July 27, 2025 - Raved out.

For the third time in three months, an illegal rave has been causing me two nights with little sleep. This time, the rave was being held in a meadow in the forest at not even three kilometers from my house. Hearing the constant techno beats from Friday night through to this afternoon is quite tiring and annoying. The gendarmerie is aware, but besides checking everyone that enters or leaves, they can't do a lot. A small village gendarmerie corps can't do much against a group of 200 ravers. I have to admit that I couldn't suppress a smile on my face when the rain poured out of the sky for about an hour this morning, Okay, everything was wet, but feeling tired, I didn't feel like leaving early for a climb anyway.
Early afternoon, I arrived in the Franchard Raymond area and walked straight to "Stach-Stach". The regular start with the slopey ledge served as a good warmup to get my body going.

Fontainebleau - Franchard Raymond - Stach-Stach 7A

The low start, named "Kouloukoukou / Stach-Stach (du bas)" took me substantially longer. It doesn't add a lot of moves, but they are somewhat awkward to execute, despite involving a toehook.
When the strange toehook stayed in place long enough, it was an easy topout. Both the regular and low starts are very soft for the grade, but I had fun, and that's what counts.

Fontainebleau - Franchard Raymond - Kouloukoukou / Stach-Stach (du bas) 7C