Chasin’ The Rubbish – BD & Nalle Hukkataival hold a clean-up event at Fontainebleau, France

This past Easter weekend was one of the year’s busiest times for the boulders of Fontainebleau, and a crew from Black Diamond’s European offices (along with BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival) were there, ready to make a difference. The group had self-organized a grassroots clean up and education event, which they dubbed “Chasin’ The Rubbish.” The group rocked up in the mornings to three of the forest’s most popular areas (Bas Cuvier, Isatis and Trois Pignons) and rallied the 5000-plus boulderers there that weekend to help clean up the forest by handing out recyclable trash bags, as well as educated boulderers about how to care for the boulders. The plan: fill a trash bag, return the trash to BD in the parking lot, and the BD crew would dispose of it all. The result: more than 1200 bags handed out and more than 250 kilos of trash collected. Wow! Below is a report from Nalle about the weekend’s efforts, as well as this quick video with Nalle that captures the spirit of this fantastic grassroots effort to keep Fontainebleau’s boulders beautiful. ==================================== I spent my Easter in Fontainebleau, helping out with a Black Diamond organized event called Chasin’ The Rubbish. Fontainebleau is one of the biggest and best-known bouldering areas in the world and Easter is the busiest time of year there. Climbers from all over the world come to visit the forest and it can get very crowded at the boulders. One day we counted over 500 cars in the Trois Pignons parking …