Black Diamond Presents: Jacopo Larcher on Bon Voyage (9a/5.14d)
6 Video Views·Jun 28, 2026
BD Athlete Jacopo Larcher is now a veteran of the trad game. One of the first to bring 5.15-level sport climbing strength to gear routes, Larcher's 2019 first ascent of Tribe (9a/5.14d) was an early contender for one of the world's hardest trad lines. In France, Jacopo recently teamed up with Connor Herson on Bon Voyage—a mythical James Pearson trad rig with the hefty 9a/5.14d grade. Watch Jacopo's years of experience factor into this beautiful ascent.
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AI GeneratedThe speaker expresses immense joy and relief after successfully completing a challenging move, specifically a \"pinky move,\" which they had struggled with for several previous attempts. This achievement serves as a positive conclusion to a difficult year where many things felt misaligned.
The next day
Who's there?
No, I'm alone.
I'm not alone.
I'm here.
Olive!
I'm so happy, it's been really a voyage this route, at the beginning I couldn't do
I could do all the moves but I couldn't do the pinky move for like two or three
trips and this time I could always do the move and I felt like after so many
times
this year was like a lot of things didn't align somehow, it was like a tough year for me
and it's like the perfect end of the year for me
super happy, really, thanks