When photographer John Price and I talked earlier today about the slideshow on the following pages, I had a hard time wrapping my head around where exactly he lives. “I’m in Banff… I’m from Australia. I lived here from 2012-2013… I went to Australia last year, then to Nepal [as a member of] a New Zealand/Australian expedition to an unclimbed mountain in the northeast corridor called Anidesha Chuli (6900m; read more here)… my plan was to move back to Canmore, which is where I’ll move in a month.
“I’m just climbing and working on my dreams and desires to be an alpinist, and documenting what I can.” Price has been climbing for the past six years and shooting photos for the past three. “I’ve been lucky to have photography mentors in the Rockies,” he tells me.
–Chris Van Leuven
[Photos] John Price
[Top] Jasmin Fauteux traverses thin ice to gain Sea of Vapors (WI6/7+) on Mt. Rundle’s Trophy Wall, Banff National Park. [Bottom] Fauteux and Paul Taylor second the third pitch of the Sea.
[Photo] John Price
[Top] Takeshi Tani keeps the pump at bay with good technique while climbing steep ice on Cyber Pasty Memorial (WI5+ M7+). [Bottom] Tani pulls a steep curtain of ice on the second pitch of Cyber Pasty.
[Photo] John Price
Raf Andronowski boulders on a curtain of ice in Marble Canyon, Kootenay National Park, B.C.
[Photo] John Price
Kris Irwin navigates steep ice high above the Icefields Parkway on Cadeau Cache (WI5).
[Photos] John Price
[Top] Kris Irwin peers around the corner and assesses his line while tackling the crux pitch of The Sorcerer (WI5) in the Ghost River Valley. [Bottom] Mark Sinasac rappels Sorcerer.
[Photo] John Price
Kris Irwin starts up Damocles (WI6) on the Icefields Parkway.
[Photo] John Price
Joyanne Krupa reaches the belay on Louise Falls (WI4+), Banff National Park.
[Photo] John Price
Jonathan Fox climbs towards the stars on a clear and cold night at Haffner Creek, Kootenay National Park, B.C.
[To see more of Price’s work, check out his website, Facebook page or follow him on Instagram–Ed.]