Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964)[2][3][4] is an American rock climber, who holds the record for the number of ascents of Yosemite Valley's El Capitan and is known for holding the speed record on The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan 8 different times.

[9] In 1990 Hans Teamed up with Steve Schneider to Climb The Nose route in a record 8 hours and 6 minutes.

Approximately one week later Dave Schultz and Peter Croft climbed The Nose in 6 hours and 40 minutes.

The following year Hans met Peter Croft at a slide show and suggested they climb The Nose together, and so they did.

[14] Solo ascents are characterized by climbing by yourself while using a rope for protection, and require one person to do all the work.

In 2018 he broke both his legs during a training run up The Nose after a piece of protection popped out of a crack.

The off shoot from that was the formation of the Junior Competitive Climbing Association, JCCA, which later eclipsed the ASCF, and effectively adopted it back in to form what later became https://usaclimbing.org/