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After committing a highball: “I was relieved and ashamed”

In this video, James Pearson comments on his ascent of the highball boulder 29 Dots in the Valle dell' Orco.

With numb fingers and a century pump in his forearms, Pearson escaped to the block and felt neither joy nor pride. He was much more relieved and ashamed of having put himself and his family in this situation.

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