Great pic....I guess you were too close.....Good work...

tell me this guy wasn't really doing this is in the dark.............

more of a game than a sport..........

Actually i got worried when i saw this snap...I guess the guy had crashed badly..

Nah nothing broken. just a sore butt...

priceless...well timed shot, nicely done

good capture........but, because of the bush in the fg, it centres more on this than on the climber.

good one!

DOF....the guy is out of focus and the bush is in focus....otherwise a nice snap...

Thank you for the comments. I really don't think the climber must be the sole focus to convey the idea of this challenge. I realize the climber is out of focus. That was intentional. The DOF in this photo creates a different and more interesting shot than just a plain "hey look at the climber climbing ice." Photography IMHO is an art form...not merely point and shoot.

\Author, you shouldn't submit similar entries. You are no longer anonymous. I think your next entry is a better shot. This one the climber is out of focus.

actually, rather like this one...however, jawshoewhah is correct...submitting such simular entries removes the anonimity of the entry...