Chris Sharma
When Chris started climbing he reinvigorated the US sport climbing scene, quickly repeating many of the hardest lines before establishing his own hard lines such as Necessary Evil, the first 8c+/14c in the US.
Through the rest of his career he took sport climbing in to the modern era by cementing the 9a+ and 9b grades with a string of cutting edge ascents throughout Europe and the US.
Features in Rampage, Best of the West.
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Chris Sharma
Added at 17:01 on 13 January 2021Chris Sharma
Added at 17:03 on 05 March 2021Biographie (9a+, FA)
Added at 18:12 on 18 December 2020Fight or Flight (9b, FA)
Added at 18:12 on 18 December 2020La Dura Dura (9b+)
Added at 18:12 on 18 December 2020Witness the Fitness (8C, FA)
Added at 18:12 on 18 December 2020First Round, First Minute (9b, FA)
Added at 18:12 on 18 December 2020El Bon Combat (9b, FA)
Added at 22:12 on 21 December 2020La Rambla Extension (9a+)
Added at 22:02 on 15 February 2021Biographie (9a+, FA)
Added at 06:07 on 19 July 2021
Le Blond (9c)
Added at 15:06 on 29 June 2021Biographie (9a+, FA)
Added at 13:07 on 21 July 2021
Dreamcatcher (9a, FA)
Added at 08:09 on 05 September 2021Super Tweak (8c)
Added at 08:05 on 29 May 2021
Novena Enmienda (9a+)
Added at 08:07 on 03 July 2021Gancho Perfecto (9a+, FA)
Added at 08:07 on 03 July 2021Es Pontas (9a+, FA)
Added at 08:04 on 29 April 2021Ascents
24 recorded ascents.
| Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date |
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| Le Blond | 9c (Lead Did not finish) | 01 Jan 2016 (approx) | |
| La Dura Dura | 9b+ (Lead) | 23 Mar 2013 | |
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The first confirmed 9b+. |
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| Jumbo Love | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 11 Sep 2008 |
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https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2008/09/sharmas_jumbo_love_9b_515b-45317 |
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| Golpe de Estado | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 17 Dec 2008 |
| Neanderthal | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 18 Dec 2009 |
| First Round, First Minute | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 19 Apr 2011 |
| Fight or Flight | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 05 May 2011 |
| Stoking the Fire | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 06 Feb 2013 |
| El Bon Combat | 9b (Lead) | ✓ | 07 Mar 2015 |
| Biographie | 9a+ (Lead) | ✓ | 18 Jul 2001 |
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A breakthrough in Chris' climbing and one of the hardest routes in the world at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eTxQLfIUNY https://www.instagram.com/p/CRe7spOLVqj/ Coincidentally Charlotte Durif was walking underneath at the time with her brother and Dad who took some photos of the first ascent. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRlzGrNHGHn/ |
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| First Ley | 9a+ (Lead) | ✓ | 28 Feb 2010 |
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https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/02/sharma_climbs_first_ley_9a+-54530 |
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| Demenci Senial | 9a+ (Lead) | ✓ | |
| Gancho Perfecto | 9a+ (Lead) | ✓ | |
| Papichulo | 9a+ (Lead) | ✓ | |
| La Rambla Extension | 9a+ (Lead) | 01 Jan 2006 (approx) | |
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Third ascent. |
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| Novena Enmienda | 9a+ (Lead) | 01 Jan 2007 (approx) | |
| Dreamcatcher | 9a (Lead) | ✓ | 01 Sep 2005 (approx) |
| Era Vella | 9a (Lead) | ✓ | 01 Jan 2010 (approx) |
| Necessary Evil | 8c+ (Lead) | ✓ | 01 Jan 1997 (approx) |
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Age 15. Chris had been climbing for a little over 3 years at the time of making this ascent, at the time the hardest route in the US. |
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| Super Tweak | 8c (Lead) | ||
| Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date |
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| Witness the Fitness | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jan 2005 (approx) |
| Catalan Witness the Fitness | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | |
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