The Impossible Climb
Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
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Narrateur(s):
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Mark Deakins
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Auteur(s):
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Mark Synnott
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Instant National Best Seller
New York Times Monthly Best Seller
One of the 10 Best Books of March - Paste Magazine
A deeply reported insider perspective of Alex Honnold’s historic achievement and the culture and history of climbing.
“One of the most compelling accounts of a climb and the climbing ethos that I've ever read.” (Sebastian Junger)
In Mark Synnott’s unique window on the ethos of climbing, his friend Alex Honnold’s astonishing “free solo” ascent of El Capitan’s 3,000 feet of sheer granite is the central act. When Honnold topped out at 9:28 a.m. on June 3, 2017, having spent fewer than four hours on his historic ascent, the world gave a collective gasp. The New York Times described it as “one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever.”
Synnott’s personal history of his own obsession with climbing since he was a teenager - through professional climbing triumphs and defeats and the dilemmas they render - makes this a deeply reported, enchanting revelation about living life to the fullest. What are we doing if not an impossible climb?
Synnott delves into a raggedy culture that emerged decades earlier during Yosemite’s Golden Age, when pioneering climbers like Royal Robbins and Warren Harding invented the sport that Honnold would turn on its ear. Painting an authentic, wry portrait of climbing history and profiling Yosemite heroes and the harlequin tribes of climbers known as the Stonemasters and the Stone Monkeys, Synnott weaves in his own experiences with poignant insight and wit: Tensions burst on the mile-high northwest face of Pakistan’s Great Trango Tower; fellow climber Jimmy Chin miraculously persuades an official in the Borneo jungle to allow Honnold’s first foreign expedition, led by Synnott, to continue; armed bandits accost the same trio at the foot of a tower in the Chad desert....
The Impossible Climb is an emotional drama driven by people exploring the limits of human potential and seeking a perfect, choreographed dance with nature. Honnold dared far beyond the ordinary, beyond any climber in history. But this story of sublime heights is really about all of us. Who doesn’t need to face down fear and make the most of the time we have?
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Ce que les critiques en disent
“A thrills-and-chills - and occasional spills - view of the mad heroes of free climbing.... Fans of mountaineering will find this a winner.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Readers will pick up this for Honnold but will be equally engrossed by Synnott’s own adventures and writing.” (Library Journal)
“Yes, The Impossible Climb is the gripping story of the most perilous rock ascent of all time - but it’s much more than that. In seamlessly fusing memoir, reporting, social history, climbing lore, technical expertise, and intimate glimpses of his tribe, Mark Synnott has given us a kind of epic of life on the edge. Even readers who have never set toe to rock are going to find themselves glued to this insanely brilliant account of extreme athletic ambition and endurance.” (David Laskin, author of The Children’s Blizzard)
“Bracing...brings Honnold’s epic, rope-free ascent to vivid life.” (Harper's Bazaar)
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- Rodd
- 2022-03-28
Great look into Alex and climbing
Really enjoyed the in depth look into Alex.Loved that he explained the climbers that came before Alex that helped shape who alex is and pushed him to not be just another climber. Really enjoyed the history lesson. Would definitely recommend.
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- Ned
- 2019-03-14
great listen
I really enjoyed listening to this book. The narrator was good enough and the story was great. This book really puts honnolds free solo of el cap into context by providing a very entertaining and deeper history of modern rock climbing told first hand through the authors stories and personal experiences. There are details in this book that helps the reader to understand Honnold and his climbs without them being sensationalized. For example, the details about the whole amygdala thing are explained much better than in the movie Free Solo.
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