I had the pleasure working with great athletes Freddie Wilkinson and Mark Richey, as well as Rufus Films on a fun project on Cannon Cliff. Here's a short diddy I cut from a day of shooting. Cheers, Pat.
UPDATE: a word from Freddie: "Who said mark's lead was the crux ? (Wink wink.) Probably pitch 2,3,4, all checked in around the same grade, M6+ spicy."
First Ascent on Cannon Cliff from Pat Bagley on Vimeo.
Dec 27, 2010
Frenchy Filmmakers in India
Check out this video... I'm not saying I'm in love with it, nor am I saying it sucks. I will say, however, I watched all 15 minutes of it. What do the climbers out there think? Non-climbers reading this, were you able to sit through this one?
Ganesh [8b+] par Gérôme Pouvreau from Petzl-sport on Vimeo.
Ganesh [8b+] par Gérôme Pouvreau from Petzl-sport on Vimeo.
Dec 26, 2010
Chocorua Panoramic
Here's a view of a great mountain enjoyed with great company. Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year to everyone. Pat.
Dec 20, 2010
Cannon Vision Quest
I'm super psyched to be involved in a filming project with Rufus Films about Freddie Wilkinson et al climbing ice/mixed lines on Cannon Cliff in the winter. The setting is wild. Cannon is New England's most imposing, tallest, and nastiest slag heap; a place perfect for the scrappy, masochistic motherf'ers that enjoy alpine climbing.
Freddie preparing to quest into unknown territory for the first ascent.
Capturing the essence of climbing at Cannon sounds like project as on-going as a dog chasing it's tail; but here's a short raw (read: un-edited) clip of Mark Richie finishing the crux pitch on the first integral ascent of a route Freddie started with some other fearless local bone crushers. Good work guys!
Vision Questing on Cannon Cliff from Pat Bagley on Vimeo.
Part of the adventure, for me at least, was being up on the cliff attempting to document what was going down, or up. Whatever. Eitherway, it's fun to be hanging off of a frozen pile of really tall rocks. Stay tuned for more. -Pat.
Freddie preparing to quest into unknown territory for the first ascent.
Capturing the essence of climbing at Cannon sounds like project as on-going as a dog chasing it's tail; but here's a short raw (read: un-edited) clip of Mark Richie finishing the crux pitch on the first integral ascent of a route Freddie started with some other fearless local bone crushers. Good work guys!
Vision Questing on Cannon Cliff from Pat Bagley on Vimeo.
Part of the adventure, for me at least, was being up on the cliff attempting to document what was going down, or up. Whatever. Eitherway, it's fun to be hanging off of a frozen pile of really tall rocks. Stay tuned for more. -Pat.
Dec 17, 2010
Hueco Photo
Here are my additions to some of the most photographed chunks of brown rock in God-forsaken Western Texas....The cohesive story is pending...
Peter McDermott on the "Power of Landjager" (V10)
Ashley Veevers on The Egg (V8)
Jon Williams On "Better Eat Your Wheaties" (V8)
Peter McDermott on the "Power of Landjager" (V10)
Ashley Veevers on The Egg (V8)
Jon Williams On "Better Eat Your Wheaties" (V8)
Dec 10, 2010
Old and New Friends at Hueco and Bishop
Two things seem to happen to me around this time of year: I get pummeled by final exams and I get swamped by emails/texts/etc from friends climbing in the most wonderful places in the universe. Just as how the desk-life can suck, not everything is okay with my climber friends. They suffer from injuries, unemployment "monkey" malaise, bad weather, etc. There is no paradise anywhere, but sitting at a desk now, and looking at old photos certainly brings alive the ghosts of past road-trips. Please excuse the nostalgia and please enjoy a short trip from cold and brittle Massachusetts to the warm West....
Here's a shot of Danny and Liz working on Pope's Prow, a V8 arete. Danny and Liz are super-cool, so cool that they didn't kick me in the throat one night I spilled blood-red pasta sauce all over a new white rug that decorated an apartment they rented in Bishop. Sorry guys... regardless, Danny and Liz are some of the most unassuming, motivated, and under-rated "regular" climbers I've met. Often climbing with blown out shoes, and jeans that seem to be on a slow self-destruct cycle, D&L climb for climbing's sake. They love it and they're good at it.
Last fall/winter, I checked out from the Biology-major New England private school routine for a semester. In December 2009, I drove out to Yosemite, budgeting almost a month to wait for a weather window in order to climb Tangerine Trip (VI, A3, 5.8) with The Don. The weather was perfect the moment we arrived; a few days later, we sent the route, and hiked off the top of El Cap...Pete went back to San Fran to hang out with his girl and I drifted into Bishop, CA like many climbers do.
Something about the Pope's Prow fascinated me... the climbing was radical, and I considered it a success to get off the ground. But the aesthetics of it captivated me as much as the climbing. After working the problem with Danny and Liz I went back to shoot the problem at the day's last light. There I met Jackie, Chris, and some dude wearing a sun-faded, dirt-coated, and sweat-stained John Deere cap. Chris danced up the problem multiple times in some sort of military/Commando tactical boots with sticky rubber while John Deere projected it (see above). I shot they climbers like there would be no cameras or climbing ever again; they must have thought I was pretty weird, but I saw them again the next day...
