Chris Sharma: Return to Balance
Chris Sharma finds new psicobloc lines to fuel his soul in MontRebei, Spain. Summer in Spain is the time for psicobloc. The heat and humidity drive climbers like Chris Sharma to the sea in search of cooler temps, clean rock, and the next king line. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, he managed to make a few day missions out to MontRebei, complete with a five to sixkilometer kayak approach, and established a new 15meter high deepwatersoloing line, which he named Trick or Tree. The route is really continuous, steep, and pumpy. The feeling to be 60 feet up at the lip of a cave, and just dangling by your fingertips, chalking up, and getting ready to go for a crux move. Its so extreme and wild and spectacular, and yet controlled and safe, too. The beauty of deep water soloing is that its such a free form of climbing. Its very playful, spontaneous, and creative. It allows you to interact with the wall and with nature. Youre not thinking about the grade. Psicobloc is climbing in its purest form.
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