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Ryan Martis
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« on: April 23, 2011, 12:55:41 AM » |
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Mountain climbers scale some of the highest peaks in the world in pictures by photographer Jimmy Chin
Here's a photographer who will go to great heights in his search for the ultimate picture. Jimmy Chin, probably the world's greatest adventure photographer, has travelled the world with highly-skilled mountain climbers, scaling huge peaks and even skiing down the face of Mount Everest
Conrad Anker reaches for his next gear placement, 2,500 feet off the ground on the Pacific Ocean Wall of El Capitain, Yosemite National Park, California
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Ryan Martis
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 12:55:58 AM » |
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 Jimmy has built up a portfolio that documents his work in some of the most inaccessible and extreme situations imaginable. Jimmy is the go-to man for adventurers and publications such as National Geographic and Outside Magazine
Yuji Hirayama climbs in Turkey in April 2009 |
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Ryan Martis
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 12:56:11 AM » |
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 His travels have taken him to the tallest freestanding sandstone towers in the world, the Hand of Fatima in Mali, to the highest sheer cliff face on the globe. "The climbs up the Hand of Fatima which is 2,000 feet and Naga Parbat which is just over 15,000 feet were spectacular," said Jimmy. "The Hand of Fatima and the Kaga Tondo in Mali, is a personal favourite of mine. That shot sums up the bravery and tremendous ability of these climbers, who allowed me to join them and to experience the same dangers that they face"
Cedar Wright and Kevin Thaw climb the south buttress of Kaga Tondo on the Hand of Fatima in Mali on December 20, 2002. Click here to see a larger version of this image |
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Ryan Martis
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2011, 12:56:20 AM » |
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 To work with Steph Davis as she became the first woman to free climb El Capitan's Salathe Wall in Yosemite, was an honour and a privilege. "I am always concerned with finding the right spot and the right shot, so sometimes I forget to appreciate the skill of my fellow adventurers, but I am aware of how my life has been changed by my ability with a camera"
Steph Davis free climbs the Salathe Wall of El Capitain in Yosemite National Park, California, on November 4, 2005. Steph is the first and only woman to free climb the Salathe |
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Ryan Martis
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2011, 12:56:28 AM » |
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 Steph Davis leading the crux "Boulder Pitch" on the Salathe Headwall in Yosemite National Park on November 4, 2005 |
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Ryan Martis
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2011, 12:56:37 AM » |
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 Of all his adventures though, his ascents of Everest stand out as his most physically demanding and rewarding. "You do wonder - when you are at 28,000 feet, the height that aeroplanes cruise at, when you are struggling to draw breath and every limb aches - why do I do this?"
Kit and Rob DesLauriers with Dave Hahn on the South Summit of Mount Everest on October 4, 2006Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> |
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