Chris Sharma Shaxi Raxi Oliana project (9a
Chris Sharma Shaxi Raxi Oliana project (9a
Chris Sharma Shaxi Raxi Oliana project (9a
Chris Sharma making the 3rd ascent of La Rambla in Spain
Chris Sharma sends La Rambla 5.15a/9a after fewer than 20 tries.
One day after “La Rambla” (5.15a / 9a+) saw its second ascent, Chris Sharma redpointed the endurance-fest in Siurana, Spain, for its third ascent. Sharma had been working on the route along with Dani Andrada, Dave Graham, and Yuji Hirayama, but it was Edu Marin who grabbed the second ascent last week.
Sharma repeated the climb after fewer than 20 tries, according to Desnivel.com. Sharma is the only climber in the world to have climbed multiple routes confirmed at 5.15a, beginning with his landmark send of “Realization” (5.15a) at Ceüse, France, in 2001. In late September, he established a new deep-water solo route in Mallorca, Es Pontas, that also may be 5.15 and has yet to be climbed by anyone else.
Check out Chris Sharma rock climbing as he crushes the super long and pumpy La Rambla 5.15a/9a. If you know of any other climbers who have now sent La Rambla please add them into the comments below.
This video is of Chris Sharma on the first ascent of Dreamcatcher, 5.14d/9a. It was filmed by the badass crew over at Big Up Productions, if you haven’t checked out their videos you have to. They are by far some of the best quality and most cutting edge climbing films out there.
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