Author Archives: Simon Carter

Chris Sharma & Adam Ondra trailer

By Simon Carter | Published 31 August 2012

When I was at Oliana, Spain, earlier this year I shot some footage of Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra attempting a probable grade 38 (9b+) project (called La Dura Dura — meaning the hard hard one). That’s right, they both seemed fairly confident that if sent it would be the hardest route in the world [...]

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Brisbane!

By Simon Carter | Published 27 July 2012

Brisbane you rock! We have been up shooting and climbing up in Queensland for a few weeks and having a blast, but I just want to say a quick shout out to everyone who came along to my show in Brisbane last night. The Queens Arms was packed and a great vibe too! Thanks to [...]

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Dave, Ian & Nalle

By Simon Carter | Published 20 July 2012

Oh dear, where did the last few months go? While this blog has been quiet I’ve been busy with travel, photos, climbing, and lots of different work projects going on. Clearly, I’ve got some catching up to do, so here is a quick start. Back in June I did a quick (maybe 10 day) trip [...]

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Klettern magazine

By Simon Carter | Published 7 June 2012

I’ve been on the road again; this time a quick trip to Arapiles and The Grampians. More on that soon, but in the meantime the June issue of Klettern Magazine has turned up and I’m happy to have got another cover with Monique styling on that crazy tufa route in Verdon Gorge. Sweet!

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Good Morning

By Simon Carter | Published 18 May 2012

We are back home now from Spain. I’ll miss the climbing there but being home is not at all bad with the wealth of things to do around here — in Australia. In fact, I’m psyched to do a lot more local climbing and shooting and have several projects I’m excited to be getting stuck [...]

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La Marroncita

By Simon Carter | Published 17 April 2012

The good times have kept on rolling here in Spain. Here’s a shot I did of Monique on La Marroncita, a really beautiful and long 8b (31) which she did a few weeks ago at Oliana.

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Rock Magazine

By Simon Carter | Published 17 April 2012

And some good press for local (Blue Mountains) talent Matt Norgrove, here on Moonshadow, his first 33. Earlier I mentioned how Matt has carved it up lately. Since then he has cranked Mechanical Animals (33), he’s certainly on a roll . Thanks to Rock Magazine for another cover!

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Grimper Magazine

By Simon Carter | Published 15 April 2012

Another cover, this one the French magazine Grimper with Spanish climber Daila Ojeda smashing the glass ceiling on Mind Control (8c+) at Oliana. This shot found it’s way into print very quickly. I mentioned Daila’s climb in my recent post here. Thanks to Daila and Grimper!

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Ascent 2012

By Simon Carter | Published 15 April 2012

I’ve scored some covers recently. Firstly, here is the 2012 issue of Ascent. Very stoked about this one! The photo is of Monique run-out to the max on the extraordinary 60-metre tufa route Tom et je Ris in Verdon Gorge, France, which I wrote about earlier here and there’s the video here. Ascent is Rock [...]

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Vertical Life

By Simon Carter | Published 5 April 2012

Australia has a new online climbing zine, Vertical Life! You can see it all here. I really like the work that Simon Madden and Ross Taylor have put into this so far – looks great guys. They say they plan to put out a printed annual, looking forward to seeing that too. I reckon it’s [...]

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