{"about":"For inquiries about sponsorships, appearances or media opportunities, please email:  info\u0040chrissharma.com","affiliation":"Prana, Walltopia, Sanuk, Evolv, Petzl, Red Bull, Sterling Rope, Momentum Climbing, Sender One, Psicobloc Masters, The Sharma Fund, Metolius, Clif Bar","awards":"U.S. Bouldering Nationals\n1997 UIAA World Cup - Kranj\n1999 X Games - Bouldering - Gold Medal\n2000 Wasatch Open Bouldering Competition\n2001 18th Annual Phoenix Bouldering Contest\n2001 Munich Bouldering World Cup\n2002 Ford Gorge Games\n2003 Earth Treks Roc Comp\n2004 Earth Treks Roc Comp\n2004 ABS Nationals\n2007 Mammut Bouldering Championships\n2008 Mammut Bouldering Championships\n2009 Ilerbloc Open Internacional\n2010 Earth Treks Roc Comp\n2010 Psicobloc, Bilbao, Spain\n","description":"Chris Sharma\u2019s preternatural climbing ability and visionary first ascents have earned him an enduring reputation as one of the world\u2019s best rock climbers. This American professional athlete, ambassador and entrepreneur from Santa Cruz, California, has been on a global odyssey, now two decades in the making, in search of the planet\u2019s most difficult and beautiful rock climbs. Following are some of his key ascents:\n\n\u2022 Necessary Evil: 5.14c (8c+).[8]\u2022 The Mandala: V12 (8A+). First Ascent, February 2000. Several holds have broken since Chris climbed the Mandala, including the crux holds. These changes have made the problem considerably easier,[citation needed] and it has been widely speculated that when the problem was first climbed, the grade was closer to V14.\n\n\u2022 Realization \/ Biographie: 5.15a (9a+). First Ascent, July 2001. Heralded as the world's first 5.15a upon completion.\n\n\u2022 Practice of the Wild: 8C (V15). First Ascent, August 2004. Repeated by Tyler Landman, Daniel Woods and Adam Ondra.\n\n\u2022 Witness the Fitness: V15 (8C). First ascent, March 2005. A 40-foot roof (12 m) problem in the Ozarks. Repeated by Fred Nicole. Daniel Woods made the third ascent on January 5, 2013.\n\n\u2022 Dreamcatcher: 5.14d (9a). First Ascent. A granite route on the Cacodemon boulder in Squamish, British Columbia. The route starts on a technical slab that wedges the climber against the start of the overhang. Then a dyno to a sloping rail leads to a bouldery traverse across slopers and incut crimps. The crux of the route comes at the end with a deadpoint to slopers and a jug. Repeated by Sean McColl in 2009.\n\u2022 Es Pont\u00e0s. First ascent, September 26, 2007. A deep-water solo in Mallorca, Spain, it features a 7-foot dyno (2.1 m) that took Sharma over 50 attempts to stick. This climb, featured prominently in the movie King Lines at the Internet Movie Database, remains unrepeated, and is speculated at around 9a + (5.15a).\n\u2022 Papichulo: 9a+ (5.15a). First ascent. 45m route starting with four- bolt 5.13d to no-hands rest followed by continuous difficult climbing on blue limestone in Oliana, Spain.\n\n\u2022 Jumbo Love: 5.15b (9b). First Ascent, September 11, 2008. First featured in the film King Lines at the Internet Movie Database as an unfinished line at Clark Mountain, this route is 250 ft long (76 m), and thought to be at least 5.15b. Sharma has called it his hardest ascent to date. In climbing it, he skipped up to three clips in a row due to the difficult sequences, which resulted in falls of 70 ft (21 m) or more. Unrepeated.\n\n\u2022 Golpe de Estado: 9b (5.15b). First Ascent, December 17, 2008. Golpe de Estado (Siurana, Spain) is a direct version of Estado Critico (5.14c\/d), linking a 5.14d start into 5.14c climbing with a poor rest in between. Repeated by Adam Ondra March 2010.\n\n\u2022 Demencia Senil: 9a+ (5.15a). First Ascent, February 20, 2009. (Margalef, Spain). Repeated by Iker Pou Jan 2010, Ramon Julian Puigblanque Oct 2010.\n\n\u2022 French Gangster: 8c (5.14b).  Originally named American Gangster but renamed as a reference to Michael Fuselier, the French climber who allegedly chipped the hold. Hardest route in China at the time.\n\n\u2022 Pachamama: 9a+ (5.15a). First Ascent.\n\n\u2022 Neanderthal: 9b (5.15b). First Ascent, December 18, 2009.\n\n\u2022 First Ley: 9a+ (5.15a) in Margalef. First Ascent.[19]\u2022 Era Vella: 9a (5.14d) in Margalef. First Ascent.\n\n\u2022 Power Inverter: 9a+ (5.15a). First Ascent, December 2010 (Oliana, Spain).\n\n\u2022 Catxasa: 9a+ (5.15a). First Ascent, January 2011 (Santa Linya, Spain).\n\n\u2022 First Round First Minute (at least 9b (5.15b), grade still to be confirmed). First Ascent, April 2011 (Margalef, Spain).\n\n\u2022 Fight or Flight: 9b (5.15b). First Ascent, May 2011 (Oliana, Spain).  Repeated by Adam Ondra February 2013.\n\n\u2022 Stoking the Fire: 9b (5.15b). First Ascent, February 2013 (Santa Linya, Spain).\n\n\u2022 La Dura Dura: 9b+ (5.15c). First Repeat, March 2013 (Oliana, Spain). Currently the hardest sport route in the world. First Ascent by Adam Ondra\n","likes":128704,"location":{"city":"Santa Cruz","country":"United States","state":"CA"},"personal_info":"For inquiries about sponsorships, appearances or media opportunities, please email:  info\u0040chrissharma.com","username":"sharmaclimbing","website":"http:\/\/chrissharma.com","id":"1390461237860030"}