Trad climbing is a kind of climbing I always hesitated to immerse myself in. ✊ Influenced by the film Hard Grit, the idea of a bold and dangerous route where you can seriously hurt yourself was not very tempting to me, even though I climbed many bold routes on Czech sandstone. When I first heard of @OnceUponAClimb - James Pearson's Bon Voyage route, I knew I had to go there immediately. It simply looked too good. Relatively safe, but runout climbing with seriously difficult boulder problems on immaculate sandstone in the idyllic countryside of southern France. 

As icing on the cake- potentially the world's hardest trad route (in terms of physical difficulties) - I found it too tempting. James Pearson himself came along the way, showed me the moves and I admitted that the route was hard. I had to dig deep, take some rest and execute. Still, it was not enough to do it straight away. I had to take some big falls from the end of the crux sequence, eventually even testing the worst possible fall before I could link all the moves of this brutal masterpiece.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Day 1 (Annot, France)
01:25 - Adam Ondra talks about James Pearson
01:47 - James Pearson - @OnceUponAClimb, professional climber from the UK
03:00 - Bon Voyage E12 9a trad
04:40 - Adam's strategy
05:38 - James' story
06:35 - The last piece of gear
08:13 - No fear falling
10:00 - Swithc the method
12:48 - Enjoy SENS cricket snacks
13:10 - What is important in trad climbing?
16:00 - French 9a (E12), for sure
17:40 - Day 2
22:19 - Attempt #1
23:44 - Attempt #2
24:40 - Day 3 - Attempt #3
25:40 - Attempt #4
30:45 - Crux
31:18 - Top
31:45 - Adam calls to James
32:35 - James talks about the route and Adam's scent
33:21 - @WideBoyz? :-)
33:41 - Outro

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SPECIAL THANKS TO
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STORY BY
ADAM ONDRA

DIRECTED & EDITED BY
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PETR CHODURA

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