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Climbing

An evening at the wall, a walk beneath the mountains, and the conversations between attempts. Climbing seen from more than one angle.

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Between attempts

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Several people watching a climber on an indoor wall.

At a climbing wall, the pause has a shape of its own. An evening spent watching the small conversations and changes of attention between attempts.

A climber moving under a wooden overhang on an indoor wall.

From the floor, a climbing wall can look almost graphic. Moving closer reveals the depth, texture, and changing human scale inside an arrangement of colored shapes.

Worn climbing shoes, a chalk bag and a water bottle resting on a gym floor.

An open climbing bag is a small collection of personal arrangements. Worn shoes, a chalk bag, and pockets used in familiar ways reveal the ordinary habits around an outing.

Two climbers walking across snow toward a steep rock ridge in black and white.

A snowy approach to a granite wall changes the scale of an outing. An essay on distant rock, figures in a landscape, and the time spent looking ahead.

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The wall after work

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A climber standing before a densely covered indoor climbing wall.

An indoor climbing wall gathers people at different points in their day. Bags, familiar faces, and changing attention shape an evening inside a room built around movement.