Potentially World’s Hardest Trad Route - Bon Voyage E12 (9a) | Adam Ondra

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. Enjoy this masterpiece and do not forget to watch the bonus video ➡️ - commented ascent of this amazing route with my commentary for all CLIMBING FANATICS and LOVERS in my membership section right now. Check out @OnceUponAClimb channel for more rad climbing joy, routes and stories. 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 ENGLISH SUBTITLES AVAILABLE IN THE VIDEO SETTINGS ČESKÉ TITULKY JSOU DOSTUPNÉ V NASTAVENÍ VIDEA❗ Join this channel to get access to my Tips & Tricks Climbing shoes I use in this video: @LaSportivaYT Solution: Enjoy the new sweatshirts and T-shirts with my signature on my AO e-shop ⏩ with some discounts as well as my AO Photo Book, posters, photographs, cool signed brushes, and chalk bags I like to use the most. Have you seen this video of mine ?! Have you seen this video of mine ?! Thumbnail picture by: Petr Chodura SPECIAL THANKS TO JAMES PEARSON - @OnceUponAClimb STORY BY ADAM ONDRA DIRECTED & EDITED BY LACO KORBEL CAMERA PAVEL KLEMENT LACO KORBEL PETR CHODURA PRODUCTION JAN VERNER JAKUB PÍNA KATEŘINA KUŘÁTKOVÁ SUBTITLES BY JARKA MARČEKOVÁ © ADAM ONDRA 2024 SONGLIST TeaTime - Intense Hybrid Trailer Peter Sandberg - Amber Peter Sandberg - Sunbeams Score Squad - Inhale life #climbing #france #rockclimbing #tradclimbing