First forays into climbing photography
Over the course of the last five years or so I have taken up climbing as both a more serious hobby and as a photo motive. I haven't had the opportunity to invest a lot of time into the photography side so far, but it's a very photogenic field, so I'm sure that I will keep exploring it in the future. I live in Bayreuth, which is very close to a very famous climbing area, the Frankenjura. It's home to some truly iconic routes in the history of climbing, such as "Action Directe", the first route graded XI / 9a /5.14d in difficulty and first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. Below are some first results, from the Frankenjura and also from some other areas. Have fun checking them out!! :)
Lena Herrmann in "Begnadete Körper" at the Dohlenloch crag above Pottenstein
...which Climax Magazine ran as a cover shot :)
Lena Herrmann at the "Sharp End" boulder deep in the Franconian forest...
And Lena again at "Phaeton", her first 8B / V13 boulder
Floyd Simen at the University of Bayreuth boulder
Mia Baumann re-sending "Slimline" 8a+
David Firnenburg on "Action Directe" 9a
Lena Herrmann during her send of "Odd Fellows" 8c
Toru Nakajima projecting "Burden of Dreams" 9A in Lappnor, Finland
David Firnenburg working "L'isola che non c'é" 9a in Amden, Switzerland
Lena Herrmann seizes the last light of the day on "Equinox" 5.12c in beautiful Joshua Tree National Park, USA
After-send portrait and close-up of Lena in "Equinox"...
Lena Herrmann - Leave it to Beaver 5.12a - Joshua Tree National Park, USA
