The Way of All Flesh

OK so it's been a while since I posted, about time for an update!

I had quite a busy weekend, starting with a spur-of-the-moment pub crawl on Friday night. Much fun was had, I somehow got home (albeit at 6am) in one piece and snuck in a nanna nap. At 8:30 I was up & at 'em- packed my camera bags & ropes into the van & spent a few hours driving around the countryside. After a delicious Caltex breakfast & a quick 'hello' stop at Simon Carter's house (he just got back from Europe!) I made it to Barden's Lookout in Mt Victoria (Blue Mountains) with young gun Axel Tritton & trusty belay-slave Macca MacPherson in tow.
Despite only being 16, Axel has been climbing at a high level for years. Today we wanted to shoot photos on a classic route called 'The Way of All Flesh' (28/5.13), and also test out some new Fstop bags. Several weeks ago the great fellas at Fstop sent me a range of camera bags to test drive. There are already lots of things I'd love to see improved on the bags, but they are definitely on the right track and are taking the feedback on board- I suspect it won't be long before I am using their bags exclusively!

Anyway it's late & I'm rambling, so to very quickly wrap up the shoot was a great success & I will be using one of the photos for a poster series (more on that soon- they will released at the World Youth Climbing Championships in late August, where I will be heading up the event photography)

3Degrees Initiative Launched- Help Save Snowboarding!

Bouldering at The Grove

Quite a busy week in the life of Josh... lots of exciting things happening, but I'm keeping that all under wraps just for now- all will be revealed in good time!x
For a bit of eye-candy; I spent the afternoon at a secret bouldering spot called 'The Grove' with my good friends Pat & Miles, shooting a couple photos for a Crux Magazine article.

GeoQuest Wrap-up

Dizzy yet? Well spin no longer folks! The race gallery is online right here;
http://www.joshcaple.com/galleries/events/AR/GeoQuest08/index.html

Huge thanks to everyone at the race for helping everything to go so smoothly, these things don't just 'happen'. Also double huge thanks to my Dan Himbrechts (good looker & all-round nice guy, on his days off he's a very talented & accomplished snowboard photographer) for lending me some extra flash gear for the event, and to Craig Albury (who owns RDMH in Katoomba, Blue Mountains- they do adventure guiding & photo workshops) for loaning me a spare lens. Gosh darn, you guys are just the living end.

If you would like to purchase prints or usage rights for any of the images from the event, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

GeoQuest Race- Update

Phew! I'm back at HQ after another big day... for the competitors anyway! I spent several hours at a remote checkpoint waiting for teams to arrive, keeping myself very busy with a packet of pasta & a book. The quiet times weren't to last however- once the teams came through I well & truly got my click-click on! Unfortunately no new photos for you just yet... luckily if you spin around really really fast (try it, so much fun!) it will be Tuesday before you know it & I'll have full race galleries up. That doesn't even make sense. Oh well.


EDIT:
Ohhhh, OK then. Here's a couple shots of the Smartwool 'Girls on Top' team winning the all-women's division just a few minutes ago!

Mountain Designs GeoQuest Adventure Race

Adventure races are seriously hardcore. Seriously.
14 hours down, 34 to go. The athletes don't stop, so neither will I!
I'll try to add a few photos after each leg of the race, & you can get the 'official' race reports at http://www.geocentricoutdoors.com.au/geoquest/race08/reports.htm or get Steve Cooper's lowdown right... http://www.sleepmonsters.com.au/racereport.php?race_id=5520 <- there!

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Famous?

Apparently! Here's a photo of me strolling about in the Blue Mountains, on the cover of a trade show promo booklet for RDMH (a company I have done a lot of canyon/climbing guiding for in the past)
Indiana Jones font is brilliant!

In other news, I'm about to hot-foot it out the door to Coffs Harbour for 4 (likely sleepless) days of shooting adventure racers darting about in lycra.

More on that when I return, everyone have a safe and enjoyable long weekend!