Jumbo Love

Jumbo Love is a very long 76-metre (249 ft) sport climbing route, on remote limestone cliffs on Clark Mountain in the Mojave Desert.

[6] In 2008, Pringle was injured and Sharma, living below the cliff (the "Third Tier" crag) for weeks, made the first ascent on September 11, 2008.

[7] At the time of Sharma's ascent, Jumbo Love was one of several sport climbing routes that were proposed at the grade of 9b (5.15b).

[4] Fred Rouhling's controversial 1995 route, Akira [fr], was downgraded to 9a after its first repeat by Seb Bouin in 2020.

[8] Bernabe Fernandez's equally controversial 2003 route, Chilam Balam [fr], was later downgraded to 9a+/b after repeats by Adam Ondra and Bouin.

[6] Despite being able to use kneepads, Bouin felt the 9b grade was unaffected, saying: "Jumbo Love is not just a hard line, it's a whole adventure"; at the time, Bouin had climbed 9b/9b+ and 9b+[6] From 2010 to 2013, Sharma tried to add a direct start to Jumbo Love but ended up eventually abandoning the project;[5] Leavitt told Climbing that the direct start could create a new route that was closer to grade 5.15c (9b+).

[5] Bouin described his direct start as 20 metres (66 ft) of 9a (5.14d) climbing that links to Jumbo Love before its crux.

[18] When Seb Bouin made the fourth ascent in 2022, he said, "This king line has attracted me for a long time.