Santa Linya is Heating Up

Santa Linya is Heating Up:

After receiving media attention in Big Up's Dosage 5, the Santa Linya area is exploding with talent, and the lines are getting repeated at an alarming rate.

Photo courtesy of Karin

Santa Linya is where the action is at.  Spain, having received its share of publicity due to the exploits of a certain long-haired America by the name of Sharma, is home to numerous limestone meccas.  The Santa Linya Cave, has been seeing the most action has as hordes of climbers have pulled down on various test pieces including La Novena Enmienda and Analogica.

Here is what has been going on lately:

Andreas Bindhammer sent La novena enmienda 9a+, a route that was not an exact fit for Bindhammer (it was a long endurance resistance route, wherein he focuses primarily on resistance climbs.)  He also dispatched Analogica 9a a 40m route that was recently put up by Chris Sharma.

Tomas Mrazek also came into the area and made a quick repeat of Sharma's Analogica 9a.  Mrazek seemed to feel that it was accurate for the grade and could even be compared possibly to several 9a+s that he found in the same sector.

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On side note, sources suggest that Chris Sharma is very close to sending First Round, First Minute a short, bouldery route that was featured in Progression. Also there have been several links made to Chris's Neanderthal Project, a line that was given screen time on Dosage 5.  Now that Kinder and crew have made their way into the area, expect to see a sending spree.

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