Font started and ended with stressful journeys, but i enjoyed touching on 160 kph in our hugely upgraded car when we finally broke free of Paris' treacle like traffic. The mobile home was very modren but 6 of us in that small living space for 4 days was perhaps the limit of what i could have handled. Drank too much the second night, a schoolgirl error, still think it was probably worth it.
The climbing was good as ever though i found very few of the problems i worked really stoked my psych. The harder problems tend to be crimpy on marble which is not what font is about for me. I need to be better prepared next time with an idea of the problems i'd like to try. Tried all the Roches usuals and was pretty uninspired. Remparts offered some lovely pure lines but spotted nothing to work. Second day Gorges au chats seemed to have some great problems but was hungover. Elephant also looked great at times but highball and i was totally underwhelmed by the lines inspiring others. Wet third day. On the last day in Apremont found a lovely problem (bleau.info call it 7a) which embodied all the tricksy wonder of font slopers, Ciel something. Also tried another starred prob, egoiste which i felt ultimately quite comfortable on but didn't feel compelled to finish. I was afterwards somewhat envious of the blue team on their ragtaggle route through the circuit. On reflection I don't think i was grade whoring, or certainly not as much as when i had never got a 7a, I just like to be consumed by a problem. Had usual grade sandbagging debate with fairy godmother sparkle and tim and found it exhausting. I think it would be interesting to have a bleau.info style grading system on the shortspan for any problems people care to submit. I think the most we can hope for is internal consistency. Actually yearned a bit for glendo while away which is a little fucked. My skin was thin after last glendo outing which was also schoolgirl.
Smacks was staying a nice gite worth remembering for next time. Longer trip would be highly preferable. Neil did a good deal on the pads and is "always" full so if we wanted to stay there we'd need to book early. always ask for an upgrade.
Starring topcunt, sparkle, the tour nurse, our tour bus driver, varicose, yopolio and a guest appearance by shitblock, bless her shitty cotton socks.
I hope you enjoyed it, cheers for the driving.
ReplyDeleteLike the idea of thr grde thing a few choice problems could be rolled out, as for the other part of the debate i cant settle on which side of the fence i am.
A grade voting system would be loads of work and a waste of time. The sample space would be too small. There might be two votes for a problem one for 6c one for 7a what does that tell you?
ReplyDeletethanks for getting me to the plane on time
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