November 22, 2025 - Numbed out.

The temperature dropped significantly the past week, and we even had the first bit of snow but it melted quickly, making everything wet. Yesterday morning it was very foggy, but it looked dry and I met with Olaf to go for a climb. It was freezing cold, but the air was humid and without any sun, the cold just felt harsh. We had agreed to go the boulder of "Ecaille de Lune" in Gorges du Houx, but it was so cold that the rubber of our climbing shoes felt hard and didn't stick at all and our toes going numb in no time certainly didn't help, despite the conditions of the rock being quite okay.
We quickly gave up on "Ecaille de Lune" and turned our attention to "La Boîte Cachée" on the same boulder. We both had never tried it before and even though it doesn't look very attractive at first, it turned out to be a fun problem with some nice moves. The first part seemed quite difficult at first, trying to avoid touching the boulder in the back, but I quite quickly found a good working method, requiring constant body tension during the whole first half of the problem. I was glad to finish it, albeit with completely numbed out fingers by the time I got to the second, but easier part. Olaf was able to do all the moves, but will have to come back for it.

Fontainebleau - Gorges du Houx - La Boîte Cachée 7A+

Today was wet and rainy all day.