http://climbers.net/photos/ Climbing photography & Web site design. weekly 3 2008-06-18T16:38+01:00 2008-06-18T16:38+01:00 Copyright (c) 2008 Climbers.net Climbers.net (mailto:webmaster@climbers.net) http://climbers.net/photos/Rays-Roof-Baldstones 2008-06-18T01:00+01:00 This gallery records the 5th and 6th ever ascents of the compelling gritstone roof crack, Ray's Roof (E7 6c) at Baldstones in the Western Peak. Pete Whittaker (still only 17 years old) and Tom Randall both led the route within half an hour of each other. As we were packing up to go to the... (14 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/South-Wales 2008-05-05T01:00+01:00 This gallery of climbing shots is from trips I made to Pembroke and The Gower during 2006 and 2007. I didn't get the camera out much, as I was mostly climbing. However I'm very pleased with the shots I took at Stennis Head, where some glorious weather coincided nicely with a foot injury... (48 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Welsh-landscapes 2008-04-17T01:00+01:00 This is a small gallery of Welsh landscapes that I've taken over a number of years, which I hope to add to in future (if it ever stops raining!) I don't consider myself a "landscape photographer", however occasionally I'm delighted with the results. Many of these were taken on a beautiful... (9 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Rock-Climbing-Xtreme-Sports-book-for-kids 2008-03-29T00:00+00:00 This is a short, colourful book aimed at children that was written by Kate Cooper ("gingerkate" on UKClimbing.com). It's packed full of interesting facts about climbing and includes some great pictures. I've got 15 images in the book, and it was great fun working with Kate to source the... (15 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/peak-districtclimbing-2008-guidebook 2008-03-27T00:00+00:00 This guidebook features over 850 of the Peak District's best routes and boulder problems, concentrating on low-to-mid grades (Mod to HVS, F5 to F6c+). The Peak's best gritstone and limestone crags are covered, including Stanage, Froggatt, The Roaches, Stoney Middleton and Wildcat.... (4 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Jagged-Globe-Alpine-Ice-2008 2008-01-25T00:00+00:00 This was only my second time ice climbing, and I booked onto the Jagged Globe Alpine Ice course, which is a 7 day course based in the Chamonix and Cogne regions of the Alps. My main focus was learning to ice climb, so it was a case of whipping out my new Canon SD870 compact camera for a... (63 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/ROCKFAX-TradCLIMBING-book 2007-11-28T00:00+00:00 Following on from his successful SportCLIMBING+ book, this is Adrian Berry's new book about performance trad climbing. From making your first steps onto a trad route, to refining your mental approach in order to bag a top-level onsight, this book covers it all. You can buy a copy of the... (34 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/ROCKFAX-Pokketz-2007-guides 2007-07-29T01:00+01:00 These innovative guidebooks present a handy and low cost introduction to the brilliant climbing found in the eastern Peak. Each pocket-sized book focuses on routes from Mod to HVS and has over 500 climbs on both grit and limestone. The compact nature of the guides meant that there wasn't... (11 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/BMC-Stanage-2007-guidebook 2007-06-09T01:00+01:00 This superb guidebook to the most popular climbing location in the world includes a host of excellent photographs, and I'm honoured that my work is included alongside such photographers as Adam Long, Alex Messenger, Jamie Moss, Pete O'Donovan, Ian Parnell, Keith Sharples, David Simmonite... (19 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/BMC-Tremadog-festival-2007 2007-03-26T01:00+01:00 The BMC invited me along to photograph this weekend-long climbing festival at Tremadog, North Wales. Considering it was March, the weather was great, and the emphasis was on 'gardening' and cleaning up some overgrown routes, as well as ticking a few classic routes. An onsight attempt of... (66 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/PlanetFear-Costa-Blanca-2007 2007-03-12T00:00+00:00 I was invited along on this PlanetFear Coaching Holiday as team photographer. We were blessed with perfect weather, everyone had a great time and got in some brilliant routes. The weather often begged to have a polarising filter put on the lens, and I was particularly pleased with some of... (100 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/ROCKFAX-SportCLIMBING-book 2006-11-28T00:00+00:00 Adrian Berry's book about performance sport climbing provides invaluable information to the beginner and expert alike. From making your first steps onto a sport route, to refining your mental approach in order to bag a top-level onsight, this book covers it all. You can buy a copy of the... (18 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Kalymnos-2006-guidebook 2006-11-19T00:00+00:00 This is the second edition of the Greek-produced guidebook to the magical island of Kalymnos. A huge advance over the first edition, this is a fully-modern topo guide full of hundreds of colour photographs. My only slight complaint is that most of the photos are so tiny that you can't... (13 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/ROCKFAX-Eastern-Grit-2006-guide 2006-10-11T01:00+01:00 An update to the award-winning 2001 guidebook, Peak Gritstone East (possibly the most popular guidebook in the world), this new edition has a host of improvements as well as including 900 more climbs. Many thanks to all the climbers who came out to the crag especially for me to photograph... (15 photos)]]> http://climbers.net/photos/Masterclass-Kalymnos-2006 2006-09-30T01:00+01:00 I was lucky enough to go along on this first coaching holiday run by Neil Gresham's new company - ClimbingMasterclass.com. I got some great shots of the clients and the guest coaches in action, from F4+ slabs all the way into the F8's! I also got plenty of personal climbing in: the... (134 photos)]]>