Ty's Font Rampage
2009-04-18 09:20:02
Ben MOON

As you have no doubt been reading on the MoonBlog our very own Ty Landman has been tearing it up on the beautiful sandstone boulders in the beautiful forests of Fontainebleau. Over the past few months he has climbed pretty much all of the hardest problems in the forest plus a lot of the old classics. This is all the more impressive since most of these ascents were done in double quick time. There are many good bouldering venues around the world but I think most climbers whatever their level would agree that Fontainebleau is the Mecca of bouldering. I think the type of rock, the style of climbing combined with the quantity and quality of problems and it's location all add up to a perfect 10. It really does have something for everyone. It has also long been the testing ground for aspirant rock stars of all abilities and the venue that most people would like to claim their first Font 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b etc. And why wouldn't it be so? It was the Bleausards who invented the Font grading system. Ty has now climbed a lot of the worlds hardest boulder problems, more than most maybe, and if there were those who wondered or doubted if he could cut it on those tricky sandstone boulders of Font that doubt is now gone. Well done Tyler Landman. If you would like to see footage from some of these ascents then check out the new video uploads in the video section of our site.