Newsflash Fontainebleau Big Five in a day for Janja Garnbret
Janja Garnbret has climbed all five of the Fontainebleau 'Big 5' boulders in a single day, on her very first trip to the forest.
In our new video roundup of The Ticklist, where we will be covering all the latest climbing news, from the burliest boulder problems to the most adventurous alpine epics, we take a look at Franco Cookson's redpoint of The Meltdown (9a), Janja Garnbret's ascent of Bügeleisen (f8B+), and Adam Ondra's new 9b in Arco.
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Janja Garnbret has climbed all five of the Fontainebleau 'Big 5' boulders in a single day, on her very first trip to the forest.
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A video roundup is all very well I suppose, but can we have a traditional written roundup please. Less bandwidth, no need to get out of bed and find headphones, etc.
Steve
Really good footage of Franco from 2019. Are we being made to wait for a film for the ascent footage or did he not get any?
Hi Steve,
You can see two of the three featured in the video here:
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/03/janja_garnbret_climbs_bugeleisen_font_8b+-73006https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/03/the_meltdown_9a_by_franco_cookson-73004
Nick