The day following the previous post, in which I was dejected and defeated by rainy weather, the skies cleared a bit, and the wind picked up. By the afternoon, a couple sectors of Font were dry, including the one we found ourselves in, the famous (at least to French boulderers--and a few American climbers of, shall we say, a more continental mind:)) Cul de Chien. This is the area where Fontainebleau's first boulder problem rated 7a was climbed, the problem called Toit du Cul de Chien.
After being guided around the area on the red circuit (small red numbers are actually painted on the boulders to designate where the problem starts--there's childrens circuits, orange, blue, red, white, and black circuits) by a very friendly Parisian named David, I managed to do Toit. This had been a goal before the trip, so I was quite happy to dispatch with it so quickly. Interestingly, it's ridiculously similar to Roof of Death at Blowing Rock boulders which makes for perfect training.
Today we went to another area, somewhat poorly named 95.2. The climbing however was perfect.
Tomorrow is our last day here. Fontainebleau is truly a paradise for the boulderer!
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