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Having gotten rather bored with slick, well-produced climbing video, I must say I really enjoy this piece of footage.
The ascent is relatively insignificant, yes. But the climber does indeed move well. And the fact that it’s the actual send we are watching, and that the footage is uncut, makes for a much more authentic experience. And thankfully no music has been added either.
Merrick Ales has an excellent gallery of photos from the 2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo up on his website that includes plenty of shots of comp winners Daniel Woods and Alex Puccio. There’s also a short video from the comp up at DPM.
Hold maker Nicros has signed Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson and Alex Johnson to their team to help shape holds and develop products for the 2011 Nicros line-up. Word on the street is that Daniel and Paul will be visiting Minnesota soon to do work both in the shop and out on the boulders. Stay tuned.
Andrew Bisharat at Rock & Ice interviewed several well known climbing photographers for a recent magazine piece and he posted the various answers to 6 of his questions on R&I’s website.
Having gotten rather bored with slick, well-produced climbing video, I must say I really enjoy this piece of footage.
The ascent is relatively insignificant, yes. But the climber does indeed move well. And the fact that it’s the actual send we are watching, and that the footage is uncut, makes for a much more authentic experience. And thankfully no music has been added either.