On 21 October 2017, after 11 previous attempts, Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds climbed The Nose in 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds, shaving 4 minutes and 2 seconds off Alex Honnold's and Hans Florine's previous record from 2012.
Here's the video:
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13minutes in real time here, negociating Dolt Tower:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4ubEPPN7U
Interesting comments on Youtube... There is a secion immediately after Dolt where Jim has to descend / swing across 20/30ft on a tight rope. Brad wasn't at a belay at this point, he just locked his jams and held on tight! I this is true its quite a feat!
"Awesome footage! At 8:31 when Jim yells "take" and swings over, Brad is literally just holding him up with the rope with jams and no pro. Crazy!?"
"Yeah I did the nose earlier this year and normally the follower does a lower out off of Dolt tower. I met Brad a few weeks after the climb and he mentioned that he just holds on tight and Jim swings over on his body weight. I think it lets them go even lighter/faster and not carry any big cams with them.?"
Information on their rack / setup...
https://www.climbing.com/news/brad-gobright-and-jim-reynolds-set-new-nose-speed-record/
To put it in perspective that's the equivalent of doing ALL of dream of white horses in 22 minutes, 6 and a bit times in a row!
I reckon these guys would do Dream in about 10 minutes!!