Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of Big Fish, 8c+/9a, a deep water solo/psicobloc which features a crux more than 20m above the water at Sóller on the north coast of Mallorca.
Climbing ropeless above water with the understanding falls were all part of the fun probably originated in parallel in Dorset and Mallorca. The Dorset lads and lasses christened it Deep Water Soloing. In Mallorca it was called Psicobloc, a portmanteau containing psycho and boulder problem. Appropiate to use the term in a news item about DWS in Mallorca I'd have thought.
> In Mallorca it was called Psicobloc, a portmanteau containing psycho and boulder problem.
That's why it seemed odd to me; it's hard to see what deep water soloing has to do with bouldering (unless a very short deep water solo - which Sharma's route is not!)
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