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I am looking for a female rock climber to be a model for a photo shoot for a global ad.
I work for a healthcare advertising agency
I have an image of what we are trying to recreate and would be grateful for any volunteers- we will pay a fee and expenses
Time is precious and we need to shoot the image in the next two weeks.
Please e mail me for more details.

In reply to Luisa Giles:

Thanks... Just sent the proposed image... hope you can do it!!

In reply to Sarah P: if she can't, i might be interested. have emailed you.

claire

In reply to Sarah P:

I can dress up if you like?

Please, I need the money.

g

In reply to Gruff:
I think a bloke in a dress might be pusing equality a bit far.

In reply to Mike Simmonds:

i think you are right there!

In reply to Sarah P:

Please not another sanitary towels ad ...:/

In reply to Luisa Giles: have u seen the image? i can't do that ! at least, i've never tried ..and wouldnt want to i don't think!

In reply to Sarah P:
whats the angle you are going for? what kind of ability in climbing is needed? what dates and where for the photo shoot?

In reply to cf:

Now I'm intrigued....... what's the image?!

In reply to Carolyn:

yeah, let's all see this image!

In reply to Sarah P:
I nominate Anni!!!!!!

Now I *am* intrigued - is this am image of something (a) physically impossible (b) hilariously unrealistic (c) rude (d) involving sheep?

Mind boggles.

In reply to Wingnut:

Now, I was just assuming it was a ridiculous hanging off huge overhang by one little finger whilst still looking cool type pose, but......

In reply to Wingnut:
Now I *am* intrigued - is this am image of something (a) physically impossible (b) hilariously unrealistic (c) rude (d) involving sheep?

Well if it does involve me i want paying, and if i even get a hint of wellies im off!

In reply to Carolyn: yeh, got it in one. its just very very difficult! or i'm just very very crap, i dunno. i'll email it to u if u want !

In reply to cf:
Pass it around, I could do with a good laugh!

In reply to cf:

Go on then, give me a giggle!

carolynotley@yahoo.co.uk

Need something to liven up my day!

In reply to cf:

I ALMOST managed to do one on a lamp-post once, waiting for the train on my way to go climbing.....

Don't actually think many male climbers would manage either.. maybe they should ask some gymnast instead...

In reply to Marita:

I ALMOST managed to do one on a lamp-post once, waiting for the train on my way to go climbing.....
Don't actually think many male climbers would manage either.. maybe they should ask some gymnast instead...


And now, I'm intrigued!!!.. could you send me a copy? mtkru@yahoo.co.uk

In reply to Wingnut: Send it on, Liz?

I'm intrigued by the LampPost reference...

T

In reply to cf:
Sent you my mail address - I think the boys are getting interested!

In reply to O Mighty Tim:

One of my (male) friends did actually do one on the lamp post in question.... but then he can do quite a few one arm pullups.....

can someone send it to me too?
simes303@hotmail.com

In reply to ianb: From the lamp post reference, my guess is on a side lever (handstand sideways) a la Dan Osman in that No Fear poster.

Anywhere near?

Pete

In reply to Sarah P:

If you've got any ads coming up which might call for an overweight balding male bumbly faffing on big holds on a severe, get in touch; I'm your man and I could use the money.

JAMIE B>

In reply to si:

ooh, go on, let us have a look

hellytot@hotmail.com

xx

In reply to Jamie B.:

Slippery slope is advertising Jamie. Downhill to hades and top roping. Being paid to stand around on severes is just the thin end of the wedge. First you'de be going up and and down to get the right picture, with perhaps bit of rope assistance after having done the same thing all afternoon. Just remember it's a gateway drug and you would start considering those high paid offers to be seen bolt clipping in Prana. Once there your fate would be sealed and you would be riding the sleazy wave of money and fame until finally you leave the stratospheric high of financial liquidity and find yourself in an agonising monetary comedown where you dry tool up 3 star classic diffs while on a toprope to fund a lifestyle of supernoodles and special brew. Tread with care

In reply to TobyT: Fair play to lass... (he says, after deciding against a smutty comment)

In reply to cf:

Let's have a look. I think I know what it is, a tiny climbing gremlin here can do it but he leads 7a+

Offer them a yoga style headstand instead.

In reply to HL: But he a GIRL???
Or pass for one in daylight...

In reply to HL:

yeh! i can do a good one of them...

In reply to cf:

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Think they'd do well to play around on the computer a bit more!

In reply to Carolyn:

I would like to have a look! (btw I am a girl)

In reply to francoise:

I'll send it on - just a sec!

In reply to Carolyn:

Got the photo from Tim. Just tried it from my stairs bannister. It's bloody hard! But it is possible to doctor a photo to look like that with photoshop!

In reply to Carolyn:

hehehe. Go on, who can do that then?
I certainly can't.

In reply to Hel:
What??????
Please?

In reply to Hel:

Let me see too. markasshaw@hotmail.com
Cheers.

