The Cover Shot - Wild #189

Truly full circle. This shot and the accompanying article are pretty symbolic for me. Anzhela (Ange) was the instructor on a multi-pitch guiding course I was doing in the Blue Mountains. At the start of the year, I wrote some big goals for myself; the last one I had to tick off was getting an image published in an outdoor magazine. I began to tell everyone about my goal, because not only do you need to create an epic image—you need a story to go with it.

I mentioned this to Ange one day during the course, and she told me of her aspiration to write an article. On a day off, we headed out to climb Disco Non-Stop Party (25) at Pierces Pass to shoot some images…and here we are.

The location is wild—a sharp overhanging arête, in the middle of a giant amphitheatre-like valley, with a huge waterfall just to the side. You’ve got over 200m of air below you. As you rappel in, the exposure of the route really begins to make itself known. Fear in a place like this is certainly warranted.

This cover shot and words are by Daygin Prescott. You can read Anzhela’s accompanying story ‘Fear. An Honest Review’ starting on p70 of Wild issue #189.

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