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Mapping Outdoor Bouldering Spots with Geolocation #1

Mapping Outdoor Bouldering Spots with Geolocation #1

Nicolas Roche
Introduction Climbing outdoors is a passionate activity; however, it’s easy to get lost and struggle to find the rocks you’d like to try. I grew up in the Fontainebleau forest, one of the world’s most renowned bouldering spots, boasting over 300 sectors with approximately 30,000 established boulders and new ones being discovered every day. While there are guidebooks called “topos” top-down maps for climbing there, theoretically helping locate well-known sectors and specific boulders, it’s not always straightforward.