[unclesomebody]

Can somebody shed any light on how to find this problem or even this crag? Apparently a topo was produced in "Grimper" n°82 (dec04/jan05) but I haven't got this mag and don't know anyone who has. If anyone has, I would REALLY appreciate a photocopy. I've tried looking on some maps for it but not had much luck.

Surely someone on here must have been there or knows someone who has...

Thanks in advance.

[Jim]

is this a start? 2 seconds of googling!
http://bleau.info/mammouths/7a++.html
come on uncle, buck up

[Jim]

Mammouths
Type of Climb: Bouldering
Type of Rock: Sandstone
Range of difficulty: -
Description:
Half a mile south of the Museum for Prehistoric ages, this area has famous boulders like Ubik, F8a (F8b sit-start).

[Jim]

a little more here
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.zebloc.com/itw/jacky/jacky.php&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dubik%2Bgrimper%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

genius tick list badly translated

Jacky: Good I think that if I remake it tomorrow I put others of them but good one of those there will be I think inside then! In hard levels means:
"Pancras" 7a+ with the "mount Pivot" with 7b+ in sitted departure
"the shell" in 7a with "Franchard Isatis"
"Egoiste" in 7a with "Apremont"
"Duroxmanie" in 7a with the "vat rampart"
"splendid" the 7a with Franchard cooker a harder hair:
"hot line" 7c in the "Drei zinnen"
"eclipse" 7c with the bottom of dog
And then in "Chaintreauville" incredible "choreography" in 7b+ (it is where Ca hein?
Afterwards for really the very hard "Ubik" with the "mamouths" for incredible the mouv that it proposes.

[account_inactive]

From highway A6, exit in Nemours. Straight on after toll, you cross two roundabouts ; after the second one (which crosses the D225 road), straight on by a small road for about 800 m. Go right on a non paved road to a park. From there, take the valley westward and go up to your right after 100 m to the top of the hill. You should cross the GR13 trail. Boulders are farther on your left near the top.


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[unclesomebody]

so thanks to Jim for telling me absolutely nothing, and more thanks to Dylan for actually giving me useful information. Have you been? Is it a big area? and will it be possible to find UBIK just by looking around for several hours without a topo?

[Stubbs]

I went last time i was in font on a rainy day, just to have a look around, one of my friends had the grimper topo, i can give him an e mail and see if he still has it, but he's a pretty busy guy...

The area was just a few boulders, maybe five or six, and the majority of the problems there were hard from what i remember (hard like more than 7a that is).

Can't remember the problem you are on about, but like i said, there's only a few blocs, so if you know what it looks like it shouldn't be too difficult to find.

[account_inactive]

so thanks to Jim for telling me absolutely nothing, and more thanks to Dylan for actually giving me useful information. Have you been? Is it a big area? and will it be possible to find UBIK just by looking around for several hours without a topo?

Sorry mate not been.  Sounds like it would be easy enough to find though.

Let us know what its like

This also looks bon http://bleau.info/bouligny/854.html

[Scouse D]

This also looks bon http://bleau.info/bouligny/854.html

a fantastic problem by all accounts and a very popular 8a at the moment.

[Jim]

so thanks to Jim for telling me absolutely nothing

ah come on, I did look through all my old mags for ya  :D

[Palomides]

Uncle, i might have the mag somewhere.

If you still want one, let me know how quickly you need a scan. It might take me a few days to sort out (and you might have to have a photo rather than a scan   )

[unclesomebody]

we're leaving saturday early morning, so before friday night would be really useful. Although, now we have directions, and if it's only a few boulders we might be alright. If there are some other really good problems in the 7's then perhaps a scan would be really cool. Don't put yourself out, but if you do manage to do it I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks

[Stubbs]

From what i remember, the GR13 trail isn't that obvious, but from the parking you just climb onto the ridge and head left, and the boulders straddle the path that runs along the ridge.

[Palomides]

Uncle,

Check your PMs.

I've sent you "hand-held scans" of the topo and location map for les Mammouths from Grimper. Should save you a bit of wandering about going "is that it?" - although pics of Ubik make it look like there are boulders to the right which aren't shown on the topo.

Also, the Grimper article has a pic of Nadiras on "Zebulon" - the 7c that's #20 on the topo. Makes it look quite good - slappy moves over a small bulge? Might be worth a look.

I've also snapped a topo for the Paradis sector. It's not far from Mammouths and the accompanying photos make it look like there's a good selection of 7a/7b blocs.

I've not put the image links here, as I'm not sure about linking to scans of copyrighted material from the forum (Bubba?).

[Bubba]

as I'm not sure about linking to scans of copyrighted material from the forum (Bubba?).

cheers, probably best not...