On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb

by Hans Florine and Jayme Moye

The Nose is the most famous rock climb on earth, tracing the 3,000-foot prow of the granite formation known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Climbers didn't figure out how to scale it until 1958-- five years after Everest. In 1989, a young climber named Hans Florine attempted to ascend the Nose, an effort that took him 46 hours. He would go on to climb it an unprecedented 101 times (and counting) and whittle his total effort down to a mere...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493077201
• ISBN13: 9781493077205
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.7"