Spoilheap Switchbacks, Pentacon 30/3.5

[NewStuff]

I took the Manfrotto CF Tripod out today for a test run to see how it would fare underground. It's a little long for my liking, so I gave it a baptism of fire by abseiling 50ft into an Abandoned slate mine. Inside this mine are a large number of spoiltips, and some can be climbed/descended to reach other levels (This mine has 7 of them). It sits higher than the top of my Backpack, but it didn't snag up on anything, so I think it's good to go.

This is a stack of 3 images, as it takes roughly 2 minutes to ascend this without ending up back where You started in a hurry, and probably picking up some pretty spectacular flesh wounds on the way (Slate is very sharp).

[Attila]

Extreme! I like it very much!

[Jon E]

Awesome, love it!

[Minolfan]

From the master of the darkness!

[SkedAddled]

Sounds to me like you're an urban explorer, and I like this picture.
I'd love to see whatever else you'd care to share with us along similar lines.

[NewStuff]

Thanks guys.

If You want to see more, then check my Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/new_stuff/

Anything I can publish goes on there. Some things I can't publish, some things I just take snaps of on the way around (Photography really slows a trip down, not everyone is fine with that).

Sometimes though, I get to go and just take pictures, and can concentrate on what I want to achieve.

[patrickh]

Astonishing. Keep it up



patrickh

[Yebisu]

Very interesting. Always enjoy your underground photos.

[NewStuff]