Watch Chris Sharma Send Alasha 5.15 in Mallorca
He sent the route in 2016, but the film was released in fall 2019
In 2016, Chris Sharma made the first ascent of Alasha, a difficult deep water solo climb on Mallorca. Alasha took Sharma five years of projecting, the crux is V13 and the overall grade is in the 5.15- range. Sharma never officially graded it, but 5.15 climber Magnus Midtbø put the grade in the 5.15a/b range.
Sharma made the first ascent 10 years after establishing the rarely repeated Es Pontas 5.15. Alasha, which he named after his daughter, Alana Sharma, is one of the most difficult psicobloc routes in the world.
Sharma said the location of Alasha is rugged and that he took repeated falls from the 20-metre mark. “It needs very subtle body positions, really tricky beta,” he said of the crux. “I finally figured it out to the point where I was like ‘Ok, the moves go, now I can start trying it from the bottom.'”
Sharma has long been at the cutting-edge of hard climbing for over 20 years, repeatedly opening new levels of difficulty. Some highlights include Dreamcatcher 5.14d in Squamish, Biographie/Realization 5.15a in Céüse, Jumbo Love 5.15b at Clark Mountain and his second ascent of La Dura Dura 5.15c in Oliana.
Watch Sharma send Alasha in this fall 2019 video he released online.