The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall

THE STORY BEHIND THE HARDEST CLIMB IN HISTORY & ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY 'DAWN WALL' 'Heart-stopping, absorbing' Daily Mail 'The most daring free climber on the planet' The Times__________ In 2015, climber Tommy Caldwell took on the hardest challenge of his life, spending 19 days freeclimbing Yosemite's vertical, 3000-foot Dawn Wall - regarded as the most difficult climb in history and a route nobody had ever done before. This odds-defying feat was the culmination of seven years planning and a lifetime of determination. Here, he recounts how he got there, the falls and setbacks - being held hostage, losing his index finger, the break-up of his marriage - the summits conquered and the fears overcome. Fans of Free Solo and Dawn Wall, and climbers and non-climbers alike, will be gripped by this story of drive, focus and achieving the impossible. __________ 'The Push is not simply a book about rock climbing' Guardian 'Probably the greatest living athlete most people have never heard of' Telegraph 'Arguably the best all-round rock climber on the planet' National Geographic 'A real page-turner . . . captivating and deeply moving' Climb magazine 'Captivating and unfailingly honest' Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air

THE STORY BEHIND THE HARDEST CLIMB IN HISTORY & ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ''DAWN WALL''

''Heart-stopping, absorbing'' Daily Mail
''The most daring free climber on the planet'' The Times
__________

In 2015, climber Tommy Caldwell took on the hardest challenge of his life, spending 19 days freeclimbing Yosemite''s vertical, 3000-foot Dawn Wall - regarded as the most difficult climb in history and a route nobody had ever done before.

This odds-defying feat was the culmination of seven years planning and a lifetime of determination.

Here, he recounts how he got there, the falls and setbacks - being held hostage, losing his index finger, the break-up of his marriage - the summits conquered and the fears overcome.

Fans of Free Solo and Dawn Wall, and climbers and non-climbers alike, will be gripped by this story of drive, focus and achieving the impossible.
__________

''The Push is not simply a book about rock climbing'' Guardian

''Probably the greatest living athlete most people have never heard of'' Telegraph

''Arguably the best all-round rock climber on the planet'' National Geographic

''A real page-turner . . . captivating and deeply moving'' Climb magazine

''Captivating and unfailingly honest'' Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air

• | Author: Tommy Caldwell
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781405924740
• | ISBN-10: 1405924748