The impossible climb : Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the climbing life
Synnott, Mark2019
Book
"One slip, one false move, one missed toehold, and you're dead. Alex Honnold, the #1 free solo climber in the world, chose the route known as Freerider on Yosemite's El Capitan, a series of pitches so hard that it's newsworthy when someone free climbs it with a rope. No one had ever 'free soloed' it before; only a few people have ever even contemplated it. That four-hour climb on June 3, 2017, was, simply, one of the boldest feats in human history. At the same time, it was almost unbearable to watch--as Mark Synnott did"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Author:
Synnott, Mark, author
Imprint:
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2019.©2019
Collation:
viii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Contents:
The Hon is going to freesolo El Cap -- Crazy kids of America -- A vision of the stone masters' lightning -- Stone monkey -- Crashing the gravy train on the vertical mile -- The secret weapon, Mr. safety, and Jimmy Chin -- Non-profit -- Secret dawn walls -- Alex's amygdala -- The source -- "Her attitude is awesome ..." -- Fun.
ISBN:
9781760633226 (paperback)
Dewey class:
796.5223092796.5223
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
348758