Not just another image of the Totem Pole, this is the actual first free ascent in 1995. It’s my original image yet has been rarely seen. I’ll explain why below but first….
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🎁 LIMITED EDITION BOOK GIVEAWAY
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Sale ends 15th June.
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📷 So this photo… It is actually not posed, it is Simon Mentz on the actual send of the first free ascent of The Free Route (25), which was of course the FFA of the Totem Pole itself. Notice how both Steve Monks and Jane Wilkinson are on the ledge, whereas Jane is missing from the sunlit image that we took the next day. The sunlit shot reproduced better, given technology of the day, so it’s ended up the shot that has usually been seen for the last 25 years. What do you think?
