August 30, 2025 - Two beauties.

My main goal for today was the new "Catastrophe Eclairée" in Roche d'Hercule, recently opened by Richard Reggio and his friends, at a couple of meters to the left of "Fenbren le Fou". It's a quite high boulder, but the landing is pretty good, so I wasn't bothered trying it alone. The initial jump felt scary at first, but after a couple of attempts building up confidence, I was able to do it every time. But it's only then that the real difficulty starts. The high crimps aren't very good and there is no way to try the upper part separately, so it took quite some time before I started getting comfortable on them, but with each attempt, I felt I was getting closer.
Then suddenly, I stuck everything nearly perfectly, stayed calm and topped all the way out. Really a beautiful climb!

Fontainebleau - Roche d'Hercule - Catastrophe Eclairée 7B+(7C)

On the way back, I joined some Belgian climbers from Antwerp, trying "Le Temps est Arrêté", on an aesthetically beautiful boulder, but one that I never dared to try alone. Now, with maybe six crashpads and a spotter, I remained calm and only a handful of attempts later, we all did the problem. One of them will have to come back for it, but it only being his second 7th grade boulder, I was still impressed with his attempts.

Fontainebleau - Roche d'Hercule - Le Temps est Arrêté (direct) 7B(7A+)