December 29-30, 2025 - Maybe, maybe not.

Yesterday was extremely cold and the temperature barely reached just above 0°C. It felt tough for the freezing toes while climbing and I couldn't find the right motivation to really try hard. I quite quickly gave up on "Frénésie" in Petit Rempart and turned to the easier graded and looking "Révélation", right behind "Frénésie". For some reason I hadn't tried that one before and I underestimated it by just going by the look of it. Only one move, but it felt far, coming from a bad sloper right hand a tiny razor sharp crimp for the left. Trying to ignore the feeling of the crimp cutting in my fingertips, I finally did manage to pull hard enough and jump to the good hold and top out. It was all I did yesterday, because the freezing toes had become unbearable.

Fontainebleau - Petit Rempart - Révélation 7B

It was a big difference this morning, with 1° above freezing when I woke up. By the time I left home, around noon, it was already a quite nice 4°C, which made a big difference compared to yesterday. I didn't want to go far, so I went to Gorge aux Châts to try "Probablement" again. It had been a few years since I had last tried this one. Up to that time, I had spent at least four sessions on it, just trying the first move, never having been able to stick it. 
After having left it alone for a few years, I thought I would go back and see how different it would be this time, especially with the conditions being very good again. Not a luxury in this problem.
I had always known "Probablement" to start with a crouching start, going by the only video that I was posted on bleau.info, but a more recent video shows that also a real sitstart is possible, adding another move at the start. I decided to stick with how I always had known it, with a crouching start. I wanted to warm up with the second part of the problem, just after the big dynamic move to the crimp, but I couldn't even do that. After some time, I decided to switch to trying the big dynamic move, and noticed that I was getting quite close. When I finally almost had it, I decided to turn on the camera, just in case, even without having been able to do the second part. Maybe it would go, maybe not.
Somehow, I stuck the huge dynamic move for the first time ever, and miraculously kept it together and topped it out. I almost couldn't believe what had just happened.

Fontainebleau - Gorge aux Châts - Probablement (accroupi) 7C(7B+)