danyang

Rock, Temporarily

2024–ongoing

Pink climbing rope knotted against a massive granite face in dappled light

When does rock become a route...and for how long?

Spring-loaded camming device seated deep within a granite split with sling and carabiner
Cam placement in granite crack
Trad gear placement inside rock fissure
Temporary protection
Climber reaching hand into steep roof crack in dark shadow
Hold contact, roof
Mossy boulder blanketed with early winter snow
Boulders and snow
Climber below rock wall looking up along orange rope line
Looking up the line
Sunlight illuminating textured granite through a natural aperture
Aperture and shadow
Climber in winter landscape disappearing into snowy forest path
Approach, winter
Snowfall through dense pine forest
Precipitation
Orange climbing rope cutting diagonally across frozen winter rock face and icefalls in snowfall
Icefall, winter line
Vertical limestone cliff face and cave arch in Xishuangbanna with hanging canopy and textured rock features
Limestone aperture and canopy · Xishuangbanna
Direct sunlight filtering through green forest canopy
Canopy light
Horizontal rope rigging cutting across dark woodland trunks
Rigging line
Sandstone pocket and geological stratification
Sedimentary surface and pocket