In alpine climbing, the emphasis is to move, move, move.⠀
Time is against you, you've got to beat the midday sun and get down that glacier before everything starts to melt.⠀
Your mind and focus narrow down to singular actions; sling that flake, keep the rope tight, don't drop your ice axe!⠀
There aren't many chances to stop, sit down and drink in the incredible surroundings you're climbing in.⠀
When nighttime comes, she tells a different story. The pace slackens and the noise fades.⠀
That's probably why, on my final climb in Switzerland this Summer, sat above the Stockhorn biwak hut under a clear night sky and smoking a cigarette with my friend Kyle, I didn't really feel like going to bed.⠀
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Valais Alps. Switzerland 🇨🇭
I finally managed to get my hands on a version of my latest article for The Alpine Club in their March 2021 newsletter on how to take great images whilst climbing with your phone. Check it out!
“I glanced around the sides of the pass hoping to spot Dinas Cromlech and the infamous Cenotaph corner. The site of our climb that day. A flash of movement caught my eye and I saw a cartwheeling figure tumble down the lower face to disappear from sight.”
You usually don’t have a lot of time to figure out what happened when you’re falling, but luckily this was a short one.
In alpine climbing, the emphasis is to move, move, move.⠀
Time is against you, you've got to beat the midday sun and get down that glacier before everything starts to melt.⠀
Your mind and focus narrow down to singular actions; sling that flake, keep the rope tight, don't drop your ice axe!⠀
There aren't many chances to stop, sit down and drink in the incredible surroundings you're climbing in.⠀
When nighttime comes, she tells a different story. The pace slackens and the noise fades.⠀
That's probably why, on my final climb in Switzerland this Summer, sat above the Stockhorn biwak hut under a clear night sky and smoking a cigarette with my friend Kyle, I didn't really feel like going to bed.⠀
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Valais Alps. Switzerland 🇨🇭
I think every photographer aspires for a magazine front cover shot and I finally landed my first on The Outdoor Writer Photographer Guild’s 2021 summer journal.