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Climbing : 2010 Now Shipping!
Climbing : 2010, the latest and sixth rock climbing calendar published
by Keith Sharples Photography, is now shipping! Climbing : 2010
is unashamedly UK-centric and eclectic covering both inspirational
and aspiration routes and venues – a bespoke wall-hanging for the
UK climber or UK visitor. And every calendar comes with a value-add;
a copy of the A2-sized 2010 Year Planner/Poster.
For more details of Climbing
: 2010 click here and for more details of 2010 Year Planner and
Poster click here.
To see a gallery of all the images from Climbing
: 2010, including the 2010 Year Planner and Poster, click
here.
To buy a copy of Climbing : 2010 and get it dispatched direct
to you (post and packaging included) click
here or
use the links to the right of this webpage.
Similarly, and in an exclusive deal only available on
this website, you can buy a copy of the 2010 Year Planner and Poster
by clicking here or by using the links to the right of this webpage.
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from Keith see his on-line blog which you can access from the Blog
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forget that you can join in on the Blog and give feedback on the
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climbing:10 Competition! The Winner is ...
And the winner, scooping top prize in this year’s ‘Be in my calendar’
competition, is Alastair Smith from Chester. The competition on
top UK climbing website, www.ukclimbing.com, was to find a willing
victim to feature alongside the good and the great in climbing:10,
next year’s climbing calendar. For all the details click here,
and to see a gallery of images taken on the day click here.
Geeeeeeeeronimo - KSP Goes Ape
The 2009 edition of Tribe, the
Go Ape! in-house magazine, features a 6-page spread of top wads
from a variety of adventure sports including an image from my collection
of Steve McClure on his Malham mega route, Overshadow. Read the
details here
KSP in Western Grit
Rockfax’s latest edition of their
award-winning guide, Western Grit, has hit the shelves with a double
page spread of Upper Tor Wall (HS) from my Kinder collection used
as the opening shot. The image, featuring Jon Barton soloing Upper
Tor Wall, the uber classic, serving as the backdrop to the guide
introduction. Read more here
Big Guns at Malham
Some big guns were
out at Malham over the bank holiday though as it turned out the
weather was a major player as well. Ordinarily you’d expect premier
crags like Malham to be rammed with folks from one end of a Bank
Holiday to the other – especially given the hit the pound has taken
recently against the Euro. Truth was though that Malham was nearly
totally empty on the Saturday – save for a few regulars and some
big guns. Read more
KSP features as Climbing Photography goes main-stream
in BJP…
I’m blown away to be one of the four photographers featured
in the cover story, Vertical Take, in the latest edition (29th
April 2009) of the British Journal of Photography (BJP). Vertical
Take, is a behind-the-scenes look at ‘climbing with the mountaineering
photographers’. Read more here
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Articles
Offa the beaten track…
The annual ‘Be in my Calendar Competition’
run on and with top UK website, UKClimbing.com, was won this year
by Alastair ‘Ally’ Smith of Chester in the foothills of Clwyd Limestone.
And that’s just where the travelling photo shoot went, off the
beaten track to Craig Arthur. Unlike last year’s photo shoot with
spandex-loving Rachael Crewe, there was no rain… click here to
get the low-down on the day, plus some top beta on Craig Arthur
and to see a gallery of shots from the day, get yourself offa (sic!)
and click
here
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Recent Publications
My illustrated works are regularly published in the specialist
press and climbing guidebooks as well as in glossy books.
My climbing images have also been used in the national and local
newspapers, company literatures and on websites as well as in AV
presentations given by ‘A List’ climbers.
My image/stock library also includes scenic and travel images,
outdoor action and lifestyle, built environment, transport, people
and nature images.
