CHRIS SHARMA

Chris Omprakash Sharma was raised in Santa Cruz California son of Gita Jahn and Bob Sharma. He started rock climbing when he was 12 at the Pacific Edge climbing gym. Chris went to Mount Madonna school and attended Soquel High School for one year.
At age 14, Sharma won the Bouldering Nationals. A year later, he completed a 5.14c climb, which was the highest-rated climb in the American rating system at the time.
Sharma then moved to Bishop, California where he climbed The Mandala. A boulder climb rated V12.
In July 2001, Sharma completed the route Realization in Ceüse, France. He has since established or completed a few routes thought to be 5.15, including La Rambla and Es Pontas (a deep water soloing project in Mallorca). In 2008 Sharma climbed the 250-foot line (76 m), Jumbo Love, at Clark Mountain in California, claiming 5.15b for the grade.
He recently moved to Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, where he opens new routes regularly.