Potentially World's Hardest Trad Route - Bon Voyage E12 (9a) | Adam Ondra
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Published 2024-04-08
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
PRODUCTION
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SUBTITLES BY
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All Comments (21)
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Adam you're a true legend for climbing everything in every style! Absolutely amazing once again. James big congrats again on the first ascent. Also James, yes...we're filthy filthy crack climbers 😂😅
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27:25 [David Attenborough voice]: And here we see the climber emerging from his lair after his rest, hoping that this will give him the energy to survive the oncoming battle..
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I feel sorry for all the non-native speakers who miss the beauty and variety of Adams cursing when he falls :)
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Having Adam Ondra agree with his grade must have felt like a massive weight was lifted off his chest for Pearson. Finally conquering E12 after all these years of being haunted by it...
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"This will be quite spicy for the belayer" He says while talking about hitting a rock where you could potentially die 😂 just incredible
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As a climber, i am extremely glad you are writing for how long Adam rests in every single rest during the ascent; it makes for a much better understanding both of the route itself, and of the way Adam climbs.
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Love the glee in Jame's face, when he explains how perfect the last placement is, even though it's still 20 moves after with the crux above the inverted guillotine of death.
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He climbs the world's hardest trad route while being mostly sport climbing focused ! There is no debate in this he is the best rock climber. Go Adam and good luck in the Olympic qualification ! 💪
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This is definitely my favourite video on the channel ever since Pungitopo. Such a beautiful and unlikely looking line and the story behind it and what it meant to James elevate the film on another level. Well done James, Adam and the whole team providing us with this master piece!
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@14.00 "Have you tried to reach it like this?" (AO using bizarre back-handed grip on slopey edge...). Then falls off. Brilliant!
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Wow it became a feature story about james and how he finally is relieved from his ghosts that have been haunting him all these years. Incredible that the producers of this video are aware of that and share it with us, i mean it is Adams channel. But this has become more than that. Incredible thanks to adam and his team! you forget that this is premium content you get to see for free!!!
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The true miracle is that Adam offers this much quality content on YouTube. This is a reel rock level film for free. Such a joy and inspiration to watch this man’s climbing journey. Hell yea Adam!
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Love that "it's quite hard James" it felt like it wasn't just an assessment on the grade but a reassurance
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I'm here for the cinematography ❤ great job
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Ah the Czech cursing is the best keep putting that in please ! 😂
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Climbing, screaming, filming and editing all triple-A. Fantastic!
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Thank you to the film makers for making a movie in this style. No music during climbing and a lot of narration from the climbers. Really makes you feel engaged!
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This video stands out among recent climbing videos - great production, great backstory, great route, and truly impressive climbing. I hope this finally gets the monkey off James's back - he never deserved the scorn he received for Walk of Life, and has proven himself a really top trad climber more than enough with his many high level repeats. It was good to see Adam fully engaged with this route - it clearly had more meaning to him than another 9a limestone clip-up.
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Awesome fight. Stoked to see James get the recognition he deserves.
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at 12:34 when Adam says he climbs with his thumbs to save skin on multi pitch the look James gives the camera is priceless. Like only AO would even contemplate saying that.
