Thank you so much for doing a more detailed examination of the shoot, and offering your services in support to the photographer and to SmugMug. The safety on this shoot was terrible, and I'm so glad, considering how trusting and nervous the employees were, that nothing bad happened. But this type of reckless shooting, either for film, photo or video, needs to be addressed. Thank you for bringing this up as well. People don't understand how easy, and unforgiving a slip can be in conditions like this.

I was at Pinnacles National Monument when a lead climber swung around and pivoted out of his harness, resulting in a fatal fall. The whole process took about a second. It literally happened in the blink of an eye, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.