Jan Virt | Photographer & Climber

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Rock climbing, alpine, ice and high mountains photographer available for assignment anywhere in the world.

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Chamonix memories from this spring's Arcteryx Academy. Triangle du Tacul in the background, Mont Blanc range.⁠
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Looking forward to views like these. Let’s see what the winter brings ❄️

A week later after we did this photo, Julie sent the « Kiss Kiss Gang Bang » her first 8a!

It was getting dark, the light conditions were becoming a nightmare to shoot in, but I think the shirt saved the day 💃

Antoine on the 2nd pitch of the Verdon classic - L'Ange en décomposition rated at 7a [5.11d]. As noted before, this route was free soloed by Alain Robert in 1992 and from the youtube video it looks like he has been lowered to the start of this pitch, not to the start of the pitch one rated at 6c.

Anyway what's great about that video too is the credits at the end, given to Boreal shoes and Beal ropes :)

Congrats @adam.ondra for the European Champion title 💪 🔥 Looking forward for what’s next.

And thanks for the quick portrait pose at the Chamonix World Cup this summer 🙏

Julie cruising the first pitch (6c) of L'Ange en Décomposition (7a) in Gorges du Verdon. Line of historical significance made famous by the film of Patrick Edlinger and his mega whipper.

Morning in the Verdon Canyon.

It has been raining the whole day before and I was hoping to get some moisture clouds in the valley, so woke up at 5:30am, drove to location, waited for an hour or so and no clouds in the bottom...well I think this rewarding view wasn't bad either.

The cliffs on the left are Les Escales, probably the most visited sector for climbing due to its easy access from parking lots above.

Congratulations to @sebbouin for his FA of this amazing line in La Ramirole. As he mentions, the route was bolted by Antoine Rhodes and the grade may be somewhere around 8c/+. Seb seems to be on fire this year with freeing La Rage d’Adam with proposed quotation of 9b/+ and freeing the hardest multipitch climbs around the world. 💪 👊 🔥