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604 26th March 2026 15:37:04 UTC TdG ascent Tristan Chouvy's ascent of Le Sourire de David ascent_type_id
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606 26th March 2026 15:37:04 UTC TdG ascent Tristan Chouvy's ascent of Le Sourire de David notes_pretty
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607 26th March 2026 15:37:04 UTC TdG ascent Tristan Chouvy's ascent of Le Sourire de David climb_id
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609 26th March 2026 15:37:04 UTC TdG ascent Tristan Chouvy's ascent of Le Sourire de David ascent_style_id
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610 26th March 2026 15:37:04 UTC TdG ascent Tristan Chouvy's ascent of Le Sourire de David notes
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611 26th March 2026 15:37:04 UTC TdG ascent Tristan Chouvy's ascent of Le Sourire de David climber_id
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612 26th March 2026 11:28:52 UTC TdG climber Carlo Traversi Height
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613 26th March 2026 10:17:19 UTC TdG climb Le Carnage notes_pretty
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<p>The first 7B in the forest in 1977, holds were manufactured by <a href="/climber/1599/jérôme-jean-charles" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jérôme Jean-Charles</a>, who believed that possibilities for hard climbing had been exhausted and the only way to progress was to add holds to 'unclimbable' rock.</p> <p>Topo Bleau:</p> <blockquote> <p>But Cuvier is also the massif of all the wrong turns, given how much the rock has been altered. Nowhere else are there so many manufactured holds, so many holds patched with cement. In a way, that was the price of progress.</p> <p>But let’s not throw our hammers at the heads of those who came before. In the spirit of the time, they weren’t violating any ethical principle, because it hadn’t yet been recognised that chipping actually limits the standard. In other words, it unconsciously avoided engaging with the rock itself. It took 17 years to go from 7a to 7b, and only 7 years from 7b to 8a. (1)</p> </blockquote> <p>In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. (2)</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0</a></p> <p>[2] <em>On The Edge</em> issue 110, page 10</p>
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<p>The first 7B in the forest in 1977, holds were manufactured by <a href="/climber/1599/jérôme-jean-charles" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jérôme Jean-Charles</a>, who believed that possibilities for hard climbing had been exhausted and the only way to progress was to add holds to 'unclimbable' rock.</p> <p>Topo Bleau:</p> <blockquote> <p>But Cuvier is also the massif of all the wrong turns, given how much the rock has been altered. Nowhere else are there so many manufactured holds, so many holds patched with cement. In a way, that was the price of progress.</p> <p>But let’s not throw our hammers at the heads of those who came before. In the spirit of the time, they weren’t violating any ethical principle, because it hadn’t yet been recognised that chipping actually limits the standard. In other words, it unconsciously avoided engaging with the rock itself. It took 17 years to go from 7a to 7b, and only 7 years from 7b to 8a. (1)</p> </blockquote> <p>In 2001 the problem was vandalised by a disgruntled local climber, who attempted to chip off the starting hold, making the problem harder. (2)</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0</a></p> <p>[2] <em>On The Edge</em> issue 110, page 10</p>
614 26th March 2026 10:17:19 UTC TdG climb Le Carnage notes
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The first 7B in the forest in 1977, holds were manufactured by [Jérôme Jean-Charles](/climber/1599/jérôme-jean-charles), who believed that possibilities for hard climbing had been exhausted and the only way to progress was to add holds to 'unclimbable' rock. Topo Bleau: >But Cuvier is also the massif of all the wrong turns, given how much the rock has been altered. Nowhere else are there so many manufactured holds, so many holds patched with cement. In a way, that was the price of progress. >But let’s not throw our hammers at the heads of those who came before. In the spirit of the time, they weren’t violating any ethical principle, because it hadn’t yet been recognised that chipping actually limits the standard. In other words, it unconsciously avoided engaging with the rock itself. It took 17 years to go from 7a to 7b, and only 7 years from 7b to 8a. (1) In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. (2) ### References [1] [https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0](https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0) [2] *On The Edge* issue 110, page 10
