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Xander Bianchi

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monochrome moments, but everything about last week in SLC was full color—the energy, the people, the shared obsession with moving well in the vertical world. crews from 3 continents showed up with their own styles, their own systems, their own stories.

big respect to @petzl_professional for putting it all together for the first time since 2020. every detail was dialed, from creative challenges in two awesome locations to the all-time crew of judges.

beyond stoked to be there supporting @wilstone8 @thornekeith @fishonrope as they put on an absolute clinic while representing @the.gravity.line.

more soon from the GL crew…

📸: @xander.bianchi taken in Salt Lake City, Utah by @xander.bianchi

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Huge thanks to @petzl_professional for putting on another incredible RopeTrip. They continue to highlight the fun, creativity, and skill in the rope world and remind us just how awesome it really is to work in the rope based industries.

Teams from across the globe showed up to throw down, connect, and learn from each other. The level of talent and stoke out there is unreal.

Back in 2020, Keith, Greg, and Wilson took 1st place and this year we’re beyond psyched to bring home gold again, this time representing Ropes That Rescue and GravityLine.

Grateful for the crew, the experience, and the opportunity to be part of something this special.

📸 All photos by GL’s own @xander.bianchi

@fishonrope @wilstone8 @thornekeith @blackhawkcaveira taken in Salt Lake City, UT by @xander.bianchi

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I’m generally not a fan of monkeys, having been chased by wild baboons in the Western Cape, rocks thrown at our truck in the southern Hejaz, and bananas stolen by macaques on the Andaman coast.

But there’s something undeniably arresting when you make eye contact with one — something that makes you feel like you can’t look away. In those eyes, that face, you suddenly know in your bones that you’re actually staring at yourself. And despite bearing all the trappings of a technologically advanced species, you humbly (or perhaps uncomfortably?) feel your place in the animal kingdom, as part of this planet — rather than some foreign creature separate from it.

📷: Swayambhu Mahachaitya, Kathmandu, Nepal. January 2020.

#natgeo
#nepal
#sonyalpha taken in Swayambhu Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal by @xander.bianchi

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Digging into the archives. As the mountains here in Colorado slowly begin to adorn themselves with their white winter attire, my mind takes me to the eastern Mediterranean — to memories of sunshine, tufas, and kebabs.

📷: Michal Matyjasik on Come On, Come On, Come On (7c/+), Çitdibi, Türkiye. taken in Çitdibi, Konyaaltı by @xander.bianchi

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Still searching. taken in Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico by @xander.bianchi

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4 years ago

taken in Ouray Ice Park by @xander.bianchi

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taken in Ouray Ice Park by @xander.bianchi

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taken in Ouray Ice Park by @xander.bianchi

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taken in Ouray Ice Park by @xander.bianchi

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taken in Ouray Ice Park by @xander.bianchi

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taken in Ouray Ice Park by @xander.bianchi

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Breathe in. A planet holds me gently to her side, and rolls over into the night. Breathe out. taken in Yosemite National Park by @xander.bianchi

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