Seb Berthe FLASHES "Le Voyage" (E10 7a) | Trad Climbing in France
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- "Le Voyage" was the hardest trad climb in France before James Pearson completed his long term project, "Bon Voyage", the first confirmed E12 in the world.
Following from his sport climbing trip to Catalunya, Robbie Phillips alongside his trusty sidekick Bonnie, head to Annot in the South of France to climb "Le Voyage". He messages his friend Seb Berthe, the strong Belgian climber who almost climbed Tommy Caldwell's "Dawn Wall", that he'd be happy to give him all the beta for a flash attempt... Seb jumps at the chance and decides to drive from St Leger to Annot to meet up with Robbie.
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Seb Berthne is an absolute beast, holy freaking hell - what a machine!
He absolutelyl destroyed that route, the poor thing never even stood a chance.
What a woeful list of clechéd moronic adjectives to describe an incredible ascent!
@shanequastunningbrave5376 go find something better to do, you're not helping anyone.
@@TheMerryDwarf As for you too!
Always look forward to your video's Robbie. Was impressive to see Seb's beta through the sequence that looked like it gave you a hard time. One mean side-pull and he skipped like 3 of the toughest looking moves.
yeah, the difference is massive. No shenanigans, just a right side pull lock of and a high left crimp.
Yeah for sure! The difference between these two sequences is Seb’s strength basically - he’s just much stronger than me so it’s more efficient and higher percentage for him to do it that way. My sequence is better if you’re weaker as it puts more weight in the feet but is lower percentage (higher chance of a foot pop)
@@RobbiePhillips yeah makes sense! Anyway. i wouldn't be able to touch neither of those holds, super strong! Congratz on the send!
seb’s climbing looks so smooth, and fast. and so humble after sending. impressive and inspiring.. congrats! also, amazing video and choice of music. thanks :)
What's up Robbie, psyched to see you back with another banger 🤙
Fantastic wee film.. ❤ the music was perfect, a spaghetti western tune!
Haha yeah it worked well didnt it!
Beautiful video, I really enjoyed watching the whole process for this climbing. Cheers man!
Lovely film, looked like a great fight for you. And credit for giving Seb the finale. Others would've kept it all about themselves.
Well he is the star of this film really… I enjoyed a good wee fight and thoroughly enjoyed watching Seb smash it to bits!
Seb made that look like an absolute path!! Beast.
Haha yeah! He said he thought it was gonna be harder 😂 Basically he had loads left!
A little bit of luck goes a long way, thanks for the upload mate. Another banger in the books to look back on with pride 👏🏻🏴💪🏻
Nice one Robbie great video as always love all the shots !
Cheers buddy!
Nice to see you back, Robbie!
great to see new video!
Wow. What a beast. Looks like a warm up for him. Absolute nuts.
Great music and impressive sends. Well done!
Really enjoy your videos Robbie! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers man! Glad you enjoy them :)
Strong work Robbie and Seb!
Cheers Sean
Lovely film Robbie xx looks like a dream route :)
Cheers Ewan :)
Congrats Robbie!!! 🎉🎉
Well done Robbie. Good climbing
Looks incredible, really enjoyed this one.
Bloody brilliant! 👍
Chapeau, Seb! Magnifique escalade.
Nice one Robbie, that flash was impressive!
nice video , pleasant to watch. would be great if you could release the flash's uncut footage as all that editing is a shame.
Very high quality video!
Brilliant video ❤
The rock looks great there!
Super video !
Nice climbing out there 🧗♂️🧗♂️
Crazy stuff! How bold would you say it is?
The video made it look pretty well protected, but thay could just be the incredibly smooth climbing and me not spotting huge runouts!
Hey Robbie. The route is very well protected and totally safe. I don’t think you could hurt yourself on this climb really, there is one runout low down but even if you feel from the end you wouldn’t come near the ground.
Literally made it look like 5.10+…
Great effort robbie well done. Is bon voyage next?
