Chris Sharma Sends Mallorca Project at 5.15

Chris Sharma has sent a five-year-old deep water solo project in Mallorca and named it after his daughter Alasha. He did not grade the route but noted it is about as hard as Es Pontas, a 5.15b that he sent in 2006 up an arch with the same name. Sharma’s new route is on the northwest coast of Mallorca and climbs an esthetic piece of stone. Below are two photos, one of Sharma working his project and one after the send.

It's been an amazing first week here getting into the groove. It always takes some time to get adjusted to pushing your limits high above the sea. This is one of my all time psicobloc projects. Slowly but surely the pieces are coming together! I love psicobloc in Mallorca!!!!! Photo by Adrian Garcia @prana @evolvusa @redbull @psicobloc @psicocomp @giancolafoto @alarconjimena

A photo posted by Chris Sharma (@chris_sharma) on Sep 6, 2016 at 12:41pm PDT

Last week I was able to send a long term project that I'd been trying over the last 5 years on the northwest coast of Mallorca. In honor of my beautiful daughter I named the line #Alasha. So proud of this one. I really had to work hard , dig deep and pull out all the tricks in the book. As you can see it's quite a stunning piece of stone in a very epic location. It's a very different style to Es Pontas but I'd say it's somewhere in the similar difficulty range. In this picture I'm entering the crux boulder sequence (maybe around 8B) at about 18 meters high. Somewhat auspicious was the fact I sent it around the 10 year anniversary of my ascent of Es Pontas . As time passes , it's crazy to see so many things change and yet the passion is still quite the same. Life is good! A nice note to be entering the climbing season on! So much gratitude to my wife @alarconjimena for all of the support, and to my good friends @psicobloc @giancolafoto @brettlowell @joshlowell for accompanying me on my journey. Stay tuned as the send was filmed for an upcoming @rbmh production with @senderfilms @bigupclimbing @evolvusa @prana @redbull @clifbarcompany @sanuk @sharmaclimbingbcn @walltopia @climbskinspain @buffofficial @petzl_official @sterlingrope ?:Adrian Garcia

A photo posted by Chris Sharma (@chris_sharma) on Sep 23, 2016 at 7:07am PDT

Es Pontas has not been repeated, despite strong climbers attempting it. Watch Sharma on Es Pontas below.