Fastest time to climb El Capitan solo

The fastest solo ascent of the "Nose" of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, USA, was achieved by 28-year-old Nick Ehman (USA) in 4 hours 39 minutes on 10 October 2023.

This bettered the time of rock-climbing legend Alex Honnold, who scaled El Capitan solo in c. 5 hours 50 minutes in 2010. Honnold does, however, remain the first person to have free solo climbed El Capitan (on 3 June 2017) and the fastest to climb it overall, alongside Tommy Caldwell (both USA), when they topped The Nose in 1 hour 58 minutes 7 seconds on 6 June 2018.

The first successful rope-solo "Nose In a Day" (NIAD) attempt was completed by Steve “Shipoopi” Schneider in 21 hours 22 minutes in 1989.