May 02, 2017 - Start little.

I had never expected that I would have been able to climb when I left to work this morning.
It had rained a lot during the night and it was still not finished. The forest looked soaked when I was driving through it.
In a way it was good a thing. The boulders were finally being washed after having been visited by the masses.

When driving back home in the evening, the sun had been able to peak through the clouds here and there and the roads were dry. That usually means that at least some boulders would be too.
I tried my chances and parked at Franchard Isatis that looked deserted besides a handful of cars, which is quite exceptional this time of the year. Even for a regular Tuesday early evening.

Back in July 2012, I had done "Little Karma" and found it very hard for a 6C. That's probably why I had never bothered trying the 7A+ sitstart of it. I couldn't imagine getting my ass off the ground when sitting down.
The fact that that part of Isatis is always so crowded didn't motivate me neither.
For some reason I had to think about it again, but each time I was in the area it was too crowded and I didn't feel like creeping in.
Today however, I was nearly alone and I took the chance.

Even though I was able to repeat the standstart fairly quickly, "Little Karma (assis)" felt hard from start to end!

Fontainebleau - Franchard Isatis - Little Karma (assis) 7A+