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True blue Aussie climbing and outdoors photographer. Ambassador for @sterlingrope @lasportivaaustralia @prana
Instagram post 2208604185104472833_334214108 Roman Hofmann @romanwh0 making the most of a nice clear morning today before the smoke rolled in and the temperature rose again…. Lapping a V9 and working a V10(?) somewhere in the upper Megalong Valley. Council have today reopened some areas between Katoomba and Mt Victoria on the SW side of the highway. Even so, with the fires still around and conditions deteriorating again over the next few days, you definitely need to keep an eye on things and be smart about where you go, if you go. All National Park areas remain closed. With most of the climbing areas to the NE of the Great Western Highway having been burnt, it is going be quite some time before Blue Mountains climbing gets back to normal. Patience is going to be required. Thankfully many of the crags, gems, on the SW side remain unscathed, so far. Come up and support the local businesses are soon as you can. Many thanks indeed to the firies who have been doing an incredible job now for many many weeks. 🙏🔥
Instagram post 2168871428866442411_334214108 I was dreading the school holidays. Worried I would be stuck in front of the computer finishing a project and Coco stuck in front of the TV or computer games and the inevitable arguments. Yeah, I know, bad parent, not enough time… But thankfully we did have time, a decision was made and off to Arapiles we all went. It was different being there as a family, than 25 years ago as a resident dirtbag. How good it was to now share this special place with my daughter, show her around, explain things to her. Camping. Picking up a stumpy. Catching her as she leaped into my arms a millisecond after seeing a snake… And lots of other families there too. Good atmosphere. It’s unique. The transformation I saw in Coco in those ten days warmed my soul. As a climber, she’s talented and goes great in the gym but I’ve never pushed her to climb outside. She wouldn’t climb for the first few days, honestly, I think she was scared. Then she started by top-roping a 2 and we worked up slowly from there. Day by day her confidence grew. Then we took her on her first multi-pitch, the 4 pitch Arachnus (8), and she loved it! Coco finished the trip on a high, smashing a 17 in the morning before we got in the car to start the drive home. She passed $10 to me and said “here Dad, give this to the ACAV for me”. Coco was sick of hearing my Grampians talk but now she was starting to understand what it was about. But it is complex. How do you begin to explain it to a ten-year-old when our politicians and bureaucrats refuse to countenance that maybe not all is as it seems? This is about far more than our self-interest as climbers. At some points there is politics, power and money involved and thus we might not be able to make a difference. But unless we fight the lies, the dishonesty, the opaqueness, the misuse of laws, the threats to livelihoods for something said, the departmental deafness, unreasonableness which will inflame racism, the wilful blindness to real threats to the cultural and environmental values, the commodification of these public lands… Unless we fight we have not only let down ourselves and our daughters, but every Australian and every future generation as well.
Instagram post 2164370513015019533_334214108 A great end to the day - and also her trip! Brittany Griffith @brittany_griffith races the setting sun, on pitch three of Weaselburger (23), in the Grose Valley, Blue Mountains. It’s just my opinion, but it doesn't get much better than the first three pitches of this route. @patagoniaaus @patagonia_climb
Instagram post 2156980536106874207_334214108 Oh yeah, rock climbing… Brittany Griffith, The Eternity (18) at Mount Piddington, Blue Mountains. #trad #classic @patagoniaaus @patagonia_climb
Instagram post 2145575784387336268_334214108 It has been good getting after the shots again and catching up with the legend Brittany Griffith. Here she is thriving in the funky traddyness of Catch the Wind (21) at Engineer’s Cascade, Blue Mountains. @patagoniaaus @patagonia_climb
Instagram post 2141930949134691147_334214108 A rare shot of me climbing... @moniqueforestier and I have been doing some training with the Australian Climbing Instructors Association and have just sat – and passed – our Single Pitch Guide exam. Woohoo! I’ve been climbing for 36 years and there’s one thing I’ve learnt – never assume you know it all. As such, it was a delight to undergo an intensive learning experience with two super-skilled guides and fantastic teachers – Marty Beare and Adam Darragh. Thanks guys! Good times. The set ups and systems for safe single pitch guiding are unique, and so it doesn’t really matter how much climbing you’ve done, if you don’t know them, well, you don’t know. After all the training and then two-day assessment, well my brain was well fried. Not planning a switch of career into full time guiding, but should help with some things Monique and I might be doing with her coaching business @climbingaustralia. And who knows, might get us out of tight spot one day…. Props and respect to all the guides out there!
