Alpinist and a weary traveler...

[Morrow7x]

After watching the kinda cool/kinda creepy old Sean Connery movie 5 Days One Summer, I wanted to do a sort of old-timey mountain climber. I guess I actually did an old-timey mountain descender!

Got a little carried away on the roughout, so I cut it off at what would have been the waist, and made the little wizard-style traveler out of that first piece.

Fun stuff. ;-)


Getting the boot bent up without ruining the sole was kind of the crux for me. This is the second one recently where I've started with the feet and legs- seems weird, I usually start at the top...

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Here he is on today's route...

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Oops, it didn't dawn on me the inside of the hand would be so prominent- I never pay much attention to that! :-)

Here's where he'll be hanging out...

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The little weary traveler. LOL, he's a bit of a knuckle dragger!

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I took the advice of the experienced carvers on this forum for these whittles- using cardboard instead of leather for a strop. I feel like it really helped with the spots that usually give me trouble. No 'Butterfinger Bar' on the inside of his arms or the beard. So, thanks for that!

[pallin]

Here is a carving of a climber using a dulfersitz rappel. I bought it from the actual carver at his little shop in Oberammergau, Germany. Note the upper hand is over-sized to handle the load. Not many mountaineers do that anymore.

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[woodburner807]

Nice carving and a great display/home.

[uvawyo]

Morrow, I like 'em both!!

[Morrow7x]

Here is a carving of a climber using a dulfersitz rappel. I bought it from the actual carver at his little shop in Oberammergau, Germany. Note the upper hand is over-sized to handle the load. Not many mountaineers do that anymore.

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That had to hurt like heck- more pressure if you go slow, burn if you go fast! I've only rappelled a few times, with a nylon loop and figure 8, thankfully! :-)

I'll bet that was a neat shop!

[yolli]

Morrow, your climbing man is really good. Perhaps I will try cardboard also.

[JBright11]

Nice carvings Morrow!

[Rodster]

Great carving and interesting commentary ...

[Eddy-Smiles]

Very nice and very unique!

[Claude]

I like both your figures! Glad the cardboard strop is working for you.

Claude

[JoeVM]

Nice climber.

[T J]

Morrow, love both of your carvings and how you’ve displayed the climber. I too tried stropping on cardboard and was surprised how well it worked.

[Morrow7x]

Thanks, all.

Funny how the little stubby guys salvaged from the scrap pile have become some of my favorites over the last couple years.

One of the neat things about this hobby. ;-)