In reply to Carolyn:
Can somebody not put it in their profile/photos and then we all can have a look

In reply to belfast_mark: I know for a start I wouldn't be able to do it, I've got a photo of Bruce Lee lying on a reclining weight bench, he's holding onto a foot pad and only his head and shoulders are touching the bench, I had a go when I was feeling all fit and healthy at the end of last year, all I managed was a bit of sweating, some strange noises and a strained back...

In reply to Hel:
I can do that however I'm not female...

In reply to Sarah P: Could someone please send me a copy of the aforementioned image to neal.mcgovern@lycos.com thank you

In reply to neal mc govern: Well, I would, but work have a policy about sending hardcore images by email...

;^)

In reply to Anonymous:

I was planning to, but for some reason it's a pdf file.....

In reply to Carolyn:

Try this...
http://members.lycos.co.uk/bigcivilmelon/IV3000_r.climber.pdf

In reply to Sarah P:

Ha ha - I just presumed this was a porn junk mail thing! anyway - she has a photo already, so why does she need another one then? eh?

In reply to mich:
But maybe they doesn't have the copyright on that one? And what about the quality?

In reply to Sarah P: That photo is really blatantly been done in photoshop somebody standing up has just been rotated to fit the picture.. Tidy arse though!

I would of thought a gymnast would be a better choice for that one as they tend to do those really static holds more often than a climber..

My two pence worth...

I reckon Anni can do it, she's been demoing her lock offs on my pull up bar... and she'll do anything for money...

Anni.. have a go... whats the worst that can happen.. break an ankle?

MattyK

In reply to Mattyk:

You don't need a gymnast for that, it's a piece of piss. All she's doing is hanging a jug and pushing out from the wall, that doesn't take much power at all - surely most climbers could do that?

In reply to Anonymous: yeah but sticking your legs out that takes abdominal (sp.) power! and it has to be static. if you just swing into that position which would be realtively easy, you're gona look crap basically!

mat k

In reply to Sarah P:

oops. Just thought I'd try to break myself (again) by trying this on the partition of my Hermann Miller pigpen.

Result:

I'm in one piece still.

Partition is broken.

In reply to Mattyk:
Yeah, it's not the arms (so much) it's getting your legs out at that angle!

Cpt P: Oooops........

In reply to gingerkate:

Cheers to whoever it was stuck it up on their website!

Anyway, yes, it doesn't seem to be arm strength that's most important, it's getting your legs up. Tried it at the climbing wall - fortunately no one else there to watch. Or maybe it's unfortunate, I'm sure they would have joined in the experiment....

In reply to Mattyk:


Yeah, I noticed that too.....

In reply to Carolyn:

Tried it the wall last night. With the right holds I can do it for about half a second

In reply to Marita: Does no one else (alternatively is no one else sad enough to...) remember the much much better and more impressive picture of someone doing this whilst soloing in Yosemitee IIRC? It was the front cover of a very edition of OTE, probably around 90 or 91.

In reply to TobyA: which got made into a No Fear poster IIRC?

In reply to TobyA: think you are referring to the photo mentioned in above thread of Dan Osman- IIRC, he did the lever shortly after breaking some ribs. What a loon..g

In reply to TobyA and Ian and lummox:
So maybe that's where the advert people got the idea? But they thought it'd look better with a girl doing it..........

In reply to Sarah P:
Actually, the picture on the cover of OTE was of a french guy in Verdon.
Its not as hard as it looks, if you can do a front lever easily enough, its not much harder than that.

In reply to gingerkate:

Let's face it - most advertising agencies probably think most pictures look better with girls in them rather than blokes...

In reply to Stuart S:

..and they'd be right!

In reply to Hel:

Bet my nephew can do it - and he looks like a girl too!! (He's tiny and VERY strong, which is I guess what's needed.) Gonna have to ask him next time he comes to visit......

In reply to lummox:

Here's the original...

http://www.cygnus.uwa.edu.au/~mpuchmay/gifs/poster13.gif

In reply to francoise:

Maybe you're the one then... can you take a photo?

In reply to Sarah P:

OK cut the crap... good money on offer, who can really do it???

Need to shoot photos next Thurs/Fri

Boulder needs to resemble a neck, any help with location appreciated

In reply to sarah philp:

Why don't you ask a gymnast? You'd have a lot better chance of finding a girl who could do it then... (and they might not be as interested in talking 'crap' like us climbers )I'm reasonable strong and 'thuggy' for a female climber, and I can hold a position like that for about half a second!

In reply to sarah philp:
Marita is probably right. You need not just 'a female climber' you need a very very good female climber. If I were you I'd email some people........ Mick Ryan comes to mind......... and ask them for suggestions.

Does it have to be someone in the UK?

In reply to Mattyk:

>That photo is really blatantly been done in photoshop somebody standing up has just been rotated to fit the picture..

I think not - Dan Osman (for it is he) was famous for just this trick.

Someone give sarahp Lucy Creamer's e-mail address, for God's sake.

In reply to gingerkate:


Don't even need that, just need a very strong female. No need for them to be a good climber (or even a climber at all).

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:


errr - it has. You can see that the girls legs are not in the right position and her hair is hanging wrong and the rock, the girl and the background don't match up and you can see where the individual items have been cut around....

In reply to mich:

I think we must be talking about different pictures. I'm talking about Dan Osman on the No Fear poster.

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:
Well Matty and everyone else on this thread are talking about sarah's mock up for the ad. If you send me an email I'll send it you.

In reply to Marita:
(and they might not be as interested in talking 'crap' like us climbers )

What I meant to say is let's cut to the chase... I'm running out of time aaarrgghh and appreciate comment... was quite amused by everyone ruminating about the pose!

In reply to gingerkate:

Thanks for all suggestions... I have no experience at alll in climbing, I'm just the chick that has to make things happen.

Alex at Summitt suggested I posted this out to you guys

In reply to sarah.p:
Well at least one of our resident RT climbing gods now has the pic, so maybe he'll know someone..............

In reply to Sarah P:
Get a female gymnast, or settle for one of the blokes on tis site who can do it [for example me if there's good money in the offing ]

In reply to Stuart S:

Who is Anni?

In reply to Nik at work:

May be a possibility... are you free next Thurs/Fri?

Can you send some pics?

In reply to sarah P:

Call the climbing shop at the Castle climbing wall (London). Two of the girls working there (Audrey & Gabi) are both very strong.

You could alway ask FH .. he got the work so I've heard (sic)

In reply to sarah P:
In all seriousness I'm an ugly little f*cker (see my profile pics if you want). But if you are interested then where would I need to be?
What pics would you want?

In reply to cf:

Although probably not in a shaving ad. I dunno, bearded ladies just don't seem to be in vogue these days...

In reply to sarah.p: Sarah, cutting to the chase, this ISN'T that difficult, for any of the girls on here.
Big jug to swing from, and swing legs up, while pushing with the free hand.
"CLICK!"

I dunno about a 1/2 second, decent photographer will want the right position for about a 1/1000...
Repeat for 72 shots, and relax?

Ladees, if there's money up for grabs, go for it!

So, anyone know WHERE this 'neck like' boulder may be?

Tim, TG

In reply to Mark Tolver: Depends on WHAT they're shaving, innit!?!?!

;^)

In reply to O Mighty Tim:


Yes, swinging legs up into the position from a standing position on the ground is on thing... doing it at the top of a boulder is another....

In reply to O Mighty Tim:

What's this reference to shaving? Its for a dressing that holds in difficult places

In reply to sarah p:
Salad dressing?
Medical dressing?

In reply to O Mighty Tim:

Actually don't answer that!!

In reply to Nik at work:


you tart!

In reply to Simon Tyler:
I am just curious, its not often women suggest that I email them some pics, and in the past I have always been arrested shortly after obliging so I am just checking that I'm not mis-reading the signals.

Anyway I'm more of a slut than a tart.

In reply to Nik at work:
Can't be too specific... would steal our big launch thunder!! But it's medical!

I

Any pics, we're having a dull afternoon and need a laugh!

We need all your vital stats...

Or shall i just check out your profile?

In reply to Sarah P: i think you should take up one of the blokes offering themselves! i'm sure theres girls who can do what u want...but the blokes are SO keen to show themselves off, give them a chance!!

In reply to Nik at work: a tart is just a slut with more expensive makeup...

In reply to Kipper:
Hey if someone wants to send me a cheque thats fine by me...

In reply to Simon Tyler:
I'm beyond makeup...

In reply to Nik at work:
You have a very nice back. And the buyers of these wound care dressings......... they might likely be female healthcare people, why not?......... so why use a girl?

In reply to gingerkate:
Thank-you.

In reply to gingerkate: wound care dressing?

In reply to rich:
Isn't that what the lady said? It's a dressing for neck wounds or something like that?

In reply to gingerkate: What like the sort of wound you get when a female climber hangs from your neck?

In reply to Ian Hill:
What when she bites you, you mean?

In reply to gingerkate: those hickeys can be very embarrasing...

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:


But Matty K wasn't (unless he thinks Dan Osman has a tidy arse?)

In reply to mich:

A very fair point. And I've now seen the mock-up, and yes it is evidently doctored.

In reply to sarah p:

I'll check with her again this evening, but last time we spoke, she reckoned she wasn't strong enough for the pose you're after...

In reply to sarah p:

To answer your question though:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/profile.php?id=1474

In reply to Sarah P:
The one girl I know who might be able to do it is Jo. I've rung her, she's going to try it tonight. She used to be a gymnast, so maybe.......

Has it got to be static, she wanted to know?

In reply to Sarah P:

Okay, let's cut the crap.

If you already have an image (and you have), why not simply employ somebody with good enough graphic skills to make a decent attempt at a picture using graphic techniques?

Why does it have to be 'authentic' - you're going to fiddle with it anyway to put the plaster between the hands (i.e climber unable to pull plaster off 'neck' rock)?

It's only an advert for a bloody (pun intended) sticking plaster, after all.

In reply to Sarah P:

Lucy Creamer is the girl for us... sorted!!

Thanks for all the chat!