Instagram post 2141901606966570939_334214108 A throwback to a far more innocent time... David Jones on his route One Bed To The Left (27), on Cliché Wall in The Grampians, back in 1997. Let's face it, Parks Victoria and the government have made a mistake, we want to help them out of the ever increasing hole they are digging for themselves but they need to start helping themselves by first of all really listening and actually doing something.... The more and more we learn about all this, the more gob-smacking it becomes. There could be a book and/or a doco in all this.... Strange days indeed. . . . . . . . . @climbingaustralia @sterlingrope @lasportivaaustralia @lasportivagram @prana @nikonaustralia #MyNikonLife @thinktankphoto @julboeyewear @outdoorausmag #climbing #rockclimbing #bouldering #sportclimbing #escalar #escalada #mountains #adventure #throwback #film #RockClimbingDownUnder #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #climbing_is_my_passion @rockandicemag @climbingmagazine @outsidemagazine @thegrampians #grampians
Instagram post 2131670070770024063_334214108 This is Parks Victoria planner Stuart Hughes at the Halls Gap “Community Meeting” last week. He states “We've got a plan for the South West. So, up the Southern part of the Grampians we've already got the management direction set.” The management direction is set, yet climbers have not been consulted. Parks Victoria instigated the biggest climbing bans ever, for anywhere in the world, yet climbers were not consulted. They were blindsided then mislead about the extent of the bans that were signed off. There is zero indication these bans will be overturned in the future. If Parks had any intention of that, or of fostering goodwill, they could take the opportunity which was provided to them last week. No one is disputing that “the environmental and cultural values of the Parks need to be preserved”. Climbers care about these things far more than most. Making sensible, informed, balanced, practical decisions – decisions which are not counter-productive (like blanket bans) – is the trick. Parks are supposed to make evidence-based decisions, yet it has been repeatedly shown that parks have relied upon false information and there have been some individuals that have acted maliciously towards climbers. It doesn’t provide any confidence whatsoever that we’ll get a fair or sensible deal moving forward. There needs to be meaningful discussions where the important issues can be discussed with those who need to know and can influence, even decide, things. So, what opportunities will there be for climbers to meaningfully consult with Parks? Well the short story is “none”. Maybe Parks will start to take this seriously when we see them in court. But for the longer story, read the post on my website. Link in profile. @acav_official
Instagram post 2119391274054562014_334214108 "Yes dude, it is your lead and it does go up there...." . What do you reckon folks? I just stumbled across this shot trawling the depths of my hard drives, these some interesting stuff I've missed in there... . This is Adam Straw (left) and Jean-Philippe Dumas at the belay, Training for Big Walls (19,18), Southern Ocean Wall, West Cape Howe, Western Australia. . . . . . . . @climbingaustralia @sterlingrope @lasportivaaustralia @lasportivagram @prana @nikonaustralia #MyNikonLife @thinktankphoto @julboeyewear #climbing #rockclimbing #escalar #escalada #mountains #adventure #RockClimbingDownUnder #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #climbing_is_my_passion #grippedmagazine #ausphotomag #theglobewanderer @climbing_pictures_of_instagram @climbing_is_my_passion @rockandicemag @climbingmagazine @outsidemagazine @blackdiamond #liveclimbrepeat @expeditionequipment
