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NEWS: New Matterhorn Speed Record by Dani Arnold

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 UKC News 04 May 2015
Dani Arnold, 3 kbSwiss climber Dani Arnold has set a new speed record on the North Face of the Matterhorn with a time of 1 hour and 46 minutes, beating Ueli Steck's previous record by ten minutes. Dani climbed the face via the classic Schmid Route.

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=69692
 jon 04 May 2015
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I love the slow motion plunging ice axe and heroic distant stare on the summit - before he looks at his stopwatch.
 natetan 04 May 2015
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Cool achievement.. but a weird video!
 Tom Last 04 May 2015
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Yeah agree, missed opportunity for the videographer.
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Cracking news but that's a most uninspiring video
 stella1 05 May 2015
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Really impressive stuff!

I'm not a big fan of these speed records though. My style of slow, heavy, bumbling alpine climbing with unplanned bivis and general incompetence is far more gruelling.
 Didymus 05 May 2015
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Great climbing ... dumb video
Removed User 05 May 2015
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Looks like it was all hooked out!
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