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*** Big Ben By John Bentley  6/11/2015
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Martin Jackson on Big Ben pitch 2 at Ben Nevis, Victoria.

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mikllaw
6/11/2015
Love a smooth slab 

Pat
6/11/2015
Must get there now I have a regular climbing partner. 
Olbert
6/11/2015
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It might have gotten five stars if you had tilted the camera back, made up a name
and given it a grade in the 30's. 
jdb
6/11/2015
Makes "A Question of Ethics" look like a ladder 
maxdacat
6/11/2015
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Is that three biners on the first bolt? 
Jayford4321
6/12/2015
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@ mdc "Is that three biners on the first bolt?"

Forget the 3 biners on first bolt, as main one is a locker, red an white sling is likely a second attachment point for belayer, an orange is the judas piece to cover FF2 due starting out on pitch 2.
Fairly standard multipitch practice except for the linked biners on connection to belayer.

Brilliant photo though, as it is the best example of double rope technique stuffing up I have seen on Chocky, an makes me wonder what his rope logbook says for that climb. 

IdratherbeclimbingM9
6/12/2015
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Eh gnaguts, though I tend to agree with your comment, here is some more beta on how they did the route if you want to improve on their style...

http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?ForumID=15&Action=Display&MessageID=28044&PagePos=&Sort=

Back on topic of the photo.
It is good to see a true slab climb on the front page of Chockstone for a change, and the photo depicts that style of climbing well; ... so for a targeted climber audience I give it 3 stars due the interest-values it contains.
From a photographic technical perspective I'd rate it less stars, due it being slightly over-exposed and it's prime subject is too far away for much detail, making it neither a landscape nor a gripping style (pun), action-portrait shot!
Given the nature of the location and subject matter it is a true photographic challenge to render well to an uninformed photo-critical audience. Perhaps a wider angle lense would have captured that elusive element better?

Thanks jdb for submitting it for our perusal. 
jdb
6/15/2015
mdc "Is that three biners on the first bolt?"

Forget the 3 biners on first bolt, as main one is a locker, red an white sling is likely a second attachment point for belayer, an orange is the judas piece to cover FF2 due starting out on pitch 2.
Fairly standard multipitch practice except for the linked biners on connection to belayer

Spot on Ganuts.

There was only one bolt on the first belay, so my leader incorporated the first bolt on the second pitch into the belay, which he subsequently clipped on the way through 
gfdonc
6/15/2015
jdb wrote:
> Makes "A Question of Ethics" look like a ladder

The question here, my learned camming device, is the ethics of commenting on your own photo to gain attention and peer approval.
 
White Trash
6/16/2015
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yeh, whats with the twisted ropes?

other than that it looks like good training for grit. 
One Day Hero
6/18/2015
Hmmm, going out climbing on granite? Mate bringing a camera along? Better wear your grey pants and grey tshirt?!?! Nice looking slab though. 

 

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