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The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan and the Climbing Life (MP3)
Released the same day as the standard print edition
Title:
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan and the Climbing Life (MP3)
Written by:
Mark Synnott 
Read by:
Mark Deakins 
Format:
Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 
Number of CDs:
Duration:
13 hours 1 minutes 
MP3 size:
563 MB 
Published:
April 04 2019 
Available Date:
April 04 2019 
Age Category:
Adult 
ISBN:
9781489495839 
Genres:
Non-fiction; Biography; Recreation; Sport 
Publisher:
Bolinda audio 
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An intimate account of Alex Honnold's unprecedented, almost unimaginable feat: a 3000-foot vertical climb up El Capitan in Yosemite, without a rope.

One slip, one false move, one missed toehold and you're dead. On June 3rd 2017 veteran adventure journalist and professional climber Mark Synnott was in Yosemite to witness something that only a handful of people knew was about to occur: the most famous climber in the world, Alex Honnold, was going to attempt to summit one of the world's most challenging ascents, a route called 'Freerider' on the notorious rock formation El Capitan. It is a climb extraordinarily dangerous and difficult, and yet Honnold was going to do it 'free solo'. Meaning no help. No climbing partner. No equipment. No rope. Where a single small mistake would mean certain death. To most, it would be an insane proposition. But most are not Alex Honnold, and few know this better than Mark Synnott, which is why National Geographic sent him there to cover the story. Indeed, to summit El Cap free solo was a feat likened to Neil Armstrong first walking on the moon. In The Impossible