May 29, 2025 - Dude, where's your car ?

Being the start of the Ascension weekend, the forest promised to be crowded in a lot of places, especially the most popular ones. I therefor met with Olaf with whom I went to Rocher de la Petite Reine. Last weekend, when it was a wet day, we went for a walk around there, and we decided to now go for a climb. Olaf wanted to try "Suspension de Séance" and my main goal was to try "Skeleton". I had seen a video from "Skeleton" a few weeks ago, and I figured that the technical dyno was something for me. Not a far jump, but one where body awareness and catching the hold in the right place and the correct way, are key.
While warming up, I was quickly able to do the first part and soon realized that most of the difficulty was about the dyno. Luckily, it allows to practice that move separately, which I started doing. I got closer slowly, but steadily and when I finally stuck it, I turned on the camera.
Doing that move again when coming from the start proved to be a challenge. It turns out that keeping the friction on the pinch right hand was of extreme importance. As you have to take that pinch from the first move, and hang on to it until the dyno, it wasn't a giveaway.
When the moment where everything clicked finally came, I was glad to top it out. All in all, it went much quicker than expected.

Fontainebleau - Rocher de la Petite Reine - Skeleton 7C

Olaf, needed time to get acquainted with the body positioning in "Suspension de Séance", but was making good progress. Meanwhile, I was able to repeat it after a few tries. Markus (Neher) joined us some time later, but not long after his arrival, I had to leave. It was a bit unfortunate, because I do like their company.

Later in the afternoon, I took my kids to Eléphant, where we went halfway around the hill playing 'the floor is lava'. The whole place was extremely crowded, but I didn't mind. I wasn't there for climbing, and if I would have, then I would have most likely left immediately to go and climb somewhere else.
On our way back, close to the parking of Roche aux Sabots, the gendarmerie was there to hold up traffic while they were once again towing away a lot of cars. Multiple huge tow trucks were present and were picking up one car after another, all illegally parked along the departementale. Several people were standing and sitting next to the road, realizing that their cars weren't there anymore. Some were arguing  with the gendarmerie, but they didn't give in. 
Let this be a reminder to many, to not park illegally. When the designated parkings are full, just go to another area of the forest.
L