Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hueco Tanks 2008

Here is a spin off shot from a week spent with Kevin Jorgeson down in Hueco Tanks, TX last December. We were working on a few media projects and basically looking for something new, you know, something maybe a little un-traditional.

This was an open project Robb Rice had been eying for a few years and was proving too dangerous for other climbers he had shown it to. Here Kev makes the first ascent of "Stick or Stones" V8 West Mountain. Some will even argue that it is the best boulder problem for the grade in the entire park.

Those who argue against this claim, well, haven't seen it.

6 comments:

Justin said...

I thought Kevin named this "Stick or Stones," either way nice photo.

sloan said...

flash with a gel in the back?
shot looks good

Mannphoto said...

oh yeah yeah >>.."Stick or Stones". I was correcting people all year on that name, and now look at me...thanks Justin!

"Stick the move or hit the stones," Kevin told me. "But won't they get it all confused?" I said. heh.

No gels here, I went old school with the gold reflector. Time is of the essence...

climbingnarc said...

unrepeated??

Mannphoto said...

Chuck Fryberger flashed it with running beta. Robb did it as well, on a very impressive fight. And I think it got done by someone else as well, I just can't remember who it was.

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