Bancroft, second attempt...
3rd time lucky:
Btw, did I read somewhere, or did someone tell me that the picture was posed - in the sense that Bancroft couldn't really hold such a relaxed position and that he did so for a moment prior to pulling the kind of face and body position that most of the rest of us do?
i sense a ryan pasquil "shit isn't that...." in the offing.
3rd time lucky:Photo Bernard Newman
Quote from: John Gillott on June 09, 2009, 02:14:37 pmBtw, did I read somewhere, or did someone tell me that the picture was posed - in the sense that Bancroft couldn't really hold such a relaxed position and that he did so for a moment prior to pulling the kind of face and body position that most of the rest of us do?There was an article about it in an old Climber mag. At least there was no toprope round the arete, so not proper posed.
Don't know if it's permissible being Mountaineering, rather than your bog standard Climbing, but here goes:Dougal Haston on the Summit of Everest
couldn't find it any bigger:Ray Wood photo of Leo on Trauma
wifebeater, turquoise tights and ninjas. All boxes ticked.