Bishop seems to absorb all sorts of climbers. For some, it's home, as in, house, PO address, taxes...For other's it's "home"--as in "where the heart is," or perhaps, where the free camping is. Regardless, something about the infinite sky and champagne air of the place made everything feel possible and everyone welcoming. I think Bishop is the type of place where new friends become old friends.
The day after waving the camera in front of Jackie, Chris and John Deere, I saw them again at the Buttermilks. This time they were psyched on Saigon (V7), a typical Bishop highball. The crew was extremely friendly, and it didn't hurt they wanted to accumulate crashpads for the top-out. Regardless, Jackie and crew brought the party to this problem. "Come one, come all, and bring crashpads!" From what I saw through the lens, this problem requires some nasty core tension off of a heel-hook and a spooky top out cresting this massive dinosaur egg of boulder. As the clouds show, a major el-nino storm was approaching the high plains of California. Still, the group as motivating and warm as a sunny day.
A major El Nino Storm system, perhaps part of the reason why Pete and I had amazing weather for El Cap a week or so earlier, threatened to steamroll Bishop with nasty, wet snow. The word "Hueco"flurried in the high-plains air like snowflakes would do in a few days. On the way out of Bishop, I stopped at the local supermarket. Locals were stocking up, anticipating a complete snow lock-down. The store was so crowded, local teenagers girls were hired to distribute mini club-sandwiches from the Deli to customers waiting in the huge check-out lines... I felt silly waiting to buy just a tube of oats, knowing that I would be migrating away from this storm...
STAY TUNED FOR PART II: HUECO
-Pat.
Sneak Peak Image:
More images:
http://picasaweb.google.com/patrick.bagley.10/MemoriesOfHuecoAndBishop#
Here's a shot of Danny and Liz working on Pope's Prow, a V8 arete. Danny and Liz are super-cool, so cool that they didn't kick me in the throat one night I spilled blood-red pasta sauce all over a new white rug that decorated an apartment they rented in Bishop. Sorry guys... regardless, Danny and Liz are some of the most unassuming, motivated, and under-rated "regular" climbers I've met. Often climbing with blown out shoes, and jeans that seem to be on a slow self-destruct cycle, D&L climb for climbing's sake. They love it and they're good at it.
Last fall/winter, I checked out from the Biology-major New England private school routine for a semester. In December 2009, I drove out to Yosemite, budgeting almost a month to wait for a weather window in order to climb Tangerine Trip (VI, A3, 5.8) with The Don. The weather was perfect the moment we arrived; a few days later, we sent the route, and hiked off the top of El Cap...Pete went back to San Fran to hang out with his girl and I drifted into Bishop, CA like many climbers do.
Something about the Pope's Prow fascinated me... the climbing was radical, and I considered it a success to get off the ground. But the aesthetics of it captivated me as much as the climbing. After working the problem with Danny and Liz I went back to shoot the problem at the day's last light. There I met Jackie, Chris, and some dude wearing a sun-faded, dirt-coated, and sweat-stained John Deere cap. Chris danced up the problem multiple times in some sort of military/Commando tactical boots with sticky rubber while John Deere projected it (see above). I shot they climbers like there would be no cameras or climbing ever again; they must have thought I was pretty weird, but I saw them again the next day...
Bishop seems to absorb all sorts of climbers. For some, it's home, as in, house, PO address, taxes...For other's it's "home"--as in "where the heart is," or perhaps, where the free camping is. Regardless, something about the infinite sky and champagne air of the place made everything feel possible and everyone welcoming. I think Bishop is the type of place where new friends become old friends.
The day after waving the camera in front of Jackie, Chris and John Deere, I saw them again at the Buttermilks. This time they were psyched on Saigon (V7), a typical Bishop highball. The crew was extremely friendly, and it didn't hurt they wanted to accumulate crashpads for the top-out. Regardless, Jackie and crew brought the party to this problem. "Come one, come all, and bring crashpads!" From what I saw through the lens, this problem requires some nasty core tension off of a heel-hook and a spooky top out cresting this massive dinosaur egg of boulder. As the clouds show, a major el-nino storm was approaching the high plains of California. Still, the group as motivating and warm as a sunny day.
A major El Nino Storm system, perhaps part of the reason why Pete and I had amazing weather for El Cap a week or so earlier, threatened to steamroll Bishop with nasty, wet snow. The word "Hueco"flurried in the high-plains air like snowflakes would do in a few days. On the way out of Bishop, I stopped at the local supermarket. Locals were stocking up, anticipating a complete snow lock-down. The store was so crowded, local teenagers girls were hired to distribute mini club-sandwiches from the Deli to customers waiting in the huge check-out lines... I felt silly waiting to buy just a tube of oats, knowing that I would be migrating away from this storm...
STAY TUNED FOR PART II: HUECO
-Pat.
Sneak Peak Image:
More images:
http://picasaweb.google.com/patrick.bagley.10/MemoriesOfHuecoAndBishop#
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 5, 2010
DH Again; Congrats Vasya and Francesca, Again.
The Dark Horse Comps are rolling out with great consistence and energy. And so are the competitors. Despite having constant pressure to neck-and-neck rival Rob D, Vasya managed to pull off another victory. Here's Vasya cruising the win:
... And the crowd goes wild...
... And the crowd goes wild...
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