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Alone on the Wall (Expanded Edition)
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Will Damron
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Alone on the Wall (Expanded Edition)
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Publisher's Summary
Includes two new chapters on Alex Honnold's free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park
On June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo Yosemite's El Capitan - to scale the wall without rope, a partner, or any protective gear - completing what was described as "the greatest feat of pure rock climbing in the history of the sport" (National Geographic) and "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever" (New York Times). Already one of the most famous adventure athletes in the world, Honnold has now been hailed as "the greatest climber of all time" (Vertical magazine).
Alone on the Wall recounts the most astonishing achievements of Honnold's extraordinary life and career, brimming with lessons on living fearlessly, taking risks, and maintaining focus even in the face of extreme danger. Now Honnold tells, for the first time and in his own words, the story of his three hours and 56 minutes on the sheer face of El Cap, which Outside called "the moon landing of free soloing.... A generation-defining climb. Bad ass and beyond words.... One of the pinnacle sporting moments of all time."
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- Phil N.
- 2022-05-10
Great book
Great book even if hard to grasp for a non climber. Well narrated! It gives great insight into Alex's Free solo of El Cap and the lead up to it.
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- Charles
- 2023-01-28
Good overall
Good book. It was interesting to gain some insight into Alex’s psychology. I always though he was simply a psychopath unable to feel normal emotions like fear. This book provided his perspective which was interesting. The book did a good job keeping my attention. Certainly not an amazing book but worth a listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-08-27
Great story, below par narraration
Pretty much everything you wanted to know. Seems at times the narrarators were completely unfamiliar with their subjects, climbing jargon can be hard to follow but there was even at least one french word that was butchered pretty well.
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- G. Walker
- 2023-06-25
Great climbing audio book!
Really wish Alex had narrated it himself, but other than that pretty good book! It also made me download the Andre Agassi book because Alex mentioned reading it.
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- Iron Lynx
- 2023-08-10
So inspiring
excellent listen. It gives an excellent insight into the mind of Alex and what is required to achieve such feats
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- steeler63
- 2022-02-18
Spectacular feat by a Humble Super Human.!
I loved this audiobook and purchased it, because I watched the Academy Award winner Documentary for Free Solo which was awesome. Alex Honnold is such a good human being, and the only Climber to sucessfully ascend The Cap in Yosemite in 3hours and 56 minutes , without using any rope, and this was a spectacular feat and unprecedented. Just wish that he would have narrated his story , because that would have made it 10 out of 10.!
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- Francois D
- 2021-03-18
Alex one hold at a time
Doing whatever you want and put you mind body and soul in your life one day at a time
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- Andrew M.
- 2021-11-30
Not what I expected
I think Alex is an amazing climber, but I can’t help but point out the fact I feel a bit complicit here in glorifying the motivation of free soloing for attention and sponsorship when many of these climbers end up falling. I like Alex, but I hope there is some way for him to evolve past just doing these climbs as I think there is a lot more to go after as an alpinist vs just a climber. He has made a name for himself so hopefully he can continue to evolve and live a long life.
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