Owens River Gorge Highline
Ξ December 4th, 2008 | → | ∇ People, Climbing, Fun Stuff, Friends |
Last week I went down into the Owens River Gorge to shoot some pics of my good friend Jay Lakey walk a long highline that he put up in the inner part of the gorge. It was incredible to watch him go out over the abyss with a raging river below. He wore a tether for safety in case he fell, but even with that its gotta be so wild to be out there. He took some falls for sure but has walked all the way across several times. Unbelievable. Its like 140 feet across!
Enjoy the pics and I hope you’re well.
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While we were walking out of the gorge, we came across an awesome vantage of world class climber and super nice Bishop local Lisa Rands climbing a brilliant route out the huge Eldorodo Roof. It was so impressive to see her climb so smooth and strong. Amazing.
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on December 4th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
dude,these are unreal
on December 5th, 2008 at 7:58 am
I’m speechlesss! So amazing and beautiful all rolled into one. Awesome Shawn!
on December 7th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
holy smokes that last image shawn, actually all of them, but that last one. man oh man!
on December 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Hey Shawn, those pics of Rands are amazing, especially the first one. Such a weird and wonderful composition. Excellent job!
on December 12th, 2008 at 10:44 am
i can’t get enough of your blog! had to show a friend of mine. his jaw is still on the floor!
have a rad weekend my friend!
on December 12th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
oh man shawn.. these are CRAZY!! i still want to see a photo of you taking this photos!!
on December 17th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
dude these are gnarly