Chris Schulte - Le Proueptologue 8A

 Chris cutting his feet in order to move his heel from one side to the other of Le Proueptologue in Cuvier est.

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NoNameYet 7B+/7C

 

Bart van Raaij finsihing off a weekend of working with his new 7+8 guidebook by 
sending NoNameYet in Rocher Fin.

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Desperate times...

Weather hasn't exacly been amazing since I got back here after christmas. A week ago I got feed up with driving around looking for dry rock, and went to the gym in Arbonne and bought a membership. Since then, that's where I have been hanging out...

After living in Font several years now, Neil has learn't how to pass times with bad weather...

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Video - Two from Brione

In mid October, Neil and I sat of on a weekendtrip to Ticino. After spending 16 hours in the car, for one and a half days of climbing in not so good conditions, we came to the conclusion that Brione is a bit to far away from Font for going over a weekend. The climbing however, is amazing and I would love to go back and try some of the boulders I only got to see a glimse of during this visit.

Neil filmed me on the the two problems I managed to get up, and with the footage I have put together this short...

Featured problems:

Bach Block 7B+/7C

Molunk 7C

Climber in video:

Daniel Olausson

Edit:

Daniel Olausson

Camera:

Neil Hart

Music:

Machinimasound - Dustsucker

In association with:

Tierra.se

Fiveten.com

TheGeckoworld.com

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L'Aérodynamite 7B+, Bas Cuvier

Me on my way up L'Aérodynamite during a November day in Cuvier. Photo: Henrik Hult.

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Albarracin hang-arounds

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De Vita Beata 8A, Franchard Isatis

Trying to make the second move of De Vita Beata a little less physical by using wierd heelhook-beta. 
I'm not sure though, whether it makes it easier or just complicates things... Photo: Henrik Hult.

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Froggy dick 7B

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T-Rex 7C+

Chris Schulte on T-Rex in Cuvier Rempart.

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Atmosphère 7A, Cuvier Est

Henrik Hult before and after having done the first move of Atmosphère in Cuvier Est.

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Video - Autumn bleaus

This video contains a handfull of problems that I climbed and filmed before going home over Christmas. While being home, I had a bit of time that I used to edit the footage, between eating and sleeping which my three weeks in Sweden was mostly about.

Now that I´m back in Font, I am struggling to get back in shape. It´s been kinda tough up until this point, but after being blessed with amazing, cold weather (apart from the snow) over the last two days, I think I've reached a turning point. I can feel my body slowly adapting to the climbing and all the walking I'm doing around here and with that, my motivation is also returning. A bit of a relief since I have been worried about not enjoying going out into the forrest as much as I use to.

Featured problems:

Sensation 7B+ - Bois Rond

Peter Pan 7B+ - Rocher du Mauvais Passage

Thriller 7C+ - Rocher des Demoiselles

Le Bivouac assis 7C - Cuvier Est

Welcome to Tijuana 7C - Apremont Envers

Megawatt 7C+ - Franchard Isatis

Climber in video:

Daniel Olausson

Edit:

Daniel Olausson

Camera:

Henrik Hult

Daniel Olausson

Music:

The soundtrack of our lives - Sister Surround

In association with:

Tierra

Fiveten

The Geckoworld

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Le Proueptologue 8A, Cuvier Est

Chris Schulte trying Le Proueptologue in very poor conditions. It was extremely hard to even do more than two moves in a row before slipping 

off due to the humidity. Therefore Chris had to leave this climbing un-sent (until next time that is...).

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Aérosol 7B+

 

 

 

Sitstart-variation to L'Aérodynamite in Bas Cuvier. Photos: Henrik Hult

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Restday in Paris

Photos: Daniel Olausson.

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Home 7B+

Home in Rocher des Demoiselles. Photos: Henrik Hult.

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Ticino village

Here are some pictures from the village Lavertezzo, nearby Brione in Switzerland. I took them during a weekend-trip Neil and I did in mid October. Unfortunatly we had bad luck with the weather, having to climb in 25 degrees in Chironico on the Saturday and getting rained on in Brione during the Sunday. 16 hours of driving for one and a half days of climbing is a bit to much of a gamble to be worth it. However, I considered my self happy with the trip, climbing three problems I had not done before...

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Le Trou du Simon 6A

One of the first boulders you stumble upon when entering Bas Cuvier is the one hosting
 Le Trou du Simon, a problem which I really recommend.

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Zarzamora 8A

Neil finding the beta that helped med climb Zarzamora in Sector Aeroline.

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Morning mist setbacks

Stefan Pettersson on his way in to Rocher de Bouligny, luckily unaware of the fact that Amok still is drenched after the morning mist. This came to be one of many days during the late autumn, where we found ourselfs being chased around forrest by fast moving clouds of fog. In the end I got to climb a couple of problems I hadn't done before, which I was very happy with considiring how the day started.

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