Tuesday, July 26, 2022

July 26, 2022 - Calypso.

According to Greek mythology, Calypso, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, was a natural deity who lived on the island of Ogygia. She kept Odysseus on her island for seven years and tried to marry him, even promising immortality if he did, but Odysseus preferred to leave the island and go back home. She did give birth to Odysseus' son and named him Latinus. So far for the history lesson. Nowadays, Calypso can be almost anything, from an ice cream to a dance and yes, even the name of a boulder problem in the Montignotte area, a calm and isolated sector in Coquibus.
I had only been once in Montignotte and it was on a rainy day, just for walking, but this morning, I went there especially to try "Calypso", located between the Guichet and Montignotte areas, but closer to the latter. This isolated sector features several boulders, but all spread apart and quite hard to locate in the sometimes dense and chaotic forest. It took me quite a long time before I finally found "Calypso", almost stumbling upon it by accident rather than a calculated guess.
"Calypso" is a very nice slightly overhanging prow and seems to be closer to 7A+ than 7A. It was well worth spending the time and effort to look for it. I will have to go back one day to finish the very hard sitstart, but at least my next visit will be a more calculated and almost straight forward walk.

Fontainebleau - Montignotte - Calypso 7A(7A+)

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