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Fifteen years ago, James Pearson sent shockwaves through the climbing world when he gave his route The Walk of Life the grade of E12, the first of its kind. While the route and its subsequent downgrade need little introduction, the fall-out remains one of the most prominent examples of cancel culture in the history of British climbing.
After leaving the UK in pursuit of personal transformation, James now resides in the South of France with his wife, professional climber Caroline Ciavaldini, and their two young children. After numerous impressive first ascents and repeats around the world, including the iconic Rhapsody (E11), and the currently ungraded Tribe (generally accepted to be the worlds hardest trad route), few people would argue that James still has anything left to prove; except, that is, perhaps James himself.
At one of his first talks at Kendal since The Walk of Life, join James on a fifteen-year journey of hard trad and self discovery, leading up to his latest route, Bon Voyage, and the question we all want to know…