One From Memorial Day
Got out to Egmont Key to shoot a sunset piece over the holiday weekend. Birds were everywhere, and the weather was even nice enough to build a few clouds for the shot.
Rain in the Desert aka The Experience of Being There…
Pat and Josh looking out onto the encroaching city from their bivy below The Rainbow Wall.
We often hear about the latest 5.TEEN or V-TEEN crushed by some 'hard person' from a magical land full of the best rock, the best routes and the best climbers. Flip the page or click next and then you get to read about someone doing it FASTER or in less tries or with only one shoe on. Is this what inspires you to climb? Sure its great to be inspired by amazing achievements, but what's the point? The experience.
Experiences are more valuable than any material possessions. Experiences make us who we are - they form our thinking processes and our vision of the world. Through pursuits such as climbing, we're able to create our own experiences - sure they'll always be affected by outside unforseen influences, but that's the point. So if we can create our own experiences, we can create our own reality.
The following footage was captured deep in the Vegas desert during total immersion on a trip up The Rainbow Wall. We did not have Josh Lowell filming. We did not do it car to car in a day. The climbing was not rushed. We did not get up before sunrise. We fell numerous times. We had fun. We were scared. We created our reality.
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- The Rack
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- The dez
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- Take a moment
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- ouch
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- Bivy
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- Pat and Josh looking out onto the encroaching city from their bivy below The Rainbow Wall.
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- Morning Coffee
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- Gearing up
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- Belly of the beast
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- Red Dihedral
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- Returning home…
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- big horn
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- rain in the desert
Vertical Ventures A.B.S. Competition
I shot over 4000 stills at Vertical Ventures' Halloween Bouldering Competition. Check the video below...
Music: 'Turn Me Loose' by Madcon
Egmont Video
The crew headed to Egmont to enjoy the first cold front of the season. Video pieced together from over 800 stills.
Tampa Bay Area Online Buildering Guide
Much thanks to Ard over at buildering.net for pioneering the groundwork necessary for this online guide.
Check it out: Bay Area Buildering Guide.
Paradise
Egmont Key - Fort Desoto's hot sister, is home to not only thousands of nesting shore birds, but also some of Florida's finest bouldering. Battery Bigelow at Fort Dade on Egmont Key was destroyed by hurricanes in 1932 leaving behind gently overhung walls right at the waters edge. While its no Virgin Gorda, the beach front bouldering on Egmont Key never the less provides an idyllic setting for the adventurous flatlander.
Incredible…
What more can be said about California’s Sierra range? The place has it all. From damn near perfect weather and solid granite to pristine wilderness and amazing light shows every morning and evening.
Luchador Escalado
Deep in the desert of the American Southwest, as late night campfires slowly dwindle to piles of glowing embers, legends are told of a mystical creature with bright plumage and strong claws. Few storytellers have encountered the creature, but they know well the amazing capabilities it possesses. Able to subsist on most any type of food, scale any obstacle in its path, and magically appear in many different places: the legend of the Luchador Escalado…
The rare Luhador Escalado.
