This
weekend will be a weekend on plastic.
Last night
was DB9 the boulder comp of my local gym. The boulders were super cool and I
managed to top 11 of the 14 problems. That was good enough for a 6th
place, so I am a happy man. Tim of course topped all boulders. ”NIHIL-Irene” came
all the way from Enschede to join DB9 and took the first place in the females.
Today I
will compete in the local lead comp and Sunday the NKBV is organizing a lead
simulation in Tilburg. The best youth climbers from the Netherlands, Belgium
and Luxemburg will be present. I am very excited about this day.
Two weeks
ago during Easter holiday I visited Fontainebleau for a couple of days. The
weekend started with lots of rain so we decided to check out the new climbing
gym in Fontainebleau which is called KARMA. Great boulders and the lead section
of the gym looked pretty cool as well.
Sunday and
Monday were beautiful days. We visited Marion des Roches. Since it was Easter
we thought it would be cool to do l’ Oeuf de Paques. It is only 6b+ but I had
no idea how to tackle the problem. Next to this problem on the same block is a
7a called les Mauvais Coups. I worked in this boulder but got stuck just before
the top-out. The only problems mastered that day were a 6c+ on slopers which was
quite nice but rather easy for the grade called la Boule and a couple of 6b's.
Easter
weekend is always very crowded in FB. It was great to visit a not so well known
area. It was completely deserted, no other climbers to be found. There are a
number of nice boulders in Marion des Roches of which Pierrot is high on my wish
list, so we will definitively return.
On Monday we
went to Buthiers to meet up with NIHIL. They unfortunately had changed plans
and went to another area. I tried a number of boulders but nothing difficult
worked out the way I wanted it. The pictures below are from a boulder called la Rampe which is nice but presently too hard for me. I am still not very fit so no major problems
were done this weekend but I had a great time.
Will be
back in Bleau soon.
