Hans links Half Dome and El Cap for the 4th time

Hans Florine and Rosanno Boscarino climbed Half Dome's Northwest Face and the Nose of El Capitan in a single day on Sept. 17th. It was Hans' 4th time doing the link-up and 2nd time this year. He's also done the link-up solo in a day.

Details:

Started at Mirror lake 3:44 a.m.
Arrive Half Dome base 5:50 a.m.
Start climbing 6:15 a.m.
Top out on Half Dome 11:42 a.m. - Route time 5:27
Leave top 11:56 a.m.
Arrive base of Half Dome route 12:24 p.m.
Arrive Stables parking 13:55 p.m.

Eat pizza, drink cold stuff, gear up in meadow.

Start at base of The Nose 15:22 p.m.
Top out on The Nose day two 2:28 a.m. - Route time 11:06

base of Half Dome to top of El Cap: 20h13m

Leave top of El Cap 2:56 a.m.
Arrive at car 5:10 a.m. Round trip C to C 5:26

Great weather, T-shirts most of the time on Half Dome except the last pitch it was windy so we put on the long sleeve shirts. T-shirts on El Cap until Camp 4 where we put on long sleeves only to sit and wait for partner, else it was t-shirts. Rode bike from Mirror to Stables, and from Manure pile to El Cap meadow.

Rosanno led half the pitches on Half dome and four pitches on El Cap.