Author Archives: Simon Carter

Arapiles guidebook

By Simon Carter | Published 22 May 2013

Well I’ve been busy… Since finishing the Grampians guidebook in February I’ve done trips to Spain and Moonarie, which I’ll have reports on soon, and in between trips have been beavering away in the office producing another guidebook. Thankfully this will be our last guidebook for a little while as I’ve got some exciting photography [...]

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Grimper cover

By Simon Carter | Published 1 May 2013

And Grimper Magazine in France have used my shot of Chris Sharma attempting La Dura Dura (9b+, 38) on their cover… Merci beaucoup Grimper! My earlier news about Chris’s send of this route, the hardest route in the world, is here.

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Ascent 2013

By Simon Carter | Published 29 April 2013

Well I’m happy indeed to have scored the cover of the 2013 Ascent magazine! This is only the third year that Rock and Ice Magazine have produced their beautiful Ascent annual. And, incredibly, this is the third year that I have scored the cover! Yep, a hat-trick of Ascent covers. Very cool! You can see my [...]

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La Dura Dura

By Simon Carter | Published 25 March 2013

Well I’m now in Spain for a bit, climbing and shooting, and having a great time! Just seem to love it more and more over here. We have mostly been to Oliana again, one of the best hard crags in the world for sure. The scene and vibe here at the moment is insane and [...]

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Grampians Guidebook

By Simon Carter | Published 21 March 2013

This blog might have been a bit quiet of late but behind the scenes things have as busy as ever. Now I’m delighted to announce that our first project for the year is complete and will soon be released. It is an entirely new guidebook to one of Australia’s best climbing areas — the world [...]

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Climb cover – again

By Simon Carter | Published 7 March 2013

I’m happy to score another cover of UK’s Climb Magazine, this time featuring a bit of Aussie rock. The climber is Flint Duxfield leading pitch 8 (the “Spine Chiller traverse”) of Big Nose (26), 250m, Pierce’s Pass, Blue Mountains.

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Better Photography profile

By Simon Carter | Published 13 December 2012

Sam Whiteley interviewed me for this profile which appears in the current issue of Better Photography, an Australian magazine which is edited by AIPP Grand Master of Photography, Peter Eastway. Many thanks to Sam and Peter for featuring my work, it’s a real honor.

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Climb cover

By Simon Carter | Published 13 December 2012

I’m really stoked with this cover of Climb Magazine for their January 2013 issue. Not just because it’s my shot of Monique climbing – but I also love the graphics! The magazine has an article about great lines, so this photo was a good choice. The route is the 60-metre tufa route Tom et je [...]

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New Queensland guidebook

By Simon Carter | Published 28 November 2012

We had a fantastic time climbing up in South East Queensland this winter but I’ve got to say information on the climbing was hard to come by. It soon became obvious to us that a lot of the crags up there were not covered by any print guidebooks; the coverage was usually very out of [...]

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In the Messner Museum

By Simon Carter | Published 25 November 2012

I’m stoked to learn that in a round about way a some of my imagery has found its way into the Messner Mountain Museum in Italy. It has come about because in recent times I’ve collaborated with the brilliant artist Paolo Albertelli. And Paolo has used some of my images for a couple of his [...]

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