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olbert
4/13/2016
 
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Good photo with good composition but it really needs some depth of field! I'd also like
to see brighter colours on the climber. Also the climber could have done a bit more
posing and turned just a little bit more towards the camera and showed some some
gritty facial expression. |
Wendy
4/15/2016
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The photo's perfectly ok, but I am much more interested in the route! What
condition are the bolts in? Are they necessary? How much actual crack
climbing is on it? |
shortman
4/18/2016
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I'm with Wendy....a bit above my climbing grades....but she does look a ripper! |
IdratherbeclimbingM9
4/19/2016
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The photo is interesting from a climbing perspective.
Shame about a bolted traverse that follows a natural crack feature...
Grey trousers on climber blend well with the grey rock, so might've been better photographically (to see the climber) if the climber was wearing fluro-lycra?
;-)
I tend to agree with the depth of field comment by olbert, though to pick an aperture that focuses-out the distracting near-cliff foliage would have also lost the distant view, ... which I think adds to the scenic ambiance; so a hard call on that one methinks. |
f_abe
4/19/2016
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Talk of apertures and depth of field has me lost, I certainly don't submit photos to
show off any photographic prowess (obviously)!, but rather to show some
unheralded parts of the Gramps, I'm sure there's hundreds of better shots taken
every weekend, but where are they?
Regarding the route in question, despite the modest (for some) grade, poor Grahimi
thought that after ticking Bossanova the day before this would be the perfect 'day
after' route, but to his chagrin the 'crack stayed firmly dogged. The bolts looked fine,
no doubt from lack of use, and whilst there's cam slots everywhere you look, to
quote the G-spot himself "there'd be nowhere to jam your hands if you placed cams"
or something to that effect.
But don't let that stop you trying. I'm sure it's soft for the grade and G-banger was
just trying to disguise a hangover... |
Martym
4/19/2016
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I think this is a seriously cool photo - though I agree with the above criticisms about the lack of posing & lycra. I first saw it on my phone and assumed those were runners dangling out of the crack; then I looked at it on a larger screen.. I don't usually go in for the old bolt/no bolt debate but that does seem
a waste of steel next to such an obvoius natural line!
And what a handsome traverse it looks (also above my paygrade). Judging by the lack of chalk on the rock above, and lack of any obvious holds, it does seem to spend a lot of time in that crack.. Something to aspire to.
I also like it as a contrast between the up front climbing activity and the sprawling natural landscape. Nice work. |
Ball_Bagg
4/20/2016
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I can't believe some of the drivel that appears on chocky. For all the uninformed
ethical namby pamby do-gooders "Sports Crack" has some history. It's an Andy
Pollitt route dating from 1991. Andy already some grief about it from Noddy who
wrote a letter to some Pommie magazine/organisation complaining about Wales'
finest sinking a few bolts into a bit of local rock.
We're all flawed characters and if our crime is to place a few bolts in comparison to
other stuff happening on the planet it's hardly a hanging offence. So given the
route's history and the fact that it didn't spawn 100's of copy cat routes you would
have to conclude its a non issue.
There is probably more to complain about on the topic of badly bolted Grampians
routes than Sports Crack.
And finally, I reckon it's a pretty good photo of people out climbing. |
IdratherbeclimbingM9
5/4/2016
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@ "the fact that it didn't spawn 100's of copy cat routes you would
have to conclude its a non issue"
From what I have seen of the way climbing has been going in more recent times, if you hang around long enough I think you might regret that comment, unless our saving anti-uneccessary-bolt faeries drop off their perches first!
Heh, heh, heh. |