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The first 7B in the forest in 1977, holds were manufactured by [Jérôme Jean-Charles](/climber/1599/jérôme-jean-charles), who believed that possibilities for hard climbing had been exhausted and the only way to progress was to add holds to 'unclimbable' rock. Topo Bleau: >But Cuvier is also the massif of all the wrong turns, given how much the rock has been altered. Nowhere else are there so many manufactured holds, so many holds patched with cement. In a way, that was the price of progress. >But let’s not throw our hammers at the heads of those who came before. In the spirit of the time, they weren’t violating any ethical principle, because it hadn’t yet been recognised that chipping actually limits the standard. In other words, it unconsciously avoided engaging with the rock itself. It took 17 years to go from 7a to 7b, and only 7 years from 7b to 8a. (1) In 2001 the problem was vandalised by a disgruntled local climber, who attempted to chip off the starting hold, making the problem harder. (2) ### References [1] [https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0](https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0) [2] *On The Edge* issue 110, page 10
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615 26th March 2026 10:16:20 UTC TdG climb Le Carnage notes_pretty
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<p>In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. [1]</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <em>On The Edge</em> issue 110, page 10</p>
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<p>The first 7B in the forest in 1977, holds were manufactured by <a href="/climber/1599/jérôme-jean-charles" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jérôme Jean-Charles</a>, who believed that possibilities for hard climbing had been exhausted and the only way to progress was to add holds to 'unclimbable' rock.</p> <p>Topo Bleau:</p> <blockquote> <p>But Cuvier is also the massif of all the wrong turns, given how much the rock has been altered. Nowhere else are there so many manufactured holds, so many holds patched with cement. In a way, that was the price of progress.</p> <p>But let’s not throw our hammers at the heads of those who came before. In the spirit of the time, they weren’t violating any ethical principle, because it hadn’t yet been recognised that chipping actually limits the standard. In other words, it unconsciously avoided engaging with the rock itself. It took 17 years to go from 7a to 7b, and only 7 years from 7b to 8a. (1)</p> </blockquote> <p>In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. (2)</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0</a></p> <p>[2] <em>On The Edge</em> issue 110, page 10</p>
616 26th March 2026 10:16:20 UTC TdG climb Le Carnage notes
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In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. [1] ### References [1] *On The Edge* issue 110, page 10
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The first 7B in the forest in 1977, holds were manufactured by [Jérôme Jean-Charles](/climber/1599/jérôme-jean-charles), who believed that possibilities for hard climbing had been exhausted and the only way to progress was to add holds to 'unclimbable' rock. Topo Bleau: >But Cuvier is also the massif of all the wrong turns, given how much the rock has been altered. Nowhere else are there so many manufactured holds, so many holds patched with cement. In a way, that was the price of progress. >But let’s not throw our hammers at the heads of those who came before. In the spirit of the time, they weren’t violating any ethical principle, because it hadn’t yet been recognised that chipping actually limits the standard. In other words, it unconsciously avoided engaging with the rock itself. It took 17 years to go from 7a to 7b, and only 7 years from 7b to 8a. (1) In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. (2) ### References [1] [https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0](https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0) [2] *On The Edge* issue 110, page 10
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617 26th March 2026 10:11:01 UTC TdG climb Le Carnage notes_pretty
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<p>In 2001 the problem was chipped by a disgruntled local climber. [1]</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <em>On The Edge</em> issue 110, page 10</p>
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<p>In 2001 the problem was chipped again by a disgruntled local climber. [1]</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <em>On The Edge</em> issue 110, page 10</p>
618 26th March 2026 10:11:01 UTC TdG climb Le Carnage notes
