Back in the summer Alex ran a course on techniques and rigging for climbing photography, and participants were kind enough to share their photos with us to pop in a blog. The course teaches skills and techniques to safely get into the best position for taking climbing photos, as well as the photographic technicalities of […]
It seems fitting that our 100th blog post should be about Alex featuring in the celebratory 100th of the legendary Japanese climbing magazine Rock & Snow. Alex’s photo of Toru Nakajima climbing the Millstone E8 was featured on the cover of the issue. This issue also included Alex’s account of Toru’s incredible tour of […]
In over 20 years of adventure photojournalism, Alex has accumulated a wealth of experience and a fair few stories from behind the camera. In this series of blog posts, Alex will be sharing his experience documenting people and places around the world from Indian Creek to Everest Base Camp and Hindu Holy Men. If you’re […]
The excitement of the festive season has subsided, dry January is starting to wear you down and the days still feel all too short. How oh how do you make your way through the longest month of the year? Plan a rock climbing trip of course! Escape London, escape Manchester, escape your boss or escape […]
In November 2016 Pete Whittaker became the first person to solo, all free, Freerider on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley in less than 24 hours. The route is 3000 feet high, has 37 pitches and an overall grade of 5.13a. He climbed the route in 20 hours and six minutes. Pete free climbed each pitch, […]