THE COMMANDO SLIDE 3

Dahab, Sinai — Life or Death Manoeuvre

The Story Behind the Artwork

This artwork documents a moment where there were only two outcomes: precision or death.

After days moving through hostile terrain with no support, I reached a point where the route simply ended. Ahead was open space. Below was a drop measuring hundreds of metres. There was no safe descent, no rope, no equipment, no alternate route.

The only viable option was a manoeuvre I later named “The Commando Slide.”

With my back pressed flat against a vertical rock face, boots scraping for friction, I had to slide laterally down bare stone — controlling momentum entirely through body positioning, micro-adjustments, and pain tolerance. Gravity was constant. The rock offered no forgiveness.

Below me was a two-foot ledge.
Not a platform.
Not a safety shelf.
A margin smaller than a single misstep.

Missing it would have meant an uncontrolled fall — there would have been no recovery, no second movement, no survival window.

This manoeuvre demanded:

• Extreme spatial awareness

• Advanced body-weight physics

• Calm under terminal pressure

• The ability to suppress panic while gravity actively worked against me

This was not climbing.
This was not descent.
This was controlled survival movement in an environment where physics does not negotiate.

The artwork captures that moment mid-commitment — when retreat was impossible, the body was already in motion, and success depended entirely on discipline, balance, and execution.

There was no heroism in this moment.
Only consequence.

Why This Artwork Matters

Most survival stories focus on endurance.
This one is about precision under fatal constraint.

The Commando Slide represents a category of movement that is not taught, not standard, and not repeatable without the exact conditions, mindset, and experience.

It exists because it had to.

This piece is part of the Dahab Survival Sequence — documenting real decisions made when there were no safe options left.

Edition Details

• Title:  — The Commando Slide 3

• Location: Dahab / Sinai

• Moment: Vertical escape manoeuvre

• Style: High-contrast survival realism

• Format: Museum-grade wall art

Available Sizes

• 16 × 16 inches

• 24 × 24 inches

• 30 × 30 inches

(Square format preserves vertical scale and depth perception.)

Authenticity Statement

This artwork is based on a real, lived manoeuvre carried out under genuine life-threatening conditions.
It is not symbolic.
It is not exaggerated.

It is a visual record of a moment where physics, terrain, and human control intersected at the absolute edge.Created for the creators, designed for the artists - our blank posters put the gallery-grade paper at your disposal so that you can print all your works in exquisite detail and with high-end archival quality. Equipped with a smooth, matte surface, your artwork is printed with the Giclée technique for crisp color fidelity on par with Fine Art printing standards

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