2 posts tagged “rock climbing”
Last night I went up Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons to photograph. I've always loved backpacking, and rock climbing and such, and lately I've been thinking of ways to incorporate those activities into a photographic project. If there's one thing I've learned from framing homes its: stop thinking about "it" so much and just do "it." So last night I did just that, and instead of sitting and stewing longer about how to approach this "project," I went out to begin making photographs (I actually learned this lesson during my B.F.A. project, but I guess I needed a reminder). I ended up making only three photographs, because I didn't get out the door till later than I had hoped; I ruined 10 sheets of film by dropping them in my bathroom sink with the leaky faucet, and had to open up a new box.
I'm fairly pleased with what I shot so far, although they may or may not have anything to do with rock climbing. Come to think of it, they look pretty similar to these:
One of them had a river in it, and there was more river than rock in it. So right now, they don't really portray anything like "hey, this rock is climbed a lot," but, like I said, things are still in the conception stage.
On an unrelated topic, I keep a few mini blogs that I update a bit more regularly than this one, so if you check here and don't see any new updates, you can check these out:
These mini blogs are actually pretty fun. They let me post things that I don't really want to include here, but do want to blog about. If you like em, sign up. Pownce is still in Beta, and you need an invite. If you want one, I still have six left, so email me or leave a comment and I'll get one out to you.
So I got some new climbing shoes today (the right shoe is a little tight...maybe my threshold of pain has diminished), and a guide to bouldering in Utah. So I couldn't not go for a climb after getting new shoes. I'd expect the climbing gods to do something horrific and terrible to me if I didn't go climbing. So I went up Rock Canyon, just east of Provo, and with my new book in hand and my gear on my back I headed up.
I tried to find a few boulders, but couldn't, and ended up finding one that I hadn't planned on going to, and it only had 3 problems and they didn't look very fun (plus they were V3 or 4). So I went back down the trail and found a boulder called Heroine Hut. One look at the rock was enough to know how it got the name. It looked like it was/is a place to go and get get stoned. So after about 2 or 3 climbs up a V0, I found out just how out of the game I've gotten. I think in a couple weeks, I'll get a campus board.
I've also started downloading some yoga vidcasts. I've never done yoga before, but I think it'll be good for my back and neck. I just did one "session" about 1/2 hour ago, and I think I'm gonna like it.
