Karen Quest is a West Coast based trick roper and whip artist. There are precious few people left who know these skills and even fewer active performers. I photographed her one day at The Puyallup Fair.
Rope Spinning
Skip Rope
Start Like This
Climb Inside
Move it Up and Down
Now Try Something Harder...
Big Loop
Bigger...
Bigger Still...
All The Rope!
Whip Cracking
Is Everybody Awake?
They Don't Do This to Spaghetti in Italy
A Blindfold and a Long Whip
Don't Miss!
Fun show, Thanks Karen!