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Jumbo Love is a very long 76-metre (249 ft) sport climbing route, on remote limestone cliffs on Clark Mountain in the Mojave Desert. Bolted by American climber Randy Leavitt in the 1990s, he invited Chris Sharma to attempt it in 2007. When Sharma completed the first free ascent on September 11, 2008, the route became the first-ever rock climb in history to have a confirmed grade of 9b (5.15b), and it remains an important route in the history of rock climbing.

History
The route was bolted by American Randy Leavitt in the late 1990s, who envisaged it being a 3-pitch climb. Bernabe Fernandez's equally controversial 2003 route, '''', was later downgraded to 9a+/b after repeats by Adam Ondra and Bouin. 's 2007 route, Ali Hulk Sit Start Extension, was downgraded to 9a+/b by Alex Garriga in 2021, Andrada's September 2008 route, Delincuente Natural, was also downgraded to 9a on its first repeat by Jonathan Flor in 2021. Sharma was the only rock climber of this "first potential 9b" group that would go on to climb further consensus 9b-graded sport-climbing routes in his climbing career, which he did with '' (2008), and Neanderthal (2009); Sharma also went on to climb at with La Dura Dura in 2013. Rouhling, Fernandez, Andrada, or Caldwell, would not climb another route with a claim of being at, or above, the grade of 9b in their careers. After completing the fourth ascent of Jumbo Love, Seb Bouin immediately began working on the direct start, which he named Suprême Jumbo Love''. ==Legacy==
Legacy
In the 2016 Reel Rock documentary on Jumbo Love, the first ascent was described as a "watershed moment" in sport climbing; Pringle expressed his own deflation at not being able to make the first ascent and noted that "when Chris ascended Jumbo Love, it really elevated his rock-star status". When Seb Bouin made the fourth ascent in 2022, he said, "This king line has attracted me for a long time. It was a true inspiration to see the footage of Chris Sharma on it. I started climbing around 2005 and it was one of the most incredible climbing films I had watched at that time". == Ascents ==
Ascents
Jumbo Love has been ascended by: • 1st Chris Sharma, September 11, 2008 • 2nd Ethan Pringle, May 17, 2015 • 3rd Jonathan Siegrist, May 17, 2018 • 4th Seb Bouin, October 25, 2022 Suprême Jumbo Love has been ascended by: • 1st Seb Bouin, November 1, 2022 ==Filmography==
Filmography
• Includes Chris Sharma's 2008 ascent: • Ethan Pringle's 2015 repeat: == See also ==
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