Chris Sharma

Chris Omprakash Sharma (born April 23, 1981) is an American rock climber. In 2007, NPR wrote that Sharma had been described as the worlds best rock climber, a status nowadays shared with Adam Ondra. He is known for being the worlds first climber to redpoint a route (Jumbo love, 2008) and the second to climb a and a route (Realization in 2001 and La Dura Dura in 2013). He is also known for climbing the worlds first and deep-water solo routes (Es Pontàs in 2007 and Alasha in 2017). He bolted and first ascended many of the hardest lines of the Catalonia region in Spain. In 2015, he opened the gym Sharma Climbing BCN in Barcelona.

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