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Mallorca: Deep Water Solo

Posted by Chuck Fryberger on October 8th, 2007

beauty is in the eye …

This September I had the opportunity to travel to the Spanish island of Mallorca to try the insane and increasingly popular sport of Psicobloc, or deep-water soloing. Chris Sharma, one of the world’s best climbers, increased the sport’s popularity by sending routes in Greece and Mallorca in his newest movie, King Lines. He makes it look easy.

Just like other forms of climbing, the goal is pretty simple: to avoid falling off of whatever you’re climbing on.

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