Black Pearl

Long after Es Pontàs made him the face of deep water soloing, Chris Sharma returned to Mallorca's sea cliffs and found something harder: Black Pearl, a savage line over the water that ranks among the most difficult deep water solos ever climbed. Reel Rock's short presents the first ascent footage, shot by Brett Lowell.

Sharma in his forties, still finding king lines above the sea, is a story in itself. The climbing is brutally physical, the falls are enormous, and the Mediterranean light does the rest. A perfect companion piece to the original Es Pontàs film.