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THE LOWDOWN: Fontainebleau take down continues

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paul Robinson on The Traphouse, 8B+, Cuvier-Rempart, Fontainebleau, 5 kbDespite being sick for ore or less one and a half month, and thus only having four or five decent goes per day, Paul Robinson has managed to make the first ascent of The Traphouse, or Gourmandise direct, 8B+.
The new problems climbs the sitstart of Gourmandise and then follows the top of Shawn...

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 pascalbrown 11 Dec 2011
In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: Sébastien Frigault did the FA of Le Dernier Fléau. Might want to change the original piece.
 nedfee Global Crag Moderator 11 Dec 2011
In reply to pascalbrown:
True, and surely Frigault did this "new problem" first, seeing as he did Le Dernier Fléau first? What Robinson has done is just a short version of Le Dernier Fléau? Non?

Ondra! Wow!
 Quarryboy 11 Dec 2011
In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Ondra is just in a league of his own.
In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: Ondra is our leader. Glad he's upstaging the Americans. Welcome to the hood boys...
 @ndyM@rsh@ll 11 Dec 2011
In reply to NJBrown: He's upstaging the brits too.
 jwi 11 Dec 2011
In reply to NJBrown: Please take nationalism out of climbing
In reply to pascalbrown: Of course! My mistake. Sorry
Biffo 11 Dec 2011
Seems like a new level is being broached by Nalle, Robinson, Woods, and Ondra in the last half-year. Maybe a coming of age thing. Nalle flashing 8B, Woods and Ondra 8B+, Robinson with the Story repeat a couple months ago. Wildcats.
 GDes 12 Dec 2011
In reply to NJBrown: How is he upstaging them? It days that both woods and Indra have flashed 8b+. isn't that pretty even?
gritstoner 12 Dec 2011
In reply to jwi:
> (In reply to NJBrown) Please take nationalism out of climbing

Exactly. Wave your f*cking flags in a stadium.
 Milesy 12 Dec 2011
In reply to gritstoner:
> (In reply to Jonas Wiklund)
> [...]
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> Exactly. Wave your f*cking flags in a stadium.

Away you go, there is nothing wrong with some nationalism in fun moderism. Climbing and mountaineering has always had some national competition.

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