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Big Fish: Chris Sharma commits a difficult deep water solo route

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On September 12, 2017, Chris Sharma scored a difficult and extremely high deep water solo route in Mallorca. Now he publishes impressive video recordings of his first ascent of Big Fish (8c + / 9a).

Chris Sharma, residing in Barcelona, ​​is one of the pioneers in the climbing discipline Deep Water Soloing, He has numerous difficult routes on the coast Mallorca first ascents. Probably the most famous line Es Pontas, regularly attracts climbing professionals from all over the world. In September two years ago, Chris set the goal of scoring an open project, an approximately 20 meter long and overhanging line.

The following video recordings show the American on the first ascent of Big Fish (8c + / 9a) in the climbing area Port de Soller.

Chris Sharma climbs Big Fish

The pictures of Chris Sharma in Big Fish (8c + / 9a)

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