May 01, 2022 - Overshadowed.

Both Pieter and I had never visited the small area of Puiselet Sablibum, so it was a first for both of us. This small area is not very popular, but nevertheless, features some beautiful but very high problems. The most beautiful problems are eight or more meters high, and that's most likely why they are not climbed as often. When we arrived, a small group of climbers equipped with harnesses and ropes said enough about the extreme height and we felt a bit out of place being there with just our crashpads. Even though I would like to try some of these high problems one day, we only looked at them, standing in awe, completely overshadowed by their magnitude.
To keep it safe, we chose to climb some of the few lower boulders, that seem to have seen even less repetitions than their big brothers that surrounded them. It was obvious that climbers mostly visit the area to climb the big classics. The smaller boulders that we tried required quite some brushing whereas the big ones seemed good to go.
We chose to start with "Caillou, Post-it, Ciselet", a small roof with a hard shallow one fingertip pocket to use to reach the edge of the roof. It took some time, but after having worked out and done all the separate moves in sections, I topped out only after having fallen off the very last move on the previous attempt.

Fontainebleau - Puiselet Sablibum - Caillou, Post-it, Ciselet 7A+

The next boulder didn't seem very attractive at first, but after giving "Le Furet" a few goes, it only became nicer and nicer. Maybe it was because the boulder wasn't as clean as it should have been that made it feel quite hard for the grade. The standing start felt hard enough to be 7A+ on its own.

Fontainebleau - Puiselet Sablibum - Le Furet 7A

The sitstart being graded 7A+, to me didn't feel like it added enough to feel harder than the standing start. To me, both might be 7A+.

Fontainebleau - Puiselet Sablibum - Le Furet (assis) 7A+