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NEWS: New E10 7a in Annot by James Pearson - Le Voyage

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 UKC News 07 May 2017
James Pearson makes the first ascent of Le Voyage E10 7a, 4 kbBritish expat James Pearson has established an impressive new E10 crack line at Annot, France, which he has named Le Voyage. Annot has been a developing trad hot spot in France since 2005 due to its abundance of crack features.Read more
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 Xavierpercy 07 May 2017
In reply to UKC News:

Fantastic effort James
An amazing line but......"I know E10 7a might not make a lot of sense to non-British trad climbers, but it’s really the best I can do."

It doesn't make a lot of sense to me either! Surely he could have given it a sport grade with the PG to X rating on the danger and then we would have a much better idea of how hard it really is.
 Dr Toph 07 May 2017
In reply to UKC News:

Well. the 'Trad Annot' blog gives it 8b+ if that helps...
http://tradannot.over-blog.com/
 Fraser 07 May 2017
In reply to UKC News:

Power of the 'tache! Great work by JP and excellent photos by CC - she's got a second career in photography if she ever gives up climbing.
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 Bulls Crack 08 May 2017
In reply to Xavierpercy:

Well, given that we know it's well protected, I'd say it was technically about 7a and very sustained!
 SenzuBean 11 May 2017
In reply to winhill:

> link to the original article there:http://www.lasportiva.com/fr/le-voyage-the-new-trad-route-freed-by-james-pe...

ambassador James Pearson, just came back from a recent trip in the US with her wife / partner in climb Caroline Ciavaldini

oh dear.
 Fraser 11 May 2017
In reply to SenzuBean:

I did however like their new grading system, incorporating a thermal factor!

"E10 /7° is one of the hardest routes he has ever done"
Removed User 11 May 2017
In reply to Fraser:

Seems a sensible progression to me. All climbers understand the criticality of temperature on the day in determining the overall difficulty.
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