Setting a New El Cap Speed Record (Shortest Straw)

Oliver Tippett and Taylor Martin attempt and complete a speed ascent of The Shortest Straw on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Tippett reports the pair climbed the route in 9:51 (May), a time that he says shaved a couple of hours off the previous mark attributed to Skiy DeTray, David Allfrey and Cheyne Lempe. The upload notes it was a clean push with no big falls. The film is useful as a concrete record of what a sub-10-minute big-wall push looks like: the pacing, transitions and small decisions that matter when margins are minutes rather than hours. It privileges on-route movement and logistics over behind-the-scenes commentary, so climbers interested in speed tactics on El Cap will find it a practical case study rather than a broad history of the route.