Sharma in Yosemite

As a "fan" of climbing is anyone else psyched to hear that Sharma is getting on the Dawn Wall. Wish they had a live video feed...even Tommy Caldwell needs a rope gun!

and if all this fails guess they will have to call Ondra.

Tommy needs a rope gun? Really? I'd be surprised if Sharma or Ondra were anywhere near as good as TC at technical, granite face climbing.

Tommy Vs. Chris.....GO!

Remember, this can only happen if the government starts back up.

well no one has been able to unlock those pitches so far...no Tommy doesn't really need a rope gun, but the Dawn wall might need someone with pure bouldering power. Sharma has that. Maybe he will free the 14+ face climbing and be spit off by the 13 trad pitches. Though he did onsight the Rostrum with Alien finish and Moonlight Buttress I believe.

don't the Feds realize the importance to this project to national security!

Most exciting climbing news in a while!!! Cant wait to see how Sharma does! :)

Yeah, I think it's rad. It's like fantasy climbing league. Although it highlights a cool aspect of climbing vs. other, more organized sports. Hope the shutdown doesn't wreck their plans too much.

Don't forget Caldwell is missing a finger

Its brilliant to see sharma trad climbing big wall out side his norm. beautiful f'in team the government needs to get it together! Id say that tc has a wicked stronger grip missing that finger. Allows more pressure if certain grips, according to a friend with the same digit missing

This is just damn rad. It's not about who can climb harder. It's simply that, the two defining characters of an entire generation of climbers are getting together to collaborate on something epic and awe-inspiring. These two were once the "hotshot kids" of climbing, but now, in their thirties, they're not the young guns anymore, yet their psyche is so high that you pretty much have to be dead inside to not see this as a really neat occurrence in the history of climbing.

I attended a Sharma slideshow a few years back where he talked about a period in his early 20's when he got jaded clipping bolts and trad climbed for a couple years almost exclusively. I'm sure the draw of adventure high on El Cap pulled him in, and I for one rink that's going to be a pretty sweet thing to watch

Meme Guy wrote:Don't forget Caldwell is missing a finger

There had better be cameramen littered about that wall if and when this happens.

For arguably the greatest sport-climber* and the greatest big wall free-climber to join forces in an attempt to push the limits of human physical achievement is something that is deserving of great respect and celebration! Moreover, I believe that such a combining of forces (especially if they are successful) could set an exciting precedent for the culture of modern climbing. Should this receive extensive media coverage and if a film or films were produced in its wake we might find that other climbers will follow suit. Imagine elite climbers stepping out of their areas specialization to join forces with another climber(s), of equal magnitude of accomplishment, with which they share mutual respect and admiration, to achieve something creative and unheard of in the sport! With climbers exposed to new sets of challenges and skills we might see that new surprises could arise in climbing disciplines where we thought the possibility of innovation was waning.

Please open the National Parks.

• Though Sharma undoubtedly shares the space atop the podium with Adam Ondra in terms of hard routes, I chose to give him the title of the "best" because so far as I know, he has a much greater breadth of experience on different rock types and localities around the world. To be fair, when Ondra reaches his 30's perhaps he'll have even more to show for it.

The Blueprint Part Dank wrote:This is just damn rad. It's not about who can climb harder. It's simply that, the two defining characters of an entire generation of climbers are getting together to collaborate on something epic and awe-inspiring. These two were once the "hotshot kids" of climbing, but now, in their thirties, they're not the young guns anymore, yet their psyche is so high that you pretty much have to be dead inside to not see this as a really neat occurrence in the history of climbing. I attended a Sharma slideshow a few years back where he talked about a period in his early 20's when he got jaded clipping bolts and trad climbed for a couple years almost exclusively. I'm sure the draw of adventure high on El Cap pulled him in, and I for one rink that's going to be a pretty sweet thing to watch

I was in the valley a few years ago and all of the little sharma fan boys were running around giddy, just trying to catch a glimpse of him. quite the powerhouse team for the dawn wall, I hope tommy pulls it off this year. he deserves it.

Can't wait... hoping these guys crush... will be a defining moment in modern climbing if these guys send!

This just might (NOT) happen!

adventure-journal.com/2013/…

"Google’s donation comes with two stipulations: The National Park Service logo will temporarily be rebranded with Google’s famous color scheme, and all NPS employees will be required to wear Google Glass, whose video streams will be live webcast 24/7."

I for one was stoked when I saw that Sharma was being added to the team. They better send! And the parks better open!

Jeffeos wrote:This just might (NOT) happen! adventure-journal.com/2013/… "Google’s donation comes with two stipulations: The National Park Service logo will temporarily be rebranded with Google’s famous color scheme, and all NPS employees will be required to wear Google Glass, whose video streams will be live webcast 24/7."

I can haz dawn wall?

Yeah, Ondra doesnt have nearly as much experience as Sharms:

Grade RP F OS TP Total
9b+ 2 2
9b 8 8
9a+ 18 18
9a 52 1 1 54
8c+ 92 15 107
8c 89 1 28 118
8b+ 61 3 49 113
8b 82 15 105 202

A few of those are ground up multipitch 5.14 FAs. With many hard pitches off the ground.

Anyhow, I actually think he'll be able to contribute quite a bit. Since it's a team endeavor now, they can just throw sharma at the wild dynos & awkward face climbing. From what I've read the other guys were having a lot of trouble reaching through sections of it. As in spanned out completely.

He'll be fine clipping the preplaced mank & bolts on those pitches. Also, he's not foreign to climbing face rigs. He's done quite a few. He'll also have TC spoon feeding him beta + he'll be served top-ropes whenever. TC can easily string up the 5.12 pitches & the easier 14 pitch.

Whatever happens, Im definitely going to be following this. Hopefully there will be some Daila appearances.

While we're all rambling about this stuff....anyone know how Tommy lost that finger???