The Wall

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted February 10, 20184,774 views3 comments

I shot this a few years ago in Canyonlands NP. I was drawn to the sloped sandstone face for some landscape comps when I spotted this adrenaline junky. Judging from all the gadgets carried, it looked like this guy was blazing a trail. I've taken some risks in my life, but his is something I never would have considered, not even 50 years ago. So I was satisfied just to take a picture.

E-5 ZD 50-200 @200 on tripod

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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 11, 2018 at 3:24 PM

Canyonlands is a great place to find rock climbers doing crazy things. This looks like a beautiful crack system for climbing. You did a good job on color and detail. And you are telling a good story. Nice diagonals in this image. I did some rockclimbing when I was a college student but agree that this is a potentially risky sport. One really needs to know what they are doing and the limits of their abilities. I stopped when I realized I was in over my head.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 13, 2018 at 2:55 PM

The thrill of victory, and the agony of de feet. I used climb a lot and have crammed my poor feet in many a jam crack. This looks like a nice route, but difficult to tell how steep the crack above the climber is. Looks like fun.

The red rock has great texture and color, and the climber adds a nice sense of scale.
--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Genny K. on February 20, 2018 at 11:39 PM

Good story line here. (The only thing that might have added would have been to see how far down he is looking!!) I like the comparison in size of the human to the rock slices.

Registered on June 5, 2006, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments