Neanderthal

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First Ascent:: Chris Sharma - December 18, 2009
Area:: Santa Linya
Style:: Sport Route
Repeated By:: Jakob Schubert - December 28, 2018; Adam Ondra - February 12, 2019
Notes:: 115 moves, 40m

Ascent 1 of Neanderthal by Chris Sharma

Date of Ascent:

December 18, 2009

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Notes:

Watch him projecting the route on "Dosage V". Watch the ascent on "Reel Rock Tour 2010".

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Neanderthal 9b for Chris in Santa Linya!!

And some days before Chris fell in the last move in his project in Santa Linya and after one rest day he arrived to the anchor to the hardest route in the cave Neanderthal 9b

Ascent 2 of Neanderthal by Jakob Schubert

Date of Ascent:

December 28, 2018

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Notes:

6 days, 10-15 tries

Link:

Jakob Schubert's The Crag profile (routes).

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Interview: Jakob Schubert on “Neanderthal” (5.15b)

Schubert saved the best for last. On December 28, he made the long-awaited second ascent of Neanderthal (9b/5.15b), a Chris Sharma king line in Santa Linya that the American first established way back in 2009. In the nine years since that first ascent, Neanderthal has bedeviled would-be repeaters—notably Adam Ondra and Magnus Midtbø—with its length and an infamous dyno crux.

Ascent 3 of Neanderthal by Adam Ondra

Date of Ascent:

February 12, 2019

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Notes:

Several years

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Adam Ondra's 8a.nu profile (routes).