tara kerzhner

These are all photographs. 48 hours to shoot, 48 hours to edit. This event really tests your ability to function on a high creative level with very little sleep. So honored to take the first place win for the second year in a row.

Tara Kerzhner's award-winning documentary about PsicoRoc 2016, America's first deep water soloing climbing competition on real stone—with a touching tribute to Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, who won the women's division.

The truth is, adventures don't always fit conveniently between a sunrise and a sunset. When you're stretching the limits of the daylight hours, bright, dependable lighting is an essential tool for adventure. It's time to defy the dark.

In the spring of 2016, Greg and Mike Kerzhner set off on a 4 day push up El Capitan to free climb El Corazon, 5.13b. On their last day, I rapped down to shoot some photos, and captured a few moments during their send.

Route developer, Tom Smartt re-bolting Bushido 5.13A with our wavebolts and revolutionizing sustainable bolting in The Fins, Idaho.

There’s very little in the Universe more gratifying than to watch your labors blossom into fruits, and then marvel as others turn it into something even better. That’s what happened when volunteers, athletes, sponsors, spectators, representatives of the US Army Corps of Engineers at Summersville Lake, rescue divers, medical personnel, and a whole film production team converged on the lake Tuesday, August 23, 2016 for PsicoRoc, the first deep-water-solo climbing competition ever to be held on real stone in America. Did you miss it? No problem. Stay tuned. In coming months, we'll debut a longer version that tells the whole sordid tale behind the most unusual competition in American climbing history.

First annual Bend Summer Comp - Full Edit Coming Soon, promise.