Comments on: Chris Omprakash Sharma, America’s top climber

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:44:02 +0000

This is tangential, and maybe a little late as I notice most of these posts are from 2006, but you can be right or wrong in the humanities too. Historians for instance, cannot just make things up. Neither can translators, who are also in the humanities. At least, they should not be doing this. Musicians also generally do not just make things up… But, I see what you mean that the humanities do have a more subjective element too it–there is more room for personal style maybe.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:14:11 +0000

He looks like he could be of Indian descent…whatever their background his parents must worry about him on those climbs! What he said about meditation was inspiring.

By: Aarti Rao

Aarti Rao — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:59:22 +0000

I have seen pics of Chris Sharma’s mom and she is not Indian. They are Hindu Converts, everyone assumes he is half Indian because of his name but no.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:04:33 +0000

Ah, this post is a little misinformed. I’ve been a climber for years (I’m also a desi) and as far as I know, Chris’ mom IS Indian. His father is white! Everyone always talks about Sharma to me, because he’s half Indian and they assume that I’ll identify. If you have any real evidence to the contrary, I’ll be glad to see it

By: Smitg10

Smitg10 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:16:24 +0000

his last name is a punjabi name

By: 1122k

1122k — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:41:21 +0000

Chris’s last name was chagned to Sharma, His real last name was Pitts im his cousin. The only reason he got Sharma as his last name was because his dad who was kinda the out cast of the 5 kids in his family changed his name to be unique.

By: A N N A

A N N A — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:48:32 +0000

I’m curious–are any SM types in DC climbers? Anyone want to head up to Carderock / Great Falls or Sport Rock in Alexandria / Rockville anytime before the weather gets terrible?

I wanna go! Sure, I’ve never been climbing, but

a) I am a macaca and

b) I have plenty of shtuff from EMS which should touch rocks and things, so that it doesn’t cry from non-use.

By: Metlin

Metlin — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:30:08 +0000

you can be a trad climber and a sport climber. i started out sport and moved to trad because the sport options in the northeast are limited. retrospectively, i should have stayed sport! i wouldn't have gotten into such a terrible accident if i weren't on a trad lead! maybe it was my holdover sport climber mentality that got me into trouble.

Oh, I was not trying to show the two as being mutually exclusive -- I was merely mentioning the different kinds, that's all (and the fact that the author had spelt sport as sports).

I started out sport and do some trad, but I do enjoy leading trad from time to time. Sport is usually done under the "all conditions are stable" assumption, while trad is more for folks who like climbing out there, so to speak.

Cheers.

By: Nanda Kishore

Nanda Kishore — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 06:09:44 +0000

Hitting bongs is not allowed around here.

Sigh. Humankind has been deprived of pleasure for too long

By: Kurma

Kurma — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:26:42 +0000

that's why I like it, anyway. You compete with a rock face and yourself, not with other people.

How true!