Comments on: Sharma Flashes 300 Ft. 5.14b At Roc Trip Millau

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:16:14 +0000

Turns out that the climb wasn’t actually a flash. Its the first pitch of a three pitch 8c he climbed a few years back. bjornpohl.blogspot.com via Karin, some climbing website I can’t read, so I’m taking Bjorn at his word…

By: Narc

Narc — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:05:27 +0000

Excellent find. I’ll throw some tidbits from the translation into the main post.

By: daniel

daniel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:59:38 +0000

There is an interview with Dani Andrada, who goes more into details. If only I had paid attention to my spanish teacher…
http://desnivel.com/object.php?o=18696

By: Narc

Narc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:12:24 +0000

You’re not missing much??

By: peter

peter — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:10:52 +0000

in other news, MVM has blocked my account. again. your thoughts?

By: peter

peter — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:07:13 +0000

that’s why he downgraded it to .14a….sorry, 8B+….sorry, 8b+

By: matt

matt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:50:46 +0000

Chris Sharma is brave and humble.

By: Narc

Narc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:08:16 +0000

Good question. Since Petzl is the sponsor I don’t think it would be a problem for them to make ropes at any length they would want. Raises the question of how it feels to work a rope with over 500 feet of line out.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:05:57 +0000

Call me naive, but does anybody know the logistics they use to climb a 90m sport pitch? Must be at least a 90m rope with a walk off (or a long rap already set up), no? Then they mention people falling near the top and not being allowed to finish, so I assume they lower… is it possible they’re using something like a 200m rope?!? I can’t wait to hear the simple solution I’m overlooking.

By: Narc

Narc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:32:32 +0000

It’s kind of amazing that flashing .14b is becoming pretty commonplace. What I found especially interesting in this instance was the length of the route. It must have taken forever for him to send!

By: wade david

wade david — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:30:32 +0000

Why wouldn’t Sharma Flash 14b, he’s putting up 15b’s like a “walk in the park”, Still pretty badass though. There are only Two people in the world that you could call Bad Mother Fucker’s, Sharma and ………