Fountainbleu

Today we went to a world famous bouldering area southwest of Paris, Fountainbleu. The rain was not working with us so we were not able to climb much, but we had fun anyway. Fountainbleu is pretty extensive, so we went to 3 different sites (out of the many, many sites). The last place we went, Trois Pignones, is one of the more popular places. The area is very sandy because it was a part of an old inland sea. One of the famous rocks is known as the ass of the dog. I saw more of a face than a butt, but (no pun intended) who am I to argue with how to name a rock. Even though it rained here, we enjoyed exploring the sites.

Because it is such an international place we ran into a lot of different groups. A lot of British and Spanish. We didn't meet a single French person though. It was funny to watch people initially panic when Alexis asked them something in French, not realizing she was an American. It is so great to have tri-lingual tour guides, because she got a lot of information in Spanish from other climbers as well.