Chris Sharma and Jakob Schubert open new Deep Water Solo lines

In the last episode of his video blog, Jakob Schubert takes us to a new DWS sector on Mallorca that Chris Sharma discovered. After watching this video, everyone will be booking a trip to the Spanish island.

Mallorca is the hotspot for Deep water solo Climbing par excellence. Numerous coastal areas await motivated climbers with routes of all levels of difficulty. Thanks to climbing topos, motivated climbers can slowly and steadily work their way up to routes that are at their limit.

In this article we have summarized the most important tips about deep water solo climbing for you:

Despite the large number of developed routes, the island's potential is far from exhausted. Two years ago it was a group of Swiss climbers, which opened up a new sector and is also the most well-known DWS developer on the island, Chris Sharma, is busy developing it.

In the video above, Schubert the new sector of Chris Sharma and opens the route to crown his Mallorca trip in the Canyamel sector Jelly Pain (8c+). The route is an exit variant of the Honey Cane line by Chris Sharma.

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