On December 18, the Catalonian Department of Culture established a new protection zone around rock art at Oliana's main cliff. But locals weren't involved—and climbers say nobody's enforcing it.
We caught up with Sharma to find out whether he's still trying to make Team USA, why he’s inspired by the next generation, and how he’s staying stoked these days.
The cruxes didn’t give Megos many problems, but the pump was real. He thinks 5.15b feels more accurate.
"I imagined the worst-case scenarios: I’d fall and go back home; I’d feel embarrassed, and feel like a fraud—the worst contestant, the first to lose."
Sure, they’re strong and skilled. But there’s more to it than that.
Sharma has been working the line for the past four years
Climbing meme pages are becoming extremely popular, with high engagement and growing follower counts.
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After over a year of effort, Sharma clipped the chains on 'Sleeping Lion,' his second 5.15c. We caught up with Sharma to hear more about his process, training, and how he’s managed to balance his family, career, and climbing goals.
Chris Sharma, Katie Brown, and Nate Gold put Hampi on the map for Westerners in 2003. Now local climbers are developing climbs and climbing-adjacent businesses. But there are headwinds.
Season two of 'The Climb' has yet to be announced, but I figured I’d offer HBO some ideas.
Runner, 24, discusses his victorious effort on the reality show, and the hurdles he’s overcome as a transgender athlete
HBO Max’s new show, ‘The Climb,’ airs today.
In a press release, HBO said it would be an “exploration of the human spirit.” Cheesy? You betcha. Imma stock up on popcorn now.
Despite the rugged approach and harsh desert conditions, the French endurance master sent America’s first confirmed 5.15b after just ten days on the route.
The Ratstaman Vibrations project was made semi-famous by a 2012 Petzl video of Chris Sharma bolting the line and working the moves; it memorably includes a gigantic sideways dyno [insert Sharma scream] to a flat edge.
In 2020, Chris Sharma established a Trick or Tree, a 5.14a deepwater solo in Spain’s Mont-Rebei Gorge. These climbers took standup paddleboards down the river looking for more climbing potential. Instead they found themselves mired in drought.
The pioneering American sport climber is among the best to ever tie in, and was arguably the world’s strongest rock climber for almost 20 years.
Jorge Díaz-Rullo spent sixty days alone in his van working on Chris Sharma's "El Bon Combat."
You wouldn't want to take this fall. Those falls. So many falls into a roiling sea.
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Johnson joins a pantheon of heavy laborers—just ask Tommy Caldwell or Chris Sharma
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After more than three weeks of work, 24-year-old Alex Megos from Frankenjura, Germany, made the FA of Perfecto Mundo at Finestra in Margalef, Spain, ticking his first 5.15c.
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Polo’s latest scent claims to “ignite the thrill-seeker in every man.” To climbers, it adds to an already complicated history of branding.
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With new responsibilities as a business owner, husband, and father, America’s greatest climber talks about training, motivation, and his future.
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Catalan Witness the Fitness
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