World’s First 6A (V3) Boulder and The Convicts of Cuvier

Shortly after WWII, a new group formed in Fontainebleau. They called themselves the Cuvier Academic Club, but were quickly known as The Convicts of Cuvier. Led by Pierre Allain, René Ferlet, Guy Poulet and Jacques Poincenot, this group would raise standards in the forest with the first ascent of La Marie Rose, the first V3 (6A) in the world.

REFERENCES:

Fontainebleau: 100 ans d'escalade by Gilles Modica and Jacky Godoffe

French Federation of Alpine and Mountain Clubs Documentation Center

French National LIbrary, Le Bleausard and La Montagne Magazines

The American Alpine Club Library https://americanalpineclub.org/library

Alpinist Magazine #12

https://www.clubalpin-idf.com/brochure/pdf/ParisChamonix_-35.pdf

New York Times Herald 1948

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