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Jan Virt

@janvirt.official

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Photographer | Director
Official Photographer @ World Climbing since 2020
El Cap • Cho Oyu • Aconcagua
Climbing prints -> link below

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Back on Mont Rebei. All the way to pitch seven this time, rehearsing the moves, reading the wall, enjoying the process. Good company makes the difference on a route like this. 
This line has been in the works for over a decade. Seven pitches of limestone above a turquoise gorge in Catalonia, bolted ground-up, topping out at about 9a+ One of the most demanding multi-pitch projects in the world and one of the most beautiful places to keep coming back to.
 @chris_sharma taken in Congost de Mont-rebei by @janvirt.official

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4 months ago

Adam Ondra on Egoland, Marmolada. Onsight attempt.

Onsight on such a route hits different. It rained a lot the evening before and it washed off most of the chalk from Berni, who was also rigging the static line for us to film from. On the 8c crux pitch, Adam couldn’t see the hold, tried different beta, and a tiny spike snapped off under his hand. Onsight gone.

Adam falls and we got a reminder of how loud can he scream. Then, just as fast, he was back to enjoying the climbing as if nothing had happened and sends the pitch on second go with ease.
 Opened by Berni Rivadossi and Max Faletti, redpointed by Berni and Luca Bana. Grey rock, 30 degree overhang, then 7c to 8a pitches above that Adam calls « total climbing ecstasy. »
 The stakes were high, and we felt it behind the lens too. Right as Adam set off on that crux pitch, the sun hit it, and light and shadows started racing across the face. 
@adam.ondra @lasportivagram
 #dolomites #marmolada #multipitch #climbing taken in Marmolada by @janvirt.official

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10 hours ago

We’re thrilled to announce the KendalPitch shortlisted filmmakers!

Huge congratulations to:

🏔️ The Mountain Never Forgot directed by Jan Virt

🐑 Woolly Jumpers directed by Will Birkett

🗺️ Attention All Shipping directed by Max Burton

💧 Mere directed by Juliet Klottrup

🌊 Shifting Tides directed by Abbie Merritt

Each of these filmmakers will pitch live at Kendal Mountain Festival in front of an international jury and Festival audience, with the winner receiving a £10,000 award and mentorship from Beyond Boundaries Films.

Find out more on our website (link in bio), and keep an eye out for tickets going on sale soon!

#ShareTheAdventure | @beyondboundariesfilm taken in Kendal Mountain Festival by @janvirt.official

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9 days ago

Biographie 9a+/5.15a 💎

The most beautiful route I’ve ever climbed. My childhood dream came true !

Thanks a lot to @janvirt.official 🎥🔥

@ocun.climbing
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#engineeredforclimbing #thinkvertical #ocunclimbing by @janvirt.official

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17 days ago

If you ask me now what went wrong, I would say everything.  It was July 2020. I packed for a few days on the glacier, meals, snacks, a warm sleeping bag. It turned out to be a day trip instead for which I partially blame my French at the time, maybe that intel got lost in translation. 
The route was harder than expected and we ran out of day. We didn’t make it past the third pitch of Voie Petit.
 That same afternoon, on the walk back to Midi, the radio tower never got closer. Everyone who’s been there knows the walk back, it feels endless! With a humble heart I handed some of my gear to the two. We caught the last lift out of sheer mercy and rode down next to a huge trash can from the restaurant…Exhausted, I leaned on the wall and almost passed out.  The rope came back core shot. Nobody knows how and where.
 Six years later, this summer, Hugo went back stronger with way more experience in the Alpine, this time with Esteban Daligault, going for three big routes in under 24 hours. They climbed two of them, 900 meters in eleven hours, before a thunderstorm ended it. Amazing feat either way and I am sure they are already planning the return.
 I would reshoot every frame from that trip, bad angles, camera settings…what I wouldn’t redo is the experience, it paved the way to where I am now. 
@hugoparmentier taken in Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France by @janvirt.official

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18 days ago

Alain slips 200m up the wall.

#climbing #freesolo taken in Paris, France by @janvirt.official

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a month ago

August 2024. Climbing on the world’s biggest stage, and I had a front row seat.

A year on, still processing some of these moments.

Shot for @worldclimbing 🙏

#paris2024 #olympics #climbing #sportsphotography taken in Le Bourget by @janvirt.official

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2 months ago

Ticino state of mind.

@jane_svecova taken in Ticino, Switzerland by @janvirt.official

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2 months ago

La Force du Destin | 8b+ ☑️

Pure climbing, no music, no vibey edit.

@alexandermegos

#bouldering #climbing #fontainebleau taken in Fontainebleau, France by @janvirt.official

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2 months ago

Far from the famous climbing destinations, these limestone walls have their own history and identity.
 When Grimper Magazine asked me if I would be interested in documenting the cliffs around Poitiers, I knew something special was coming. Same feeling as the Normandy and Haute-Loire assignments, when you first ask yourself: but is there even climbing here? 
Surprised upon arrival, every time. These places have a lot to offer, and it’s not the grades. It’s the remote, hidden gems of France, kind people, always motivated to share their playground with the rest of us.
 Thanks again for another enchanting assignment Grimper Magazine 🙏
 Published in @grimpermag #253. Text: Alexis Piguel
 #climbing #escalade #grimper #france🇫🇷 taken in Vienne, France by @janvirt.official

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2 months ago

We are down to only a few pieces from this limited edition run.

Last year, we released a run of signed, limited edition prints from first ascent in Buoux, France. The positive response we received blew us away. Every penny from the sale goes straight to Climbing for a Reason, an NGO using climbing as a tool for change in Angola and beyond.

Once they’re gone, that’s it, no reprints.

@climbingforareason @alexandermegos

#climbing #alexmegos #sportclimbing taken in Buoux by @janvirt.official

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