large format and climbing

[QT Luong]

Thought about that a while ago, but it's been actually done:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avi_abrams/900089074/

[Peter Collins]

That dude's SOP needs a complete re-evaluation.

[Frank Petronio]

Phew, it's only a Horseman ;-)

[paulr]

That's pretty wild. Hard to tell but it looks like he set up some kind of pulley system with carabiners to winch the tripod tight against the rock. seems to be anchored to a couple of old school rigid friends.

Curious why he goes up there with such a burly monorail and not a field camera.

At any rate, it makes me feel like a wuss for complaining about the hassles of taking climbing photos ... i use a point 'n shoot.

[Bruce Watson]

Thought about that a while ago, but it's been actually done:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avi_abrams/900089074/

I've had friends offer to take me out and teach me rock climbing, and I was interested for a while for just this reason - I thought how interesting it would be to get that picture of Bridalveil Falls from midway up El Capitan.

Then that moment of insanity passed...

[Brian Sims]

Ok. This is a case where I would easily accept stitching with a DSLR.

[Dan Schmidt]

I always though that you could get some great images looking down into Yosemite Valley by hauling an 8x20 up the Nose on el Cap.

[Chris Strobel]

seems to be anchored to a couple of old school rigid friends.

Looks like He's all alone to me

[Michael Wynd]

From what you were saying, I thought I had seen this picture before.
It's actually of a Sydney Australia commercial photographer who was asked to photograph some climbers near the heads at Sydney. I think the elvation was over 100 feet above the sea below. It was on the cover and had an inside article in Camera (Australian) magazine in the early nineties if I remember correctly. I thought it would be cool doing stuff like that, but what if you dropped your darkslide.
Mike

[paulr]

...but what if you dropped your darkslide.
Mike

or anything else!

there's always the risk of dropping climbing gear, but it tends to be cheaper than lenses and whatnot.