November 09, 2024 - Hang on.

There was still a thick dense fog when I left home for climbing, and I could only hope that the boulders on the top of the hill of Apremont Portes du Désert wouldn't be wet. My terrace at home was though, unlike last week, so the hope I had was quite high. I wanted to try "Accrocheur (assis)".
I had done the standing start a few times already, the first time being back in 2016, but I never understood how the sitstart actually started. That was until I saw a video of it a while back.
Arrived at the boulder, I was pleased to find it dry and the conditions even weren't bad at all. As a warmup I repeated the standing start on my first go, after which I started working out the lower moves. I took my time for it and worked them out one by one until I had all of them done separately. I quickly made a good linkup from two moves below the standing start and topped it out again. Feeling quite confident, I turned on the camera and started trying from the sitstart. Linking the lowest seemed to be the hardest, but even after I passed the lowest part and got into the standing start, I still off the very last move a few times, I couldn't hang on to that top sloper. The last move, one that I could do every time from the standing start, proved to be a small crux on its own when coming from way below.
Before I got too tired, I took a longer, fifteen minute break, and sent it on my first go after the break.

Fontainebleau - Apremont Portes du Désert - Accrocheur (assis) 7B+