UKC

On April 19, 2011, Chris Sharma made the first ascent of his longtime project First Round First Minute, in Margalef, Spain.

This 5 minute clip shows him trying the route last year.

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=61805

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to UKC News:

Will be interesting to hear more about it, hes worked on it more than on other routes?

the grade
the grade
the grade


haha

In reply to UKC News:

Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

In reply to Scarab: Someone else already posted this on the forums, http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?keyid=38091 .

Bit of talk about the grade. Interesting he hasn't said 9b, which makes me think he probably thinks its harder, but is waiting for consensus.

In reply to JKinsella: On the desnivel website:http://desnivel.com/escalada-roca/chris-sharma-encadena-su-proyecto-first-r...
Chris says: it is not the hardest route route I have redpointed, but certainly my hardest experience. It is a problem of resistencia (power endurance?) (I tried Capella one day. It is very hard: bouldery, not resistance.)
If he downgrades it to 6c I might have a go.
The video I found extraordinarily beautiful, the movement.

That Mono makes me want to cry.

In reply to DorsetGareth:

We saw someone trying it on Saturday, but we didn't recognize him. Hopefully someone repeats it, well, gotta be Ondra innit