Onto the famous dog, "Chien"
This easter (21st-24th March) the official Brixton Climbers expedition was to the legendary Fontainbleau forest, at the south of Paris, France. I heard someone said that there are about 30,000 boulders in the area. A lifetime of climbing wouldn't be enougth to cover the whole forest. Font is charming, beautiful and with rock of superb quality. But the best, is the way routes are organised into circuits according to the difficulty of their climbs. A typical circuit might have between 30 to over 40 problems scattered around a few dozen boulders. Circuit's are classified according to their average difficulty. The easiest circuits are white and yellow, the intermediate ones orange and blue, and the harder ones red and white (white again, but there is not a chance that you would get confused with the lower graded circuit). Routes in circuits are numbered and indicated by little arrows painted with colors corresponding to the difficulty of the circuit. The net result of this route organisation is that you just need to find the first problem of the circuit, and then go onto a relentless series of challenging climbs. It is very fast, and in a couple of hours over 30 problems can easily be climbed. In a day, if your fingers last, up to 80 problems can be completed. The weather, the setting, and the food make this the ultimate climbing destination. I can't wait till next year!
Mario.
This is what Font is about, a bunch of people having fun in great weather ..., an hour later we where engulfed in a freezing hailstorm!
Confused? A long, and brilliant, "Orange" traverse at 91.1
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