Simon Carter

I took this image in 1991, several years before I started shooting professionally, and, if I remember correctly, it was my first cover of Rock Magazine. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Climbers are…

Tough as nails... Lisa Hathaway finds a Fine Mexican Boyfriend (5.11d) above a snow-covered Mill Creek, near Moab, Utah, belayed by Monique Forestier in, as you might imagine, freezing conditions.…

Olivia Hsu sending Devil Sticks (5.12b) on White Mountain, near Yangshuo, China. From the archive.⁠⁠

Another one from the archive -- Andrew Bull climbing tufas, something that's not so common in Oz, on his Phantom Menace (28) at Bungonia Gorge, NSW.⁠⁠

On a trip paying homage to the birthplace of American sport climbing a few years ago, it was a pleasure to catch up and get some shots of Mike Doyle.…

Once upon a time I travelled to an archipelago of 12 islands off the coast of northern Madagascar and spent four days camping, climbing, swimming, hanging out with an awesome…

Gosh, it's crazy to think how much easier climbing photography is these days with digital cameras - even if some elements remain unchanged. This image was taken in June 1996,…

Trevor Massiah putting The Hypocrite (E3 6a), in its place. Pembroke North, Wales, UK.⁠⁠

Klemen Becan sending pitch three (8b) of Chris Sharma's 250m multi-pitch project at Mont-rebei, Spain. Tentative pitch grades are 6c+, 9a, 8b, 8c, 8c, 7b, 8c+.