Instagram post 2115829215438134407_334214108 Muscles courtesy of Ethan Pringle on Pure Imagination (5.14c), Red River Gorge, Kentucky, USA. So stoked about "THE RED", our new all-in-one comprehensive sport crags guidebook to the RRG, covering over 100 crags and 2300 routes! This book is fully up-to-date and covers numerous previously unpublished areas. I'm stoked to see the response so far (our USA first round orders have nearly sold out) and super-excited to expecting delivery of our stock here tomorrow! There are two ways to mail-order an early copy of this book: from our website in Australia (follow link in my profile) or from our USA distributor (follow the link from their profile @bestofthered ). Massive shout-out again to @brendanleader , who has done an incredible job authoring this book and inspiring us with his psych! Thank you. 🙏🍻
Instagram post 2111497081239927946_334214108 So excited to announce our new all-in-one guidebook to the Red River Gorge, Kentucky! Check it out. All the info is below — and follow links from @bestofthered to the web site for more info and to order. @brendanleader you are a legend! 🙏😀💥🔥⭐️🍻🎉 . #Repost with @Repostlyapp @bestofthered 🎉 THE RED - 1st Edition. 💣 BOOM! 💣 Beyond proud to announce our latest guidebook!! 😍 Comprehensive sport climbing crags of the Red River Gorge. South. Miller Fork. Muir Valley. North. 🔥 Preorders are live! Link in bio. 🔥 Yup, you read that right. We have indeed managed to bring all of the sport climbing in the Red back to a SINGLE BOOK! Oh yeah, and it’s not like lugging a brick around… 320 pages. 2300+ climbs. 100+ crags. 100% coverage of what has previously been lumped as the SOUTH. 100% coverage of MILLER FORK. That means every crag south of the Mountain Parkway is in this baby. And no, we did not forget the mega high quality sport crags in the NORTH. We stuck every single one of ‘em in here. And just in time for the fall season!! Not enough awesomeness for one post?? How about a sweet preorder only deal… buy now and receive a FREE copy of our killer Best of the Red select edition to go along with it. ⏳ Oh, but there’s more… we’ve got a batch of advance copies arriving in less than 2 weeks! Super limited quantity in round one so if you’re as psyched as we are, hurry and get an order in now and we’ll have it shipped the day it arrives at our office. Last week of August at the latest! Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing all sorts of info about this sweet new book so stay tuned. For now, check out the details including a solid handful of sample pages from the book on our website. 🙏 So much love for all of you fine folks that have supported our journey from all of us: @brendanleader @simoncarter_onsight @moniqueforestier Cover photo: 📸 @simoncarter_onsight of @honngy on The Golden Ticket (5.14c) at Chocolate Factory.
Instagram post 2108041870546650493_334214108 Cherry Baylosis @cherry_b_crimpin leading with Monique Forestier @moniqueforestier belaying on pitch six of The Regular Route (23, 25, 24, 21, 24, 22, 23), at Perrys Lookdown in the Blue Mountains. This is one of my favourite shots taken this year for the new Blue Mountains guidebook. A unique route in a unique position deserved some effort to find a good angle, though this still has potential and remains a bit of a work-in-progress for me. If you're after some photo tips, @rockandicemag recently republished a little article here, it's old but not much has changed. Goggle "Shoot Like Simon Carter". And, by the way, if you're ever wondering if your guidebook has the latest information re access or anything important, there's just one web address you need to check: www.onsight.com.au/bluemtns. It's mentioned in the guidebook in several places but it never hurts to get a reminder. I haven't been posting many pics of late, with what's going on in the Grampians and all the issues that surround it, it feels like it's avoiding the elephant in the room. The issues are complex, follow the ACAV @acav_official and see what comes to light. Thanks to Cherry and Monique for providing the psyche for this one and reminding us what it's all about. And thanks to @lasportivaaustralia @lasportivagram @sterlingrope and @prana for their support. Onwards and upwards.
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