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Daniel Woods, Chris Sharma, and Daila Ojeda: Weekend news flash

posted by dpm on 03/01/2010

 

Three beautiful lines went down over the weekend. Catch up here with a version of the weekend update and follow the sends from the likes of Ojeda, Woods, and Sharma.
 
Everyone seems to be pulling strong at the moment as dozens of 8c’s and 9a+s seem to be dropping like flies. First, Daniel Woods, fresh off his ascent of The Game (V16) returned to Hueco to clean up some unfinished business by adding a sit start to Ezperanaza. The sit would add a total of 5-6 V7 moves into the beginning of Ezperanza (V14). Although a V7 into a V14 does not add any harder crux moves it does add to the overall impact of the problem. Woods gave the problem 8c and named it Desperanza.
 
Photo courtesy of Courtney Sanders
 
Next, a trip across the globe to Spain still finds Chris Sharma working on his FRFM project in Margalef. Although he has not sent the line yet, he just put up an extension that utilizes the bottom half of the FRFM project, but finishes out left. The line dubbed First ley weighs in around 9a+. Reports from Spain state, the route climbs the first part of the FRFM project, up to the small rest, and then goes left into the last part of the Ley innata project, which you follow to the top.
 
Photo of Chris Sharma courtesy of www.bigupproductions.com
 
Lastly, not far from the action in Margalef, Daila Ojeda climbed her long-term project Fish Eye (8c). This was Daila’s first climb of the grade. The line was bolted by Chris Sharma a year ago.
 
Photo courtesy of Pete O' Donovan and http://englishdailaojeda.blogspot.com/