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Chris Omprakash Sharma is an American rock climber. In 2007, NPR wrote that Sharma was considered the world's best rock climber. He is known for being the world's first climber to redpoint a 9b route and the second to climb a 9a+ and a 9b+ route. He is also known for climbing the world's first 9a+ and 9b deep-water solo routes. He bolted and first ascended many of the hardest lines of the Catalonia region in Spain. In 2015, he opened the gym Sharma Climbing BCN in Barcelona. In 2019, he plans to open Europe's largest climbing gym in Madrid, Spain.