ES PONTAS 9 Second Ascent by Jernej Kruder (2016) Psicobloc Mallorca

Es Pontas (9?) was set up by Chris Sharma in 2006 after 3 years of working on the route. The line got popular by showing his ascent in the movie “King Lines“ by BigUpProductions. Many climbers have tried to do the second ascent since then, but no one succeeded – until Jernej Kruder showed up in October 2016 and repeated the route after just 39 tries. He agreed to Chris Sharma in not putting a grade on the route: “I’ll just stick with Chris’ words: This thing is so specific. For sure it’s about 9th grade, bu