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2nd Clean-up day, Sunday June 6th 2004
Help us to preserve the forest!

Meeting place:
Large parking lot near Roche aux Sabots (Trois Pignons)
(situated at the D16 inbetween Milly-la-Forêt and
le Vaudoué, next to the cemetery near Noisy-sur-École).

Meeting time:
10.00 AM in the morning.

Registration:
Register below for the special & free T-shirt of this event! (as long as supplies last)

Why?
Without trying to be politically correct, some proactive attitude is required from climbers all over Europe and overseas, to make sure that our favourite playgrounds remain open without any restrictions. In many countries, climbing areas are closed, because it is an easy way for politicians to show how interested they are in environmental issues. Climbers aren't very well organised, so they aren't into big protests against such measures, while politicians can expect real opposition if they try to do something against the true pollution of our environment by the big industries. So guess who will be picked... Behind the scenes, organisations like CO.SI.ROC (the French committee in the defense of climbing areas and crags) do everything they can to protect the environmental heritage of France and keep climbing areas open, but it is even better if the ONF (the French authority that owns and guards the forests of Fontainebleau) can see with their own eyes that climbers have a positive attitude towards the environmental issues of climbing areas. Furthermore, the clean-up day will raise interest about the 'climbing ethics' of bouldering in Fontainebleau, like cleaning the boulders from magnesia after climbing. Hopefully, you will thus understand the objective of the day below. More information about the first clean-up day in December 2003 can be found at this site of Nicolas Bouy or by watching this realvideo.

Objective of the day:
To clean magnesia from boulders that hasn't been washed away by rain for over 10 years and to collect rubbish lying around in the forest.

Materials to bring:
Non-metallic brushes, jerrycans and bottles for water (there is a water tap at the parking lot), ladders, bags, dustbins, or just your helping hands and commitment. And of course your picnic basket :-).

Please register below!
The organisation likes to know how many people will join us, so we have an idea of the number of sites we will be able to clean. Furthermore, if you register, you will be eligible for the free T-shirt, that is designed especially for this event! Of course, last minute volunteers are very welcome as well, but we cannot guarantee that we have T-shirts for them.

Spread the word!
Let your fellow climbers know about this event, and spread the word in your local climbing gym.

Supported by:
- CO.SI.ROC (French committee in the defense of climbing areas and crags)
- NKBV (Royal Dutch Mountaineering and Climbing Club)
- Au Vieux Campeur (sport climbing shop)
- Mad Rock (climbing shoes)

More info?
Email info@bleau.info (use this email address as well if you have to cancel your registration).


 
Participant registration

full name
country
size free T-shirt
email (*)
remarks (*)
allow publication in list of participantsyes no


 (*) = not obligatory

Number of registered participants: 1063.
Public registrations:

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