Chris Sharma Climbs New 9b

Chris Sharma has climbed Neanderthal in the Santa Linya Cave in the north of Spain. The route involves several sustained bouldery sections including a dyno to get around the lip of this massive limestone cave. Sharma had been trying to redpoint this route for about a year and has put forward the grade of F9b.  This is the third time he has put forward the grade of F9b for one of his routes - the first two being Golpe De Estado at Siurana, Spain and Jumbo Love at Clark Mountain in the USA.

For a section by section description of the climbing go to Bjorn Pohl’s blog thelowdown where there is a description of Neanderthal from Dave Graham.

For photos and an audio commentary on the route from Chris Sharma visit the Spanish website Desnivel

For more photos of Chris Sharma climbing Neanderthal and for photos of the Santa Linya Cave visit 9b.

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