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Esclatamàsters, first 9a for Pearson

© Francisco Taranto Jr.
James Pearson on Esclatamàsters, 9a, Perles, Spain  © Francisco Taranto Jr.
James Pearson on Esclatamàsters, 9a, Perles, Spain
© Francisco Taranto Jr.

It would seem James Pearson's transformation from gritstone head-pointer to limestone red-pointer is now completed. 15 March, on his second try of the day, he managed to do Escalatamàsters, 9a, at Perles, Spain for his first of the grade.

On his blog, James comes clean and admits to the 8th deadly sin of actually caring about climbing a 9a. A "sin" I think is easily forgiven.

The route can be divided into two distinctly different parts. The first is very steep and offers athletic climbing while the second, after a rest in a knee bar, is all about small crimpers and pinches.

James' ascent of Esclatamàsters was the 9th, or there about. He needed a total of 6 days and 7 red point attempts.


James Pearson is sponsored by Wild Country , La Sportiva , The North Face , Adidas Eyewear

The photo was taken by Francisco Taranto Jr

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16 Mar, 2012
Fantastic effort - how long until the next report telling us Caroline has done it as well! ;-)
16 Mar, 2012
Nice one James, keep the psyche high!
16 Mar, 2012
In a day or so if history repeats itself. Great effort. Great to see he's taken his obvious talent and worked like a b*stard to achieve. I am sure there will be much more to come.
16 Mar, 2012
Am pleased to be one of the first to congratulate James on ever more superb and impressive performances. B
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