Zion Climbing: Free and Clean

Zion Climbing Free and Clean is the most comprehensive climber’s guide to Zion National Park, arguably one of the most beautiful national parks in the United States. Inside you will find up-to-date information on more than 250 free climbs and 25 of Zion’s best clean aid climbs, plus pictures and directions to the park’s most popular bouldering areas. Detailed coverage ranges from 10-foot boulder problems to 2000-foot epic free climbs, making this compilation of stories, maps, and history the best guide available to Zion.

• Authors: Bryan Bird
• Routes: 250 (click to see the complete route list)
• Difficulty: 5.5-5.13a, C1-C3
• 250 of the most classic free climbs, from Ashtar Command to Shune's Buttress
• 100 never-before published free climbs
• 25 of the best clean big walls, including Moonlight Buttress and Space Shot
• Most accurate and complete beta ever for Zion
• First ascent history—much of it previously unpublished
• Loaded with full-page photos of colour climbing action and rock formations

Specifications

• Format: Paperback
• Dimensions: 232 pages, 8.9 x 6 x 0.5"
• Published: July 31, 2009; 1st edition
• Publisher: SuperTopo
• Language: English
• Item Weight: 15.2 ounces

About the Author

Bryan Edward Bird was born in Inglewood California in 1977 and lived in southeast Los Angeles until his world was turned upside down at the early age of 13 when his father moved the family to Beaver, Utah. Bryan realized all too quickly that Beaver was not the place for him and found his way to Zion Canyon at the age of 19 not long after a summer of learning how to top rope in the Tetons. Zion Canyon taught him everything he knows about rock climbing and has become his home. He was fortunate enough to move to Zion at a time when the canyon was ripe for climbing and making friends. These motivated individuals helped shape his future and help him become the active member of the climbing community that he continues to be to this day. Bryan is now 31 years old, lives in Virgin, Utah with his wife and dog, and is still in love with this little corner of the desert.