Grabbed my climbing gear from past climbs, and staged this in the backyard, adding fill flash.
(Exposure, contrast, levels, color and saturation, cropped, resized, sharpened added border and one last levels adjust)
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Nice color, and I like the background. While the background is blurred by DOF, it's still identifiable and is applicable to the image theme (plus, it matches your title, or vice-versa). Only negative I can see you getting on this is the image is pretty much split down the middle. Good luck in the challenge.