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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 13, 2016 - 10:41am PT
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Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Time & Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 @ 7:30 PM (Social hours and free beer for members at 6:30)
Directions: From Highway 101 at Santa Rosa go west on Highway 12 to Stony Point Road Exit. Go straight from the middle lane at the light onto Occidental Road. The Round Table Pizza is on the right just down the road.
HANS FLORINE: ON THE NOSE - A LIFETIME OBSESSION WITH YOSEMITE'S MOST ICONIC CLIMB
Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that’s considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. Ascending the Nose takes most climbers anywhere from 12 to 96 hours. Florine, along with climbing partner Alex Honnold, did it in an astounding 2.5 hours. But Florine’s story is not one of super-human athletic prowess; it’s one of persistence and dogged determination. In 30 years of climbing, Hans has ascended the Nose a mind-blowing 100 times, more than anyone else ever has, and most likely ever will.
In his new book, On The Nose, Florine describes the most dangerous, pivotal, and inspirational of those climbs, providing a rare look inside the adrenaline-charged world of competitive climbing in Yosemite Valley. Perhaps more interestingly, Florine attempts to answer the question why. Why would anyone undertake one of the greatest adventure epics on earth 100 times? His answers provide unique insights on how to live a satisfying life, how to achieve big goals, and how an otherwise ordinary guy can become a rock star.
In addition to his climbing accolades, Hans Florine is the co-author of Speed Climbing, has written articles for Rock and Ice, Climbing, and Master’s Athlete and has produced the multi-media series How to Climb the Nose. Hans served as executive director of the American Sport Climbers Federation from 1992 to 1996 and is currently an Ambassador for The Access Fund, as well as manager and shareholder at Touchstone Climbing & Fitness, the largest climbing gym chain in the country.
Hans is a professional motivational speaker, delivering keynotes at trade shows, conferences, and college auditoriums worldwide, from local rotary club meetings to Fortune 500 events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children. For more details about Hans’s new book see: http://onthenosebook.com.
http://www.rockicemountain.org/
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2016 - 11:17am PT
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This crew must knot know about Hans Florine. ;)
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 17, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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Or possibly Santa Rosa? maybe change it to free beer for all.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega
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Oct 17, 2016 - 01:55pm PT
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Dangit. I'll be in Utah, but I'm sure he'll inspire.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 25, 2016 - 02:50pm PT
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shoot Jerry.
Hans should have given Adam Ondra some beta for the Great Roof. :)
Oh, and FREE BEER to EVERYBODY next Tuesday!!!
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 31, 2016 - 04:09pm PT
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glad that pete, anita and crew got down safely on EC.
But YOU shouldn't be the "bail of the day". Top out at the RIM club tomorrow night if you're in the bay area. ;) and :)
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2016 - 05:36pm PT
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Many pitchers of beer were consuming in a full room for Hans.
What was so cool is that he talked more about all of his partners over the years on the Nose and on other climbs and all the other inspiring teams who claimed the speed record on the Nose. Very little ego for someone nicknamed "Hollywood Hans". :)
Thanks Hans for a great presentation.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Saw the facelift presentation of his. Very good! PASSIONATE climber.
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 19, 2017 - 12:33am PT
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I will always remember the times I had to deal with that guy. The Fox 40 news crew came out to USACs first nationals at Pipeworks to film my team competing. They came in the door and asked "where is the Davis team?" Hans saw the camera crew and pushed me out of the way. He grabed the mic out of the newsanchor's hand and proceded to barge in front of the cameras to give his schpeil. He bragged about who he was and how important he was and how "in charge" of the comp he was. That was the year we had the worst most disorganized speed climbing championship ever. There were more appeals than any other year I can remember. The news anchor apologized to me afterwards and said that they had turned the cameras off during Hansies rant. I had athletes on deck and had to excuse myself and our story was never broadcast. I always liked Hans' quote "if it can be measured it can be improved." Too bad there isnt a tool that is vast enough to measure his ego. Dean Potter said it best when he referred to Hans as "a little dog humping my leg." Sorry Hansie, but thats how I feel. We once had a good contest doing endurance laps on 11Cs at the climbathon. What ever happened to that guy?
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