Ethan Pringle Repeats Chris Sharma's Monster Line 'Jumbo Love' (9b) | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep. 504

Ethan Pringle Repeats Chris Sharma's Monster Line 'Jumbo Love' (9b) | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep. 504

We’re starting out today with some incredible news from the sport climbing world. US climber Ethan Pringle has repeated Chris Sharma’s huge, 80 metre-long, 9b5.15b 'Jumbo Love' at Clark Mountain, California. He’s been working the route for 8 years and tried it even before Chris eventually made the first ascent in 2008, at which time it was probably the hardest route in the World. Ethan is a true rock climbing all-rounder, having taken a silver medal in the Youth World Championships in 2000 before going on to climb several 9a's and 9a+’s, an 8C boulder – The Wheel of Life in Australia – and the desperate trad line 'Cobra Crack' in Squamish, Canada. To top it all, he now becomes the 8th person in the world to climb 9b.br Next, we’ve got a short video of Colorado based climber Michael O’Rourke adding a new finish to a Dave Graham problem called 'Pocket Frogs'. His new variation follows the main feature of the boulder, a large seem, to its completion. Graham's initial line breaks out earlier to finish direct through the boulder's bulge. Michael's given the new finish V138B stating that 'both lines are great and worth checking out.' Michael is sponsored by Mad Rock - Ethan Pringle Repeats Chris Sharma's Monster Line 'Jumbo Love' (9b) | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep.


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Uploaded: 2019-03-04

Duration: 03:41