In December 2006, Chris Sharma did the third ascent of La Rambla 9a+.

This pretty hard route is located in Siurana, Catalunya (Spain). Chris Sharma climbed with Dave Graham, Dani Andrada and Yuji Hirayama and Edu Marin, who did the second ascent of the route, one day before Chris!

Chris Sharma redpointed the route after less than 20 tries...

A film by Laurent Triay.

Spain’s Edu Marin did the second ascent of the original La Rambla 9a+ just one day before Chris Sharma.

La Rambla is an extension to Alex Huber's 8c+ testpiece. The route rejected several top-level climbers including Alex Huber, J-B Tribout, Marc LeMenestrel, Daniel Andrada, Christian Bindhammer, Yuji Hirayama, Dave Graham, Alex Chabot, and just 3 of them succeded:

1. Ramon Julian Puigblanque (8th of March 2003)
2. Edu Marin (30th of November 2006)
3. Chris Sharma (1st of December 2006)

Ramon Julian Puigblanque climbed La Rambla (9a+) in 2003. The route is a real benchmark for hard routes (40-meter, 17-bolt route). 

La Rambla is an extension to Alex Huber's 8c+ testpiece. The route rejected several top-level climbers including Alex Huber, J-B Tribout, Marc LeMenestrel, Daniel Andrada, Christian Bindhammer, Yuji Hirayama, Dave Graham, Alex Chabot, and just 3 of them succeded:

1. Ramon Julian Puigblanque (8th of March 2003)
2. Edu Marin (30th of November 2006)
3. Chris Sharma (1st of December 2006)