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**** Deceit By Unknown  6/19/2017
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Kai Seth Robertson. 10 Years Old. Climbing Deceit at Black Hill and wondering if anybody else ever climbs on Victorian Granite these days?

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shiltz
6/19/2017
****
Wow, great shot! 

shortman
6/19/2017
*****
Nice pic! Good to see Black Hill make the Gallery! 

Pat
6/19/2017
****
Caption should read "if anybody else ever climbs on Victorian Granite these
days and do they have equally attentive belayers?" 
Karl Bromelow
6/19/2017
The photographer was Kai's Mum, Mandy Robertson. 

tnd
6/19/2017
Sending a kid up without a helmet is a bit irresponsible. 
Karl Bromelow
6/19/2017
I promise you Kai wasn't "sent" up. 

ChuckNorris
6/19/2017
*****
Love the photo. Helmet would have ruined it. 

pmonks
6/20/2017
*****
Great shot! 
Karl Bromelow
6/20/2017
Mandy doesn't have an account on here but, on her behalf, thanks for
the kind comments. Much appreciated. 

IdratherbeclimbingM9
6/20/2017
*****
I like it a lot.
Good photographic balance and symmetry, including the areas in soft focus, which serve to accentuate the crystal clear clarity of subject, and also adds (for me), a sense of dynamic to the action portrayed within a grander scale of scenery. It certainly draws me in as a viewer...

Thanks for submitting it.

An afterthought... Unintentional I know, but the photo angle almost cuts out seeing the rope if the foot sequence had've been reversed, which would make the climber look like they were free-soloing!

 
Karl Bromelow
6/20/2017
Mandy just read your comments Rod (M9....hope you don't mind first
names. I find all this pseudonym stuff a bit silly). She was pleased with the
your appraisal, commenting how you obviously "got it". Cheers, Karl.
 

Ben_E
6/21/2017
****
Two stars for short granite slabs, one for it being Black Hill and an extra star for Kai doing granite the way God intended it to be done... in socks.

I'm lichen it! 
Jayford4321
6/22/2017
****
4 starz 4 a good pic despite tha poor slab techniQ exhibitd.
Stand up kid, kneezanelbowz R4 old tradz or bouldererz like simes wearin KT26's mantling rounded topoutz in beechD whale styl. 
Karl Bromelow
6/23/2017
I did post myself in response to the last comment above but decided to let the 10
year old come back himself. Kai says, "I wasn't using my knees and elbows, I was
using my hands and feet. What's his problem anyway?"

That's you told.
 
Karl Bromelow
6/23/2017
This is a link to the sun actually colliding with planet earth a few years ago.
How the heck did we all survive do you reckon, Snagtug?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=14548226331&l=19165b1f6a 
Jayford4321
6/24/2017
That pic iz almost az grainy as tha beach it showz , but 5 starz for bean ther an
capsharin tha moment.
Afta such a calamnus event itz a wonder we survivD indeed , and surely our livz
have bin foreshortnD (@ leest telepictor ally) , by it.

. . . bout az much az last time ed shortroped hisself ropesoloin @ tha Piles, or som
kid leanin in2 a slab 2 create smeary wobblmomentz.
 
Karl Bromelow
6/24/2017
There's no beach on it, Snagtug. Nice to see you came back though to
check for the reaction like I do, Snagtug. 
Jayford4321
6/24/2017
U were otto focussin on tha sun an not tha wavz?
Wot size lenz? 
Karl Bromelow
6/24/2017
I can't remember, Snagtug. It was 9 years ago. It looks like a cropped shot
from my old 6MP Olympus with maybe a 40-150mm telephoto. Here's
another with that same kid you're bagging from the same evening. How
could you!

Oh, and that sun looks so innocent behind. Who'd have believed what was
imminent?

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=14548296331&l=76e4dfef80

And here's another from Black Hill showing Kai, sans wobbles, happy as
and having fun, running TR laps on Long Sausage.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
fbid=10154557198211332&l=90814cb6df

No knees or elbows. I know you strongly approve of TR. Give the kid a
break and earn 10,000 karma points for thecrag.com 
Jayford4321
6/26/2017
KB m8, Uneed 2 stop it or U will go blind. All this piccying of Ur apocalyptic solar catastrophe wil do it 2U ova time!

Thx 4 ur reply. The croppin prolly acountz 4 tha grain wen I look @ tha 1st pic here @ my end.

Good 2C tha kid Njoyin LS; tho imathinkN Ur shot looks somwot tiltD with TRcord an hair an chalkbag kinda slak in anotha directN? Anyway , @ leest heez doin it in Vic where Belay standRds R somwot betta than Kanetoad Pt. Doz he chek wiff Blayer B4 yellin Take , 4 tha lowaoff?

Urs in Njoyn tha fresh Aroma of baked cybabred ova icon pic discussN wiffU.
 
One Day Hero
6/26/2017
*****
Alrighty, slabs and long socks are back in style. I was wondering how long it would take for the steep sport route fad to blow over. 
Jayford4321
6/26/2017
Odius my fiend , good 2C Uv joinD tha pic cricket.
Wot do U think of tha ladz style (apart from long sokz) , in tha feetcha pic? 
One Day Hero
6/26/2017
The whole thing is awesome, a giant kick in the nuts to the stupid mainstream of oz climbing. This kid has no fancy climbing clothes, pulls his socks up before pulling the holds down, and someone did a top job of brushing the lichen.
Half the clowns projing 26s at Bell would crap their dacks and back off this thing. 
Karl Bromelow
6/26/2017
I know! The sock thing. It's so cool. Very now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/fashion/mens-style/black-socks-
shorts-trend.html

It's very Dogtown skatey. I was skating too, back then, but can't remember
whether I was into long socks. Probably not. I've always been a bit of a
dork. Preferring corduroy to denim and that kind of thing. Probably explains
why I am a climber. Kai must've got his high fashion sense from his Mum.
I'll never forget her velvet hot pants. Those were the days.

Kai says, "Thanks for that, ODH. I am bit old school."

Can't imagine EB's making a comeback however retro it gets.
 
Jayford4321
6/28/2017
i agree withU Odius that tha lad climbN outside , an serios slab at that , specialy 4 a 10 yo , iz awsum.

Tha sokz thing , cute tho mayB , fitz more in line wif old skool (as he sez) , fashun dont matta trad.

Oddy ,U should invite him + KB (2 Blay) , an tha exclent photog (2 take pix) , 2 Broomba an get som dekorateN shotz 4 itz new guide if not done final yet.
Mebe intro him to otha granit delites like trench warfarin (get som karakta memory scabz on those sokz!), an laybakN an such. 

 

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