After all these adds they still forget to mention some essential gear in font. Doormat and towels!!! The sand is everywhere in font. If you don't wipe your shoes before every go, you will ruin your friction. Even worse you will ruin the rock.
Do you think you could be a bit more ecologically/environmentally aware, especially when talking about an area that is suffering so much due to its popularity (such as Font). You DEFINITELY don't want a boulder bucket - you want to be using as little chalk as is humanly possible as it degrades the rock (not to mention leaving gross marks - the same marks that are the reason we keep losing so much access to climbs on private land! They may look cool to us as climbers but they're not to everyone else who uses the forest/mountain/cliff etc). It's worth mentioning that chalk DECREASES friction. You only need enough to make your hands dry. You never need to turn your hands white or do any of that nonsense you see in competition creating huge clouds of particulate. Second, you missed the MOST important piece of font gear (you talked about shoes instead of this?! Half the best Font climbers don't use them haha!): A DOORMAT/TOWEL. The sand/tree combo on the floor is lethal both for your grip, and for the rock itself. You need to be getting your feet clean before climbing, EVERY time. Third, talking about brushes and missing the chance to impress upon beginners the importance of leaving problems cleaner than you found them is a missed opportunity.
Most people I know find Fun Bloc (Jingo Wobbly guides) poor to use. I would recommend the font circuits book (MontChausse and Godoffe) and depending on what grade you climb, as Blocbuster's suggested, the 5&6's or 7&8's.
I find those crashpads way too expensive for essentially a piece of foam, and those are around 150 euro for a 1m^2 with decent thickness as the cheapest option. glueing some good quality foams together yourself is way cheaper and you're not constricted to the tiny 1m^2 size, where you'd probably need multiple of those to cover one spot..
Man don't use chalk in Fontainebleau!!! It wears down the rock. Use climbing resin instead. You can buy it everywhere in Bleau. It's much easier on the rock.
After all these adds they still forget to mention some essential gear in font.
Doormat and towels!!! The sand is everywhere in font. If you don't wipe your shoes before every go, you will ruin your friction. Even worse you will ruin the rock.
Do you think you could be a bit more ecologically/environmentally aware, especially when talking about an area that is suffering so much due to its popularity (such as Font). You DEFINITELY don't want a boulder bucket - you want to be using as little chalk as is humanly possible as it degrades the rock (not to mention leaving gross marks - the same marks that are the reason we keep losing so much access to climbs on private land! They may look cool to us as climbers but they're not to everyone else who uses the forest/mountain/cliff etc). It's worth mentioning that chalk DECREASES friction. You only need enough to make your hands dry. You never need to turn your hands white or do any of that nonsense you see in competition creating huge clouds of particulate.
Second, you missed the MOST important piece of font gear (you talked about shoes instead of this?! Half the best Font climbers don't use them haha!): A DOORMAT/TOWEL. The sand/tree combo on the floor is lethal both for your grip, and for the rock itself. You need to be getting your feet clean before climbing, EVERY time.
Third, talking about brushes and missing the chance to impress upon beginners the importance of leaving problems cleaner than you found them is a missed opportunity.
Phazaar Bump. Everything you said was spot on.
You can also hire crash pads at a climbing store in fontainebleau! And they have a pretty neat collection of shoes as well!
so basically....take your bouldering gear ??????!!!!!!
Can't you rent a pad at Fontainbleu? Surely there must be something in a nearby town?
I imagine there are a lot of guide books regarding Fontainbleau, but which one would you suggest?
5+6 or 7+8 are the best imo
"Fun bloc" works really well.. And I have 3 guidebook so if I had to bring only one, it would definitely be Fun bloc.
Thank you!!
"Fun Bloc" has a really nice ring to it ;)
Most people I know find Fun Bloc (Jingo Wobbly guides) poor to use. I would recommend the font circuits book (MontChausse and Godoffe) and depending on what grade you climb, as Blocbuster's suggested, the 5&6's or 7&8's.
I love this channel but this video was like. Nothing but ads.
Ryan that is the whole point of the Friday GEAR SHOW.
Money... The most important gear for Fontainebleau is money
Another great video 👍🏻
14,000 and it's my favorite brush!!!
I find those crashpads way too expensive for essentially a piece of foam, and those are around 150 euro for a 1m^2 with decent thickness as the cheapest option. glueing some good quality foams together yourself is way cheaper and you're not constricted to the tiny 1m^2 size, where you'd probably need multiple of those to cover one spot..
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Man don't use chalk in Fontainebleau!!! It wears down the rock. Use climbing resin instead. You can buy it everywhere in Bleau. It's much easier on the rock.
Errr... Chalk wears down the rock. Please don't bring it, specially not to a popular area like font.
yep, please use chalk sparingly
Second first!