Talk:Chris Sharma

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There is a sentence that say 'He does not rate his routes', but later the article quotes him talking about the grade of a route. What gives? Ashmoo 04:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Dont know... Sharma is the best!

He doesn't typically grade routes, and prefers not to, but in the case of Dreamcatcher, when asked, he said the route is "probably 5.14C or D." Ambiguities like this will continue to exist until sport climbing adopts an official method for grading professional sport routes. Hope that helps. Thefleck 07:53, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Too much insider jargon

"a 7-foot dyno 35 feet above the water, which apparently took Sharma 50 attempts to stick." – What does this even mean? --Dcfleck 22:19, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

They were comparing it to another dyno that he stuck in a few tries that was 5.15 insinuating that since it took him 50 attempts to stick it, it was hence harder.

[edit] Edit

Edited the following entry because it is stupid to assume a grade posted in a climbing video. Grading in climbing videos are frequently wrong.

"Some ambiguity exists concerning its grading: In 2005, after the first ascent, Sharma said the route is "probably 14c or 14d," [1] although the route is now widely considered 14d, most likely because it is graded as such in the only video of its fir[[Link title]]st ascent, Dosage Vol. IV. [2]"