Author Archives: Simon Carter

Oliana II

By Simon Carter | Published 23 March 2012

So yes, we are back in Catalunya, Spain, for a bit. We had such a good time here last year, we thought, well, why not? And wow, what an amazing time it is to be here. The climbing is great and there has been so much going on, it’s a really fun place to be. [...]

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Catalunya

By Simon Carter | Published 22 March 2012

Hola! We are back in Catalunya, Spain, for a bit, and absolutely loving it! Some news coming soon…

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Nory’s Moonshadow

By Simon Carter | Published 28 February 2012

Matt “Nory” Norgrove has been making his mark in the Blue Mountains of late. On the rock he has been ripping it up and has steadily accumulated an exceptional tick list of ultra-hard routes: lots of 31’s and 32’s, some rarely repeated, many in fast time — the list is too long to get into [...]

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Weekend Australian

By Simon Carter | Published 27 February 2012

Had a really nice write up — and double-page spread — in the Weekend Australian Magazine. Sweet! This is what it says: Fifteen years ago, when Monique Forestier was just starting out as a rock climber, she saw a photo that changed her life. Taken by the renowned climbing photographer Simon Carter, it depicted an [...]

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Verdon Dreaming video

By Simon Carter | Published 12 February 2012

Here’s a little video we’ve just produced of Monique’s climb of the awesome Tom et je Ris (8b+ or 32) in Verdon Gorge, which I reported earlier here. I hope you like it! I’ve shot video from time to time over the years, usually as second camera, getting the hard-to-get shots, on film, TV, and [...]

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Klettern calendar

By Simon Carter | Published 2 February 2012

Talking about recently published work, here’s a few shots in Klettern Magazine’s (Germany) poster format 2012 wall calendar.

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Climb Magazine

By Simon Carter | Published 2 February 2012

The team at Climb Magazine (UK) have been producing a fantastic magazine of late and have kicked off the new year with their first ever Photo Annual, or “Photographic Issue” to be precise. Well, I’m hoping it’s going to be an annual thing anyway. Judging by the digital preview on their website (which you can [...]

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Rock Magazine

By Simon Carter | Published 30 January 2012

Latest issue of Australia’s Rock Magazine is out and I’ve scored a few nice shots in there. Stoked! The cover is my shot of Monique on the amazing tufa route she did in Verdon Gorge, France, last year. The thought of that move, pulling through the last crux, about 50-metres up the 60-metre route, brings [...]

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Patagonia Sydney show

By Simon Carter | Published 15 January 2012

The show must go on! I’m presenting my World Climbing: Rock Odyssey audio-visual show in Sydney this Thursday night at the Patagonia store in the city (93 Bathurst Street, from 7pm). And it’s free. I’ll also sign books for anyone who’d like to score a copy on the night. For anyone who missed the show [...]

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2012 – game on!

By Simon Carter | Published 14 January 2012

Happy New Year and welcome to my website for 2012! My head is still spinning from twenty eleven. Wow, what a crazy action-packed year that turned out it was! All the travel, assignments, personal photography, publications and climbing became a bit mind-boggling at times. To kick the year off we produced a new Blue Mountains [...]

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