Making The Most Of A Bad Situation

Remember that one time that Chris Sharma was going to join Tommy Caldwell and crew for a season on Yosemite’s Dawn Wall but couldn’t because the government shut down and Yosemite was closed?  That was pretty cool uncool.  According to Climbing.com, instead of trying to stick it to the man and try to climb in the park illegally, Sharma has moved on to something else for now:

Kept out of Yosemite by the government shutdown, and thus unable to work on the Dawn Wall as planned, Chris Sharma traveled south for another mega-project: a futuristic route on Clark Mountain.

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12 Responses to Making The Most Of A Bad Situation

  1. Michael October 9, 2013 at 9:26 am #

    Kinda disappointing…I was looking forward to seeing what happened when he joined the team.

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  2. Kevin October 9, 2013 at 10:57 am #

    I thought Jumbo Love was broken? This is actually pretty exciting for me. I’d love to see an upper 5.15 established in the states, and I’d like to know Chris’ opinion on the state of Jumbo Love.

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    • Narc October 9, 2013 at 11:06 am #

      Where did you see that?

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      • Kevin October 9, 2013 at 11:09 am #

        In the comments on this site! There was quite a bit of talk about broken holds making it unclimbable. Am I misremembering or confusing with another route?

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        • Narc October 9, 2013 at 11:12 am #

          Ha! I know there has been that discussion about Flex Luthor, but I’m not sure about Jumbo Love.

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        • cabbagepatchkid October 9, 2013 at 11:36 am #

          probably confusing it with witness the fitness.

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          • Kevin October 9, 2013 at 11:59 am #

            I don’t think so. Woods repeated WtF not long ago, albeit quite differently than Sharma IIRC.

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          • Narc October 9, 2013 at 12:01 pm #

            Jimmy Webb broke it after that

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    • einstein October 9, 2013 at 2:15 pm #

      ethan pringle broke a hold, but I remember reading on his petzl blog that it was not a very important hold

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  3. Chris October 9, 2013 at 11:27 am #

    This is terrible news. I was so pumped to see what was going to happen when the “Dream Team” got on the wall.

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  4. douglashunter October 9, 2013 at 11:52 am #

    Its too bad those guys are getting shut down, but its great that Chris is headed back to Clark, it’s such a great crag, it deserves more development. Best of luck to him on the new project.

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  5. Alli October 10, 2013 at 12:57 pm #

    I don’t blame him for moving on but it’s kinda
    disappointing.

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