Le Voyage, (8b+ trad) sees another ascent, this time by Ignacio Mulero

Ignacio Mulero reports on Insta that he has repeated James Pearson's Le Voyage (8b+) trad in Annot. (c) Jaime Merino

Can you tell us more about the trip and your send of Le Voyage?
The trip in Annot was longer than expected, we went for a few days and in the end we ended up staying for almost a month after postponing our return. I started abseiling down Le Voyage but quickly all my attention was for the variant "Bon Voyage". Little by little I was doing the movements and making good links. But finally I couldn't do it. But it did help me a lot for future trips, especially to already have good methods and a good strategy for skin and climbing shoes. It is a super abrasive rock and it eats a lot of everything!! At the end of the trip I decided to try to do the original line "Le Voyage" and this one I could send!

I did the route on the penultimate day of the trip, I had not put my focus on it during the trip because I preferred to invest my energy and skin in the other. But the truth is that it's a 5-star line and I couldn't leave without it. It was a pleasure to be able to do it with James on the other side of the rope. And very good motivation to share trys and methods with Caro!!

How you train? Also, for routes like this, do you do anything special?
I don't train or do anything specific thing, I just climb and that's enough for me. I value time in nature more than being in the climbing gym although this might make me stronger.

What's next for you?
The next thing I have planned is to go to Jossingfjord (Norway) on April 18 with the intention of making Recovery Drink. I was able to try it last year and I left it close to doing it. I hope that on this trip I can send it!