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| Nude women Climb the Mountain |
Of all the things you ever dreamed of doing nude -- playing volleyball, driving a sports car, mowing your lawn -- rock climbing was probably not on your list. Yet a popular new craze here in Britain is pushing climbers to drop their gear before heading up the side of a cliff -- and that includes their trousers. Nude rock climbing's followers say that climbing up the side of a rock without the usual gear (like, say, pants) is a way of getting closer to nature. California-based photographer Dean Fidelman has spent many years documenting the movement, and has compiled his nude climbing shots from the past decade into an upcoming calendar called Stone Nudes 2009.
"This kind of climbing is the sport at its purest, intended to inspire and celebrate the human form," said Fidelman. "Hundreds of people are now participating in a sport that captures the true essence of the climbing spirit." Would you scale a rock face in just your birthday suit? Aren't there sharp edges on those things?
"This kind of climbing is the sport at its purest, intended to inspire and celebrate the human form," said Fidelman. "Hundreds of people are now participating in a sport that captures the true essence of the climbing spirit." Would you scale a rock face in just your birthday suit? Aren't there sharp edges on those things?
