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Climbing is definitely a very special hobby or sport. It’s extremely good for your body and gives you the chace to see beautiful landscapes, but also can be very dangerous. It is possible that exactly this mixture of beauty and danger is a secret formula that attracts numerous climbers. We present to you the best examples of climbing photography by Rod Mclean and Kevin Steele.
Kevin Steele shoots people in motion: action, athletes, adventure. He loves shooting people with a zest for life. Every assignment is an opportunity to create something extraordinary – authentic, emotional, time-slowing, cinematic imagery is how he sees the world. He is easy going, confident and just as comfortable in a studio, as on location hanging from ropes on the faces of Mt. Rushmore.
Kevin has worked for: Black Diamond, GEO, Men’s Journal, Microsoft, Montrail, National Geographic, Newsweek, Parade Magazine, Patagonia, PowerBar, Runner’s World, UCSB, and National Parks.
Kevin Steele in his studio and on the Mt. Rushmore
Sunrise Nose Of Mt Rushmore by Kevin Steele
On The Face Of Mt Rushmore by Kevin Steele
Search and Rescue Rope Access on the faces of Mt Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota
Looking Up Rushmore by Kevin Steele
Search and Rescue Rope Access on the faces of Mt Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota
Faces by Kevin Steele
On the faces of Mt Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota.
Men On Lincoln by Kevin Steele
Search and Rescue Rope Access Training on the faces of Mt Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota.
Slot Canyon Girl by Kevin Steele
Exploring a slot canyon called “Peek-a-Boo” in the Escalante region of Southern Utah. The slot canyons wind through the desert landscape, often glowing inside when the sun illuminates them from overhead.
El Capitan Moonscape by Kevin Steele
Full moonlight shines on El Capitan with climbers in sleeping bags in the meadow at the base. Yosemite Valley, CA.
On El Capitan by Kevin Steele
Kevin Brown drinks water near the end of a multi-day ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California
Climbing El Capitan by Kevin Steele
A climber belays and manages the ropes during a big wall ascent of the “Nose” of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, CA.
Yosemite Meadow by Kevin Steele
A man looks up at El Capitan from his sleeping bag in Yosemite Meadow in Yosemite Valley, California
Hanging Out by Kevin Steele
Relaxing at the end of the day during a winter ascent of “Electric Ladyland” in Yosemite Valley, California. “Electric Ladyland” is the name of the Big Wall route which ascends this overhanging section of Washington Column in Yosemite Valley. The route is graded VI 5.10 A4. Portaledges are collapsible cots used by Big Wall climbers.
Ice Climbing In Utah by Kevin Steele
Rob Raker climbs the last pitch of the “Stairway to Heaven” ice route on the side of Provo Canyon, Utah in December 1993. The route climbs 800 feet of cascading ice in a series of steep steps. Ice climbers ascend the frozen waterfall for sport and the conditions of the delicate ice can change daily.
