Chris Sharma

Chris Sharma is an American rock climber, born in 1981, who is widely counted among the most influential sport climbers of all time. His 2001 ascent of Realization, also called Biographie, was the first redpoint of a route generally graded 9a+ and set off a technical evolution in the sport. In 2008 he redpointed Jumbo Love, the first consensus 9b route, and in 2013 he became only the second person to climb a 9b+ route when he sent La Dura Dura. He also free soloed Es Pontas, a deep water solo route, in 2006, and became one of the most commercially successful climbers through the film King Lines and its iconic routes.