Chris Sharma’s Famous 5.15 Dynos Repeated
Three Degrees of Separation was featured in a Reel Rock film 15 years ago, watch the first ascent below
In 2007, Chris Sharma made the first ascent of Three Degrees of Separation in Céüse, France. Jules Marchland has now climbed it after six days. ”Maybe the best I have ever climbed,” he said on 8a.nu.
The 25-metre route has a mandatory dyno that makes it possible at 5.15a. The second ascent was by Adam Ondra in 2015 , who said, “To me it felt like the hardest route in Céüse, but that doesn’t mean that it is definitely at least 9a+[5.15a], because it doesn’t fit me that well, but my suggestion is 9a+ and we will see.”
Marchland said, “I think the first part is like a soft 8c+ [5.14c], but it depends on your style of climbing. After that (for me) the first dyno (with the fews moves before) is around a 7C+ [V10], and then the two next dynos (also with the few moves before) are around 7B [V8]. I felt good on the dynos. I flashed the 2nd and 3rd one and did the first and hard one second go. This route is just crazy, so fun to try.”
Lucien Martinez then climbed it and graded it 5.14d/15a, a grade that Jernej Kruder also gave it. Ondra said that climbers who excel at dynos would likely say the route is easier than 5.15a. Watch Sharma’s FA below.
Three Degrees of Separation
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