Climbing Areas Archives: Fontainebleau

Climbing Videos: Ty Landman Climbing Two V13s In Font

Posted February 25, 2009 at 7:17 am · Comments { 1 } ·

UKClimbing.com has a nice write-up that summarizes some of the more noteworthy bouldering ascents that have taken place around the world thus far in 2009. They also included a video of Ty Landman sending the classic Kheops (V13) in Fontainebleau, France. This is pretty timely because Landman just recently completed the sit start to Kheops […]

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Ty Landman Repeats Kheops Assis

Posted February 24, 2009 at 10:24 am · Comments { 5 } ·

On the still not-functioning-in-the-U.S. MoonBlog comes apparent word that Ty Landman has repeated Kheops Assis (V14) in Fontainbleau. (Via TheLowDown)

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Chris Schulte Climbs His First V14

Posted February 23, 2009 at 6:22 am · Comments { 1 } ·

American Chris Schulte has climbed his first V14 during his current trip to Fontainebleau, Gecko Assis. You can read a recent interview with Schulte at Mountains and Water, and I highly recommend checking out his website as well.

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Excellent Fontainebleau Primer

Posted February 2, 2009 at 10:52 am · Comments { 0 } ·

UKClimbing.com recently posted an excellent article on the logistics for a trip to the bouldering mecca that is Fontainebleau. The article has helpful tips on understanding the grading scale, the use of Pof and other important tidbits.

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Dave Graham’s ‘The Island’ (V15) Repeated Twice

Posted December 11, 2008 at 11:40 am · Comments { 15 } · Photo: Chuck Fryberger

Dave Graham’s Fontainebleau testpiece The Island (V15) is repeated twice.

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The Outsider: 85 Days In Fontainebleau (Climbing Movie)

Posted July 30, 2008 at 10:10 am · Comments { 2 } · Photo: UncleSomebody

It took me awhile to get around to watching it (on my iPhone no less), but the recently released climbing movie The Outsider was well worth the wait. It features a plethora of classic blocs from one man’s 85 day stint in Fontainebleau, France (and one day in Switzerland), all shot in beautiful high definition. […]

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