Guardian: Just over eight years ago, I completed a free solo ascent unroped of the one of the most beautiful and challenging climbs in the world: a 350 metre crack called Moonlight Buttress in southwestern Utahs Zion national park. At the time, Alpinist magazine called it one of the most impressive free solos ever achieved.
While I find it hard to articulate exactly why Im drawn to this type of exposed, unroped climbing, the setting certainly plays a big role. Zion is aptly named: its a promised...