Jacques Beaudoin is a French Canadian from Quebec City who in 2005, moved to Australia for the weather, settling in the Blueys in 2010 for climbing. He has built his climbing resume with ascents throughout Canada, the United States, Asia, and our very own Mount Arapiles. Core to who his being, Jacques has a wanderlust to explore new terrain, of which the Blue Mountains have plenty. This story starts on one of Jacques’ regular sojourns into the gullies and glens of the area, where he finds a striking line that captures his imagination. That line was to consume him for twenty-three months and test his resolve. He talked with me on when he and the climb first met.
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