safe up there. Not worried about your awesome skill -- not at all -- or your capacity for split-second focus either. Just sayin'
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Pretty cool.
The fastest known time for the regular trail is 2:23:51.
http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/264/half-dome
Hans' page shows that Dean Potter previously did Snake Dike car-to-car in 3 hours. (1998)
http://speedclimb.com/yosemite/
Maybe also similar is Royal Arches (car to car) 57 minutes, by Dean Potter in 1998. Cedar Wright then did it in 52:26 in 2000. I think they descend the "gully" between Royal Arches and Washington Column, but that's a faint recollection.
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Ed H
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Very impressive
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Wow, only a 5 min difference with tons more semi technical climbing involved.
There is a much faster way through Broderick canyon than skirting liberty cap to the trail.
Prob gain at least a minute.
Lightning fast record.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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This seems a little weird to me.
Timing yourself on a trail run, then advertising "I'm the fastest".
zzzzz
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Wow! That's really cool. Timed runs have been around a long time, and are kinda bullshit on non-established routes. But that is a proud effort regardless. Good for Dean laying down such a fast time on such a burly "run".
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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I'd say its "established" now.. lol
Seems like a damn solid benchmark to me.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Impressive.
You can't do it officially but stash a BASE rig at the visor and you could shave it to 1:25 CTC ;-)
Add:
I don't think it's contrived at all. CTC times are a well known benchmark for many alley objectives. If you can find a faster path have at it IMO, just report it honestly as he did. As Clint mentioned it's enabled faster times on Royal Arches.
It's not just about saying "I'm the fastest" it's also saying here's a cool new timed line, try to beat it if you can, or see how fast you can do it.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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The fastest known time for the regular trail is 2:23:51.
So he beat this time by about 5 minutes after lobbing off considerable mileage through short-cutting. I wonder what even a mediocre climber (~willing to solo Snake Dike) with a bit of real running fitness would do? Hans? Haha...
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Where's Leor Pantilat? He'll shave an hour off that time and take a million pictures along the way!
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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So he beat this time by about 5 minutes after lobbing off considerable mileage through short-cutting. I wonder what even a mediocre climber (~willing to solo Snake Dike) with a bit of real running fitness would do? Hans? Haha...
I'm not so sure that going cross country with some 3rd, 4th and 5th class can really be considered a "short cut." Extra distance on trails is often easier than the so called short cuts.
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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My first trip to the Valley (1960?) we got the bright idea that we were going to spend the night on the top of Half Dome. I am still in my bag in the morning and hear a guy way out of breath exclaim "1 hr 47 minutes". He was just wearing shorts and drenched in sweat. This was Bill Woodruff, a friend of Dave Rearick's from Cal Tech. He had just broken Warren Harding's record. Bill had cycled to the Valley from Pasadena.
So, does anyone know what Warren's old record was?
Very nice work, Dean.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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I'm not so sure that going cross country with some 3rd, 4th and 5th class can really be considered a "short cut." He a took a huge shortcut over the hiking trail. If not, then why not pick up the record on tourist trail, should be a piece of cake!
I'm about to break the FKT between my office and the toilet. It's never even been attempted by anyone but me.
Really - this whole euro Kilian Jornet thing is BS and faded here in the US even quicker than it arrived. Nobody cares when you're out there setting your own courses that likely nobody could repeat but you w/o some kind of highly detailed track info. Even if the course caught on, it would likely be quite destructive.
It's cool, congrats, the Long's Peak record was set the same way - but really, I'm more impressed by a true measurable athleticism - something repeatable - no tricks. Go try the Half Dome trail and see how you stack up against that record - it's for real.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Whoa!
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WBraun
climber
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I've gone down the yellow line before and it might even shave off more time?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I think there is room for two records. The trail, with no shortcuts, and to the summit and back by any means.
The first is a measure of trail running fitness that is easily compared to others. The second quantifies fitness, boldness, athleticism and ingenuity.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Amazing. Ansel Adams went up half that route in April '27, LeConte Gully to the Diving Board, got that famous Monolith shot of Half Dome.
News to me, guess he didn't brag much.
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