Hey girls... I have another topic: Skin...I have big problems with my skin in Bleau! Usually we spend 3-7 days bouldering in Bleau and then have to head back to germany. Now we finally spent a week in bleau again and came back to Münster Germany on monday. For me - I climbed pretty succesfully within the first two days and sorted out another few lines on the third day, but couldn't link it together. I hoped, that it would work out after a restday. Instead, the rest of the Bleau-holiday felt really "lost" cause my skin was so damaged, that I couldn't hold anything up till we left... Do you have any advices for things I could do before heading to bleau, while climbing or to cure afterwards? Thanks a lot! ELIN
Hi Caroline - thanks for the video. So great to see bouldering-success after having a baby... :-) I will try out to use this heel hook for the first move into the crack... up from there I didn't need it, but in the video it looked like it makes the second move a bit more stable aswell. Can't wait to be back. Thanks a lot
Oh thanks for your answers - I could work out the jam and finish the boulder up from the jam, but didn't get enough time to sort my hand right with the normal mens beta. I was a bit frustrated, because my partner (about 1.85) did this move so easily (and he's not stronger than me ;-)) - so it depends on height a lot right? A heel hook right could help to stabilize... good idea. Thanks a lot... And thanx for all your hard work in the forest.
Hey - has anybody a good advice for the first move? I sorted out the rest of the boulder, but I could not work out the first move properly. I had sooo many tries and sometimes I made the first move nearly perfectly and then I could not repeat it for another 20 goes... I left quite sad with bleeding fingers and still dont get, what I have to change. I am 1.71 tall and started with both hands low in the middle. Thanx
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Rain sucks, but broken holds suck even more. Remember, never climb on wet rock in Fontainebleau.
The sandstone becomes brittle, and pulling on it will ruin classic problems. Drying it doesn't help, because it's still wet and weak inside.
All you can do is wait for better conditions.