Eric Hörst, basically the world’s most published expert on training for climbing, just sent off his newest book, Learning to Climb Indoors, to the publisher. I shot the cover on which Rannveig appears.
Stoked to be working with Eric after reading his books for so many years. He is the master — if you’re serious about the sport, you have to read some of his books. My favorites are Maximum Climbing and Training for Climbing.
It’s funny that what follows came to my attention today — it’s a story about running while on vacation that was published recently in Canadian Running Magazine. An image I shot of Rannveig was used on the opening page to illustrate a section about running in Norway. Here’s the cover — I did not shoot the picture, but it’ll help you find the issue if you’re so inclined.
The story struck a chord becuase we just wrapped up a short anniversary trip to Rome, and we explored the streets every morning on incredible urban runs, watching the city awaken and come to life. One day we took a 12k around the Vatican, the next a 10k around the Colusseum, the next a 12k through Rome’s northern end, so on and so on. On my iPhone I had a GPS-enabled offline map of the city, so when we got lost I pulled out the phone and tracked us down. I can’t imagine a better way to see Rome than running through hidden alleyways as shopkeepers open their doors and welcome a new day. The streets are super narrow, and every so often you can peer down a long straight road and catch a fleeting glimpse some 2,000 year old landmark.
What a place.
Anyway, here’s the opening page.
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Got an email today telling me to watch out for the Northern Lights — Dad, thanks for the tip!
I just spent half an hour out in a field just staring up at the sky. What a world we live in.
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Well, it’s official: Rannveig is Miss June this year in Sharp End Publishing’s 2012 Women of Climbing calendar. Pick it up either on the Sharp End site or here on Amazon.com.
This year’s shot features her on a great climb called Hull I Himmelen, 5.13a, at a crag called Mjelvahammeren near where we live in Norway. I snapped this in the early days of spring before heading back to the US for the summer. We got pretty lucky with the weather.
Last year’s calendar featured her for the month of July bouldering in Hollow Mountain Cave in Australia. You can read about that here: http://www.dreamtimeimages.com/blog/published-sharp-end-publishings-women-of-climbing-calendar.
There are some unreal pictures in this year’s calendar. Heidi and her husband Fred, who run Sharp End, are making this annual calendar better and better.
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WOW!!
HERLIG!
This is very cool, she has to be very strong to climb like that. Awsome idea for a calender also!
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Wow, how in the world do you get in the spots to take these types of pictures?
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Wow I admire woman who are very athletic, she really look so strong. wow! she really makes climbing those rocks look easy.
Endo Valley is the new bouldering hotspot in Rocky Mountain National Park, but I’ve been so busy this summer (and so fixated on developing a new cliff near my house) that I haven’t had a chance to head up there and check the place out. I’m actually a little embarrassed to admit that. But then my buddy Ethan Pringle swung by for a night on his latest Colorado road trip, called his friend Matt Segal, and we all spent an afternoon checking out some of Endo’s awesome new lines.
For the skiers, cyclists and runners in the house, Ethan and Matt are both pro climbers and just happen to be two of the best in the world. Both have ascents of Canada’s Cobra Crack, a 5.14 trad line reputed to be one of the, if not the, hardest crack line on the planet. Matt is known for his world class and astonishingly scary trad lines (Iron Monkey, 5.14R) while Ethan has sent everything from Realization (5.15a) to Wheel of Life (V15/16). Read more about his uber productive summer in South Africa here and here, and don’t be surprised if you hear about another ascent of Jumbo Love in the coming months.
Anyway, here are some random shots from the afternoon, the first few being the area testpiece Flux for Life, V13. It’s a massive roof problem that gets progressively harder with each move. It’s a really proud line.
This is a shot of Merkin, a classic V9 in the area.
And here are some shots that Rannveig took of Matt on the MS 13 Training Arete, V8, and Merkin, V9, as well as of me on the MS 13 Training Arete. She’s recovering from a shoulder injury so she’s been taking some (super awesome) photos in the meantime. Check out her site to see more of her pictures.
At the end of the day, after working V13 the whole afternoon, Ethan cooled down by sending Cambrian Explosion, V10, his third try.
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Love reading your blogs and admiring the photos. You seem to always capture stunning shots.
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Really nice images, love them all, although they make me dizzy. 
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