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Chris Omprakash Sharma (born 1981-04-23) is an American rock climber, with many difficult ascents.

Raised in Santa Cruz, California, Sharma started climbing when he was 12, and it soon became apparent that he was an exceptional talent. At 14 he won the Bouldering Nationals and in the following year he climbed his first route of the grade 5.14c (Necessary Evil), at the time the highest grade in the American grading system. When he in 2001 completed his long-time project Realization in Ceuse, France, the route was arguably the hardest route in the world.

When Sharma won the World Cup of Climbing, it was later recalled after testing positive for THC. He graciously returned the cup with no hard feelings.

He does not rate his routes/problems.

Notable ascents

Realization (5.15a, FA in 2001)
Necessary Evil (5.14c, FA in 1997)
The Mandala (V12, FA in 1999)
Dreamtime (V15)
Witness the Fitness (VHard, FA in 2005)

Sharma climbed Witness the Fitness (FA in March 2005) in The Ozarks, Arkansas. It is a roof boulder problem, like Esperanza (V14, Hueco Tanks, TX) by Fred Nicole. Sharma has repeated Esperanza and considers Witness to be a harder problem.

On 2005-09-23, Sharma made the first ascent of Dreamcatcher, which he suggested is either 5.14c or 5.14d (8c+ or 9a respectively). This sport route is on Kacademon Rock near The Chief in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It was bolted by Sharma and Sonnie Trotter in the summer of 2005, just prior to the Petzl/Arc'Teryx RocTrip 2005 in Squamish.

Filmography

Sharma is featured in the following climbing movies:

Masters of Stone IV; Pure Force
Rampage
Free Hueco
Dosage Vol. 1
Pilgrimage
Best of the West
Dosage Vol. 3
Depth Charge
Return2Sender

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