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Welcome to the official site of Jan Virt Photography. I am rock climbing, alpine, ice and high mountains photographer available for assignment anywhere in the world. Do you have big wall project in mind, planning remote expedition or ready to send your next crimpy boulder problem? No matter what difficulty, how secluded or high your dream is, I will get there with camera in my hand ready to capture every step of your adventure.

INSTAGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Finally got a chance to visit the magical forrest of Fontainebleau this weekend and we managed to try some of the “easier” problems for few hours after it’s been raining the whole morning. Surprisingly the rock dried pretty quickly and I couldn’t blame my poor performance on the weather anymore. Well humbling lessons learned and I can’t wait to get back. This place is really amazing and can easily kick ass, based on your attitude and level of patience.
It’s hard to believe this bold line was originally climbed only on RPs and nuts. After it was bolted the grade of the first pitch downgraded from 5.12c to 5.12a.
Was proud to be shooting Yoshi @yoshi_iid on his project Cosmic Debris 5.13b. Unfortunately the cut finger forced him to stop, but no doubt he will get it on his next trip. Good job, buddy 💪
Moments like these are just too hard to explain by words. Early morning on the summit of El Capitan after our successful climb of the Nose.
Pitch below the Great Roof, where we finished the second day.
First pitch of the day two on the Nose, the stoke was high because we were climbing The Mountain 🏔
Have heard the first day on the Nose is the hardest and sure it was. We made it to El Cap tower ledge quiet late at night. It started raining and we were rushing to set up the portaledge with the rainfly, but didn’t really have time and energy to balance it properly. Needless to say we didn’t sleep well at all. Morning the next day felt terrible and especially in my case the stoke dropped down a little, plus it was a full day of leading ahead of me. However the sun came up, we made ourselves some coffee and started to soak in the ambience around us. It all started to make sense and shortly after leading the Texas Flake we were back in the game.
Selaginella, great extension to Five Open Books classics. This short wider section is rated ow 5.7++ 😀