Five Ten 2014 | Jimmy Webb | The Magical Forest of Fontainebleau, France

After almost 2 months of perfect weather in Switzerland the rain finally caught up with us. Sitting in Magic Wood watching it pour down for the 4th straight day in a row, and the forecast showing no end in sight, we decided to make the 6 hour trek across Europe to the magical forest of Fontainebleau, France.
I had only been to Font once. It was two years ago and unfortunately I was only able to spend a total of 7 days in the forest. If you know Font, then you know this is nowhere near enough time. I think I could probably live there for the rest of my life and not run out of boulders to climb. Whether it's running a classic circuit in Bas Cuvier, repeating the latest hard bloc, or roaming the forest finding and cleaning virgin stone, Font will always have something for me to do.
So, our trip to Font was nothing short of brilliant. We were there for about 14 days and I think we climbed 13 of them. The weather was a bit warm for sure, but when you're climbing every day on the best rock in the world it's hard to complain. After our time there was spent we made our way to Chamonix, France which is just near the Swiss border. We had plans to visit a famous area called Fionnay, Kasia wanted to play tourist a couple days. We hesitatingly spent the 80 US dollars for a lift to the top of the biggest mountain in the EU, Mont Blanc. It was worth every penny!! In the end it was just a nice conclusion to our 3 months overseas. Chamonix was hands down one of the most gorgeous little towns I had ever seen, and the climbing in the area was spectacular. A trip like this really opens your eyes and reminds me just how fortunate I am to be living this lifestyle. -JW

[@verticalnetwork1]

The best Climbing shoe meets the best Climbing and Bouldering area in the world. Nice Video and thanks for sharing! Tom

[@sammyoakes3635]

Jimmy Webb is so cool! Really want to head out to fontainbleau myself.

[@yahavmidrashi5535]

Awesome !!
Jimmy is a beast

[@mangotreechen]

fontainebleau`s forrest is magical in deed...it changed quite a lot since i last was there...DUDE! seriously?

[@arthurpochart1122]

THEY TRIED TO TRICK US THAT WAS CHAMONIX

[@Oheddeh]

For someone that wants to visit France, would it be difficult to get to Bleau from Paris? Are there local shops which rent out pads or offer guides?

[@monstrousbeacon]

+MrBoy You can get the train to Fontainbleau but the crags not so easily without a car , I know a campsite that rents out pads called camping le pres.

[@Oheddeh]

+lad laddison i appreciate the response

[@drewbmeyer]

it is an hour train ride from paris to font. you can then take the bus to a walk able approach to a lot of the areas. I think it is doable without a car. You can also rent crash pads from Fontainebleau Hostel.

[@Oheddeh]

Thanks for letting me know man!

[@drewbmeyer]

no problem

[@AlexandreCazorla]

thanks for posting, good footage&skills - please first trackname song?

[@MarcinZwir]

Track at 1:51 is Matt Hill - Tatwamasi

[@AlexandreCazorla]

thanks but im looking for the first track!

[@TPAfirestorm]

I can't wait to climb in Europe when I study abroad next semester in England! Hopefully I can hit up the locations in this video :D

[@gon_trek2481]

does anyone know what the music in this is? digging that second song a lot

[@ioliefem]

super film bravo ca doit etre tres tres difficile

[@David-go4ot]

1:48 .. that view!!