Mother Earth
New pics. Jacques Beaudoin has just sent his mega trad route Mother Earth (31) — this time placing all gear on lead during the actual ascent!
I posted some pics of this route nearly 16 months ago when Jacques climbed it on in-situ gear. Since then the process involved many monster whippers before the stars and conditions aligned and he managed this better style ascent a few days ago.
Despite all the extra effort, Jacques said he didn’t think the grade was significantly different placing gear “if your brain can cope”. ????
The route is located out on the Newnes Plateau in the Blue Mtns. Stay tuned for the video being produced by Ben Sanford.