Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Butt Shot

a few out-takes from a recent desert shoot with mr. honnold


4 cheeks are better than 2


eye to eye with the first half of the second half


0.5 camalots are so easy for alex, he climbs them with one arm

From Spain Part 2 - The Climbing


sunrise over costa blanca


you can't do much in rodellar...


except climb!


los mallos de riglos - the fake ones


and the real ones


the greek high up on 'la fiesta de los biceps'


when you clip this, you know your in riglos


siurana


boy wonder with film crew in tow


boy wonder = adam ondra


via missing link


jules let'n fly on tufa-groove


rafael nadal IS number uno

Monday, March 15, 2010

From Spain w/ Love - Part 1

Part 1 - The sights.


the love cactus


old castles are everywhere


the world's oldest transporter bridge - built in 1893


the guggenheim at Bilbao


the classy town of Oviedo


ya, that's a big black booty


quite possibly the easiest E8 you'll every climb (seriously, the guidebook gave it an E8 2a rating!)


a typical small village


typical roadside commando camp


typical dinner in a deserted camp ground


as the kind kid would say 'RAIN - a big negative'

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

10 years in the making

While home for a few days between two international trips, I was lucky enough to find myself slogging up the snowy road of Santaquin Canyon with two friends.

In 1985 Brian Smoot and Bill Robbins established one of the 'hardest' pitches of ice in the Salt Lake area - Angel of Fear. (I'm apprehensive about saying hardest because it seemed quite easy the day i shot it with chris, which was his 3rd ascent in 5 days). It has been rumored to have only fully formed twice since '85, with the last touchdown being 10 years ago. While I'm not sure if i believe this entirely, I do know that it is rare and hasn't been around for the last several years that i've been looking.

This also marks one of my first forays into integrating film with still imagery. While, I'm happy with the results, I still have room for major improvements and look forward to the process of this new (well already here) form of story telling and adventure capturing.

Angel of fear - Santaquin Canyon from andrew Burr on Vimeo.