A few days ago Chris Sharma, an American ex-pat climber now living in Spain, started off 2011 by sending a new 5.15a. The difficult route, named Catxasa, is at the overhannging limestone cave at Santa Liņa. It was originally bolted by Dani Andrada and tired by a bunch of strong climbers including Adam Ondra and Tomaz Mrazek. This is Sharma's second 5.15 in a month, with his last one being the first ascent of Power Inverter (5.15a) at Oliana in Spain.
Photograph above: Chris Sharma pulling down on the first ascent of Catxasa in Spain. Photograph courtesy Peter O'Donovon.
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