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619 26th March 2026 10:05:45 UTC TdG climber Roland Trivellini notes_pretty
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<p>Alpinist and Bleausard. At times controversial and somewhat mysterious, Trivellini created the bold <a href="https://bleau.info/cuvier/circuit7.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Black Circuit (ED-)</a> at <a href="/crag/1652/bas-cuvier" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bas Cuvier</a>. He disappeared in March 1967 during an attempt at a direct winter solo on the Eiger North Face.</p> <p>Gilles Modica:</p> <blockquote> <p>His body was never found. Two years earlier, solo, he is said to have completed the first ascent of the Linceul [The Shroud] with a direct finish to the summit of the Grandes Jorasses via the left side of the Walker Spur (3–4–5–6 July 1965). This extraordinary feat was questioned and never officially recognised. Francis Bocianowski, of the R.S.C.M. (Red Star Club Montreuillois), a friend of Trivellini, saw no reason to doubt it and compiled a dossier on the matter. A journalist of Polish origin, Piotr Packowski, has more recently argued Trivellini’s case with the support of Claude Deck, former president of the G.H.M., in the journal of the F.F.C.A.M. (formerly the Club Alpin Français). Two false rumours long circulated about Trivellini: that he was deeply in debt, and that he had fled to Argentina for that reason. The mystery remains, with his body never recovered despite searches. (1)</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <em>Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade</em>, Modica, Godoffe, Editions Mont Blanc, 2017, p.227. Translation by Chat GPT.</p>
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<p>Alpinist and Bleausard. At times controversial and somewhat mysterious, in 1965 Trivellini created the bold <a href="https://bleau.info/cuvier/circuit7.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Black Circuit (ED-)</a> at <a href="/crag/1652/bas-cuvier" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bas Cuvier</a> (1). He disappeared in March 1967 during an attempt at a direct winter solo on the Eiger North Face.</p> <p>Gilles Modica:</p> <blockquote> <p>His body was never found. Two years earlier, solo, he is said to have completed the first ascent of the Linceul [The Shroud] with a direct finish to the summit of the Grandes Jorasses via the left side of the Walker Spur (3–4–5–6 July 1965). This extraordinary feat was questioned and never officially recognised. Francis Bocianowski, of the R.S.C.M. (Red Star Club Montreuillois), a friend of Trivellini, saw no reason to doubt it and compiled a dossier on the matter. A journalist of Polish origin, Piotr Packowski, has more recently argued Trivellini’s case with the support of Claude Deck, former president of the G.H.M., in the journal of the F.F.C.A.M. (formerly the Club Alpin Français). Two false rumours long circulated about Trivellini: that he was deeply in debt, and that he had fled to Argentina for that reason. The mystery remains, with his body never recovered despite searches. (2)</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0</a></p> <p>[2] <em>Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade</em>, Modica, Godoffe, Editions Mont Blanc, 2017, p.227. Translation by Chat GPT.</p>
620 26th March 2026 10:05:45 UTC TdG climber Roland Trivellini notes
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Alpinist and Bleausard. At times controversial and somewhat mysterious, Trivellini created the bold [Black Circuit (ED-)](https://bleau.info/cuvier/circuit7.html) at [Bas Cuvier](/crag/1652/bas-cuvier). He disappeared in March 1967 during an attempt at a direct winter solo on the Eiger North Face. Gilles Modica: >His body was never found. Two years earlier, solo, he is said to have completed the first ascent of the Linceul [The Shroud] with a direct finish to the summit of the Grandes Jorasses via the left side of the Walker Spur (3–4–5–6 July 1965). This extraordinary feat was questioned and never officially recognised. Francis Bocianowski, of the R.S.C.M. (Red Star Club Montreuillois), a friend of Trivellini, saw no reason to doubt it and compiled a dossier on the matter. A journalist of Polish origin, Piotr Packowski, has more recently argued Trivellini’s case with the support of Claude Deck, former president of the G.H.M., in the journal of the F.F.C.A.M. (formerly the Club Alpin Français). Two false rumours long circulated about Trivellini: that he was deeply in debt, and that he had fled to Argentina for that reason. The mystery remains, with his body never recovered despite searches. (1) ### References [1] *Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade*, Modica, Godoffe, Editions Mont Blanc, 2017, p.227. Translation by Chat GPT.
