Esteban Daligault repeats Bon Voyage at Annot

Esteban Daligault has repeated Bon Voyage, the E12 trad route at Annot in France established by James Pearson in early 2023. Regarded by all those who have repeated it so far as one of the most beautiful routes they have ever climbed, the route proffers the equivalent of 9a climbing on trad gear, with a highly technical crux followed by an extremey long and semi-sfe runout finale. Adam Ondra made the first repeat in 2024 and confirmed the difficulties, and only a handful of other climbers including Seb Berthe and Jacopo Larcher have followed suit.

Daligault has previously climbed 9a and this is his obviously his hardest trad climb to date after having climbed the easier version, Le Voyage, two years ago. Now he needed just eight sessions, two last spring and six in autumn 2025, in the runup to the redpoint on the 12th of December.

Aged a mere 24, Daligault is part of the young generation of highly talented French all-rounders, and in the past he has made a name for himself for hard alpine outings such as the first free ascent of the Direct de l’amitié on the Grandes Jorasses last November with Virgile Devin and Simon Martinet, and the first ascent of Le Poussin, the A3+ aid climb put up in the Verdon Gorge last June with Léo Billon and Kilian Moni.