Comments on: Climbing Video: Chris Sharma On First Round First Minute, Neanderthal FA

By: Narc

Narc — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:30:12 +0000

No doubt. It’s good to hear you’re back climbing Tim. Looking forward to seeing more images from Bishop hint, hint

By: tim

tim — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:03:19 +0000

on the evilution note – i could only shake my head in wonder.. i’m currently working that problem and that undercling grab is only *barely* possible for me if i have set up my feet.

and sharma just casually grabs it.. sick.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:40:46 +0000

I just realized while watching this the other day that the video clip of Sharma just messing/goofing around/warming up in Bishop is him doing his thing on Evilution. I know he has the FA on Evilution to the lip, but I didn’t think about that until I recognized the moves and the cut feet after seeing Jason Kehl’s video so many time. Thats just a beast of a problem.

By: Paully

Paully — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:22:04 +0000

CLEARLY the only disappointing thing about the send of Neandertal is that Sharma had a haircut before he sent. Gotta have the epic locks!!!

By: colin

colin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:30:31 +0000

LMAO! hahaha.

Great little video, BTW.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:30:18 +0000

The climb isn’t over until the internet says it’s over! INVALID!

By: Crafty

Crafty — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:53:01 +0000

Yeah, the climb was over, Chris knew it and looked down after touching the anchors. If he had just let go he would’ve SMASHED into whomever was filming.

By: Paul Campbell

Paul Campbell — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:17:10 +0000

LOL blemished his send? Chris was in a solid position on a vertical wall with a huge jug. He reached and touched the anchors with his left hand before the camera man tells him to grab the anchor.

There were no quickdraws on the anchor and none on his harness. He could have EASILY clipped if that was the case.

Get over it.

By: sweaty

sweaty — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:07:41 +0000

i think just by calling yourself ‘haterade’ you know that you are setting yourself up to be nit-picky. How often do you end your routes in a comfy standing position? My guess is not ofter. More often you are clipping the chains from below.

By: haterade

haterade — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:52:25 +0000

True, and what is considered the top here is necessarily arbitrary and up to interpretation. But the fact that the camera man told him to grab the anchors doesnt justify the act – I’m sure there were other holds he could have used to get himself to the final standing position. Should it matter? Maybe not, but this was a first ascent of a route given the hardest grade in the world, so its a little disappointing to see a blemish on the send…