Parthian Shot (Direct)

Parthian shot is a route that has seen several different incarnations, both in the minds of aspiring climbers, and physically through broken holds and protection.
After large parts of the infamous flake snapped off, first in 2011 and again in 2023, the route is much harder and bolder than when it was first climbed, and had only been lead with a high "side runner" to back-up the poor gear in the flake.
Intent on living up to the legacy of John Dunne, I decided to do away with this piece and attempt the route in the style John climbed it all those years ago.

[@calebainsworth7247]

Brilliant. No side runner, gear placed on lead, Hard Grit soundtrack. Chapeau James.

[@jamescampbell2521]

Well done! I got pumped out just watching, esp. the exit moves. Nice adding a bit of Hard Grit soundtrack.

[@iggimoore]

Made it look easy. Awesome mate 💪

[@marcuswebb9954]

Great camera angle - I didn’t realise his steep this was!

[@Totalavulsion]

Ridiculous route. Bravo

[@greigseavill629]

Easiest ive ever seen anyone do the step through move.

[@joemarino4519]

what is a side runner?

[@PeakDistrictBouldering]

Amazing effort. And a fun Hard Grit style presentation. WFIW I'd be pretty psyched to watch an unedited, real-time version for the full experience.
Congratulations. Very cool to see you coming back to projects on the (old) home turf.

[@Marky8b]

💪💪 Great sound track...what about Dynamics into Parthian?

[@thegreatbritishadventure2849]

Fantastic to see you climb this beautiful line. I watched John climb it back in the day, your start makes it an incredible line. Well done.

[@leoingson]

Wow!
Also would like to see unedited raw :)

[@middle-agedclimber]

Jeeesus... Heartbeat sound made me anxious, the flying and crashing onto an edge on Gaia is engraved in my mind.

[@martinontherox]

Yes. This scene gives me sweaty palms all the time😂
It was Jean-minh trinh-thieu, right?

[@richardeden2073]

Needed jeans James to be fully retro 😝

[@IliaNadyrbayev]

Outstanding style, this send is a massive flex

[@EvanMatthews86]

So sick James 👏 well done. Standing up on that left foot over the bulge must have been scary 😳

[@FissureRaiOh]

At a certain point this is only a step above free soloing right? Like damn that looks terrifying.

[@jonwilson8178]

Awsome. Proper superhard trad

[@jusp9533]

So strong. Made it look so easy. Smashed it out the park. Should’ve done a quick repeat of equilibrium whilst you were at it.

[@OnceUponAClimb]

Ha ha, once is enough for Equilibrium 🤣

[@Mrctomlinson1]

Really cool. Good effort.

[@Rossmt]

mega

[@simonwilliams9850]

Insane

[@chakchalks]

Pure climbing, no silly editing 😍😍

[@richardcarey169]

Great delicate & balanced moves, a difficult lead, made to look easy, I love your reach and ape factor, nice dyno......oh to be young again, my shoulders are stuffed from 40 years of this stuff,,,,,,,NO FALLS, NO BALLS