Originally Posted by quantum-x (Post 15821816)

Well, fuck. It was about time I guess.
We cruised past the other night, after been disappointed by the rather large and vicious dog waiting at the Pantheon.

We'd not expected anything. I had a few ideas of how to climb it, so clambered into my harness and started bouldering the bottom. After 10 minutes of seeing just how poor the rock was, it seemed this 900 year old behemoth would continue to defeat us.

My friends weren't enthused, and were on the point of leaving when we spotted a possible path. Bouncing off one wall, an alcove, a door, a gutter, under a gargoyle, over a ledge, we were off the ground floor. From there, everything fell into place. Over the balustrade: level up. Bouldering a stained glass window (carefully) - level up. Avoid the electric fence for the pigeons (explorers..?) - almost check.

Mounting another level, and one of the trademark flying buttresses, we were up onto the third level roof - and rewarded with a view like nothing else - but the top roof would evade us for another night.

Returning solo the next night, and determined to get up, after the better part of spending 2 hours suspended on a rope in the parisian spring sky, I managed to secure access onto the highest roof.

Returning w. my compatriots last night, well, the proof is in the pudding..
Will try to post some of the 'work in progress' shots as I get them.


First Night:
http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-1.jpg
http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-5.jpg
http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-6.jpg

Returning night:
Bonus points, seems when I got home at 7AM in the morning, no skin left on my hands, exhausted, shaken, bleeding knuckles and bruises cut into my legs from hanging on a harness for too long, I sent an email to a friend:




Last night...
Points for seeing the person in the next photo...

http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-1.jpg
http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-2.jpg
http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-3.jpg
http://www.ninjito.com/dump/2009-05-...tre-dame-5.jpg

Apologies to work, you know who you are. I promise I'm done for now, I'll work hard and be good, honest.

Originally Posted by Sly (Post 15822455)

You should put together some coffee table books of tunnels, churches, maybe cities... you always have some crazy ass work. I love your style.

Let us know if you ever decide to go to print with anything like this... I'm sure many of us would love to pick something up. One of your tunnels would look awesome on my wall.

Originally Posted by quantum-x (Post 15822480)

thanks.. more than happy to swing you hires shots though if you want to get prints made :)

Originally Posted by quantum-x (Post 15822480)

thanks.. more than happy to swing you hires shots though if you want to get prints made :)

Originally Posted by munki (Post 15822628)

I'd love to get some hi res's from a few of your shoots... any samp galleries up anywhere?

Quantum could end up owning pretty much all the display real estate in my office area.

Originally Posted by Sly (Post 15822638)

That would be awesome. You have posted some tunnel pictures in the past that were insane. I need to find those.

Originally Posted by crockett (Post 15823118)

btw I must say that Church has an amazing amount of detail in places that most people would never see. I guess it's easy to say after seeing this.. They just don't make them like they used to.

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 15823148)

Simply bad ass.

I like a man with balls.

Wait... that didn't come out right. Ahhh, fuck it.

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy (Post 15823148)

Simply bad ass.

I like a man with balls.

Wait... that didn't come out right. Ahhh, fuck it.

Originally Posted by alias (Post 15824116)

Do you have a blog for these?

Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben (Post 15824218)

QX is that hilltop hoods doing that redgum song ?

Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben (Post 15824210)

alias he posted a link earlier in the thread - not a blog but a directory full of his amazing pics

http://ninjito.com/dump/

Originally Posted by alias (Post 15824243)

Thanks Ben, I just wanted a way to share it off this board.