Climbing Photography

Chris Sharma, Katie Brown, and Nate Gold put Hampi on the map for Westerners in 2003. Now local climbers are developing climbs and climbing-adjacent businesses. But there are headwinds. 

Turns out that the land of cafes and croissants has some pretty wild rock formations.

Follow these simple guidelines for better climbing photography. Includes advice for getting the most out of light, how to visualize, use a zoom, and even posing down and how to learn from others' photos.

Vitaliy Musiyenko dialed in his beta for capturing the famous Firefall phenomenon in Yosemite in 2021. Check out his images, his story about creating them, and tips to do so yourself.

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The only American to summit an 8,000 meter peak in winter is hanging up his ice axes.

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This story originally appeared in the December/January 2018 issue of our print edition.

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