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Alpinist and Bleausard. At times controversial and somewhat mysterious, in 1965 Trivellini created the bold [Black Circuit (ED-)](https://bleau.info/cuvier/circuit7.html) at [Bas Cuvier](/crag/1652/bas-cuvier) (1). He disappeared in March 1967 during an attempt at a direct winter solo on the Eiger North Face. Gilles Modica: >His body was never found. Two years earlier, solo, he is said to have completed the first ascent of the Linceul [The Shroud] with a direct finish to the summit of the Grandes Jorasses via the left side of the Walker Spur (3–4–5–6 July 1965). This extraordinary feat was questioned and never officially recognised. Francis Bocianowski, of the R.S.C.M. (Red Star Club Montreuillois), a friend of Trivellini, saw no reason to doubt it and compiled a dossier on the matter. A journalist of Polish origin, Piotr Packowski, has more recently argued Trivellini’s case with the support of Claude Deck, former president of the G.H.M., in the journal of the F.F.C.A.M. (formerly the Club Alpin Français). Two false rumours long circulated about Trivellini: that he was deeply in debt, and that he had fled to Argentina for that reason. The mystery remains, with his body never recovered despite searches. (2) ### References [1] [https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0](https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0) [2] *Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade*, Modica, Godoffe, Editions Mont Blanc, 2017, p.227. Translation by Chat GPT.
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-Alpinist and Bleausard. At times controversial and somewhat mysterious, Trivellini created the bold [Black Circuit (ED-)](https://bleau.info/cuvier/circuit7.html) at [Bas Cuvier](/crag/1652/bas-cuvier). He disappeared in March 1967 during an attempt at a direct winter solo on the Eiger North Face.
+Alpinist and Bleausard. At times controversial and somewhat mysterious, in 1965 Trivellini created the bold [Black Circuit (ED-)](https://bleau.info/cuvier/circuit7.html) at [Bas Cuvier](/crag/1652/bas-cuvier) (1). He disappeared in March 1967 during an attempt at a direct winter solo on the Eiger North Face.

Gilles Modica:
->His body was never found. Two years earlier, solo, he is said to have completed the first ascent of the Linceul [The Shroud] with a direct finish to the summit of the Grandes Jorasses via the left side of the Walker Spur (3–4–5–6 July 1965). This extraordinary feat was questioned and never officially recognised. Francis Bocianowski, of the R.S.C.M. (Red Star Club Montreuillois), a friend of Trivellini, saw no reason to doubt it and compiled a dossier on the matter. A journalist of Polish origin, Piotr Packowski, has more recently argued Trivellini’s case with the support of Claude Deck, former president of the G.H.M., in the journal of the F.F.C.A.M. (formerly the Club Alpin Français). Two false rumours long circulated about Trivellini: that he was deeply in debt, and that he had fled to Argentina for that reason. The mystery remains, with his body never recovered despite searches. (1)
+>His body was never found. Two years earlier, solo, he is said to have completed the first ascent of the Linceul [The Shroud] with a direct finish to the summit of the Grandes Jorasses via the left side of the Walker Spur (3–4–5–6 July 1965). This extraordinary feat was questioned and never officially recognised. Francis Bocianowski, of the R.S.C.M. (Red Star Club Montreuillois), a friend of Trivellini, saw no reason to doubt it and compiled a dossier on the matter. A journalist of Polish origin, Piotr Packowski, has more recently argued Trivellini’s case with the support of Claude Deck, former president of the G.H.M., in the journal of the F.F.C.A.M. (formerly the Club Alpin Français). Two false rumours long circulated about Trivellini: that he was deeply in debt, and that he had fled to Argentina for that reason. The mystery remains, with his body never recovered despite searches. (2)

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-[1] *Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade*, Modica, Godoffe, Editions Mont Blanc, 2017, p.227. Translation by Chat GPT.
+[1] [https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0](https://sites.google.com/site/topobleau/escalades-bleau/Foret-domaniale-de-Fontainebleau/Les-Cuviers?authuser=0)
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+[2] *Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade*, Modica, Godoffe, Editions Mont Blanc, 2017, p.227. Translation by Chat GPT.
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