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KARMA  

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Franchard Cuisiniere

First Climbed in 1995

By Fred Nicole

Fontainebleau's most iconic boulder problem. 

 

The classic photo of local legend Jacky Godoffe spotting Fred Nicole - sans pads and heel hooking in the slip on five ten moccasym - is etched in many a boulderers mind. A year later the line featured in the classic 'The Real Thing' film with Ben Moon making an early repeat.

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The footholds may now be slicker and the crimp smaller - having been chipped by a local climber in 2001 - but the problem's allure remains. 

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PHOTOS  TAKEN  DURING  GUS'  SECOND  SESSION  OF  THE  TRIP.  HE  HIGHPOINTED  THREE  TIMES  AND  

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CAME  BACK  THE  NEXT  MORNING  FOR  SOME  FINAL  ATTEMPTS...

... IT  WASN'T  TO  BE  THIS  TIME

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ONE FOR  NEXT YEAR

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