Thanks! I don’t think so. Bon Voyage would definitely take me a long time and I have other big projects that I’m more psyched on :) I would like to go back to Annot and climb more of the other amazing lines though!!!!
How did he make it look so easy 🤯🤯
30.000 watching this man risking everything, to climb, make our days... and not even Thousand get managed from all those 30.000 voyeurs in their decadent 21st century comfort zones, to press this one damned LIKE - B UTTON ?
Copme on, folks: ''act....''
If it's not a silly question, why no helmet? There's heaps of rubble on the floor so clearly it's got to have fallen off the walls
not a silly question. Normally I would wear a helmet, but this climb is really pretty safe. There isn't a high likelihood for taking a bad fall and there is no loose rock actually (despite perhaps it looking like that on the floor).
I did not realize that French and British 7a were different, and I was really wondering how it could be E10. Like, is it a free solo where there are people at the top chucking rocks at you?
Yeah they are two different grading systems. There are places in Scotland where the local youths have chucked rocks and glass bottles at climbers - perhaps we need a new grading system for this too haha
lol I had to shazam the music during Sebs send, such a nice Ennio vibe but better, cool find.
Hang on a minute.....you can't get better than Ennio!!!!😂
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What about The Path by Alex Megos ??
was 8b+ right?
Le voyage is technically given 8b+ but we thought it was 8b (I’ve heard the path is maybe quite soft for 8b+ too but have never tried it myself). But in trad it’s not just the technical difficulty, but also the gear placements that make it challenging. I’ve heard the path is very easy gear (mainly cams in obvious breaks/cracks). Le voyage is quite easy, but you still need trad experience to get it right on a flash attempt I think. An Onsight of le voyage would be amazing to see - shame Ondra didn’t try that!
@@RobbiePhillipsthank you for the insight !
Alex Megos, The Path 14a/R, Flash.
Why do you call it a flash when you gave several attempts?
I didn't flash it, Seb did
@@RobbiePhillips oh sorry
Seb has gloves on at the very beginning and then no longer??
I think he got rid of them at the kneebar below. There is a full no hand rest there. The route starts with a crack where gloves are a big advantage but you don't need them as much afterwards.
If you check on Adam Ondra's video of Bon Voyage, which shares the same beginning with Le Voyage, you can see the beginning of the route and the resting position. I'm not 100% sure but it seems like a good explanation.
Thats correct. Seb didn’t want to wear the gloves for the crux section so he threw them off.
Just another warm up. Luck has nowt to do with it.
GREAT video, I hope I can be in a video like it someday! I'm looking forward to the next one. 🤩 I also just posted a new video from when I went outdoor rock climbing up to 5.11a in Japan! Hope you check it out! 🙏🙏🙏 If you do please leave a comment 🥰
Massively impressive but why are we calling it an E10 when that's a British grade but it's not a British climb?
Very good point mate! Ask James Pearson 😂
@RobbiePhillips Is it like when we British go on holiday and expect everyone to speak English? 😂
For British viewers!
French grades still seem to work after they cross the English Channel /La Manche so why not the reverse! A mix like E10 8b/13d expresses the difficulty of hard trad. very well.
More important than grades, enjoyed the film and in awe of Seb.
Drop the music. We want to hear the climb.
Go watch some Alex Megos raw footage filmed on a cheap phone set up in a shoe on the ground...
Because british trad grades are for british trad onsite climbing, E10 or harder has never been climbed. Routes with a likely grade of E10 and E11 have been climbed but not E12 as the only proposed E12 is in france! Once these routes are climbed onsite in the UK, the grade can be firmly established 😂
Fantastic climb but it wasn’t a flash
What was it then?
Two pro climbers (who are both very serious about ethics) call it a flash,
but of course, if some random commenter on RUclips says it wasn't a flash, I believe him...
Thanks for catching their blatant lie!
It was flash. But it was Seb Berthe's flash, not Robbies's. I also thought it wasn't flash, but then I realized that there is different name in the title.