Pictures in Print

Its potentially been my best month yet for pics, with many lessons learnt along the way. Im writing this whilst sitting in the evening warmth of my hotel room in Tenerife, but with the marvels of the internet I have just sent an image half way around the world to a happy customer.

Climber website

Climber website

Were to start, well I have my fingers crossed that pictures of mine could feature in both UK climbing publications this month. Both are running features on Ben West climbing his new 8c on Gower and Thomas Randal climbing his new E9 found at Dinas Rock. I have submitted some images and I believe they are going to be used which after the hours spent suspended in a harness is a real bonus that is keeping the psyche high at present. I also did a small news piece for ‘Climber’, which is found in there latest news section online click here for more.

Along side all of this Adrian Berry has written a piece on the development of Shipwreck Cove and ‘Climber’ have asked me to supply the images, so once again i’m sitting here with fingers crossed that they use a few. It is great seeing  your images printed large in a magazine, so I am hoping a few of these make it past the editors and into the glossy pages.

I Also took part in the first DWS comp in Exeter and have to say that this was a real blast! unfortunately I did not do very well but it was so much fun and a visit to berry head made up for the fact that plastic is not fantastic for me. I was really down here for one of the young climbers I coach Emily Philips, and it was a very impressive day in her development as a competition climber.

Emily in the final

Emily in the final

Emily was by far the youngest in the field, and it was also her first real go at DWS so we had alot of hard obsticals stack in our way. What we new was in our favour was, her ability which is fantastic, her desire which is steadfast and no pressure of expectation. Well that was true from us any way but Emily always gives 100% and expects the results that she deserves for all her hard work. It was a joy watching her climb with no hesitation above the water, and in turn she qualified for first the semi’s then the Final having topped 5 out of her six routes so far and only narrowly missing out on the 6th. The final was amazing with the top 4 under 16 girls taking on a rising traverse across the whole wall. Emily climbed fluidly with a great control, and narrowly missed out on the top spot. All the finalists were split by 2 holds with time being the deciding factor. In the end She finished 4th but against World cup stars 4 years older she showed what she can achieve!

Video from Joby, check out his site www.newsonmedia.co.uk