Ep 30 - Hans Florine's Accident on the Nose

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Hans Florine was attempting his 110th ascent of the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. He and a partner were doing the Nose in a Day (an elite climb), but were not attempting any speed records. Yet Hans still took a bone-breaking fall, despite all of his experience. Learn what went wrong for the man who literally wrote the book on climbing the Nose. The Sharp End Podcast is presented by Mammut and co-sponsored by Suunto and Colorado Outward Bound School. This podcast is produced by the American Alpine Club.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Sharp End podcast. My name is Ashley and I'm your hostess for the show.
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0:37.4	Mamoot, absolute alpine. Thank you to the Colorado Howard Band School and Suundo for the additional support.
0:49.0	In May of 2018, Hans Florine and his partner were doing a leisurely climb of the nose on
0:54.8	L-CAP. At one point Hans took a fall and snapped his left Tibia and
1:00.5	fibula about three inches above his ankle. He told me they called a pelon
1:06.0	fracture because of the crushing blow that happens from below. Basically the
1:10.7	bottom head of his tibia broke into three or four pieces.
1:14.4	He's got all sorts of rods and plates and screws holding it together at this point.
1:19.6	On his right side, his calcinous or his heel bone took the entire blow of the fall.
1:26.4	It cracked into like six pieces.
1:29.1	He now has a plate with all kinds of long screws pulling it all together.
1:33.0	I got a talk with Hans flooring when I was up in Leadville, Colorado, right before I drove to Alaska.
1:38.0	I'll let him tell you all about what actually happened.
1:42.0	Hi Hans, welcome to the show.
1:45.0	Hello darling Ashley.
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