According to a text message that Florine sent to Chris McNamara of Supertopo.com after the climb on July 2, the time of their ascent was 2:43:33.
The previous record, set last fall by brothers Alexander and Thomas Huber from Germany after several years of effort, was 2:45:45. The Huber brothers had broken Florine and Hirayama's own record, set in 2002.
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