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NEWS: Le Pied à Coulisse, ~8C+, repeated. Twice!

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 UKC News 15 Feb 2016
Jimmy Webb and Charles Albert on Le Pied à Coulisse, Rocher Gréau, Fontainebleau, 4 kbBoth Jimmy Webb and Charles Albert have repeated Guillaume Glairon-Mondet's Le Pied à Coulisse, ~8C+, at Rocher Gréau, Fontainebleau.

The first ascent of Le Pied à Coulisse, a direct exit to the classic Chaos at Rocher Gréau, was made by Guillaume...

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 Adrien 15 Feb 2016
In reply to UKC News:

Amazing! So many hard repeats lately, it's hard to keep track!

On his Facebook page Charles has this to say about Le pied à coulisse:

"today i sent Le Pied à Coulisse 8c+ at Rocher Gréau but a different version by going direct and missing out the right hand version, its easier than the original method, but maybe only possible without climbing shoes, pics thanks to sandstones"

Freezing and sunny conditions tomorrow and Wednesday so we can expect more like this!
 andyinglis 15 Feb 2016
In reply to Adrien: Whats the deal with his comments about having to take at least 1 shoe off to do the problem???

 Adrien 15 Feb 2016
In reply to andyinglis:

I have no clue, I don't see why something that can be done barefoot couldn't be done with shoes?? There's 8a and 8a+ slabs in the forest that have been done with shoes...
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In reply to andyinglis:
According to Jimmy, "it's not possible to fit your shoe in the hold"
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 mwatson 17 Feb 2016
In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

it's like they've never heard of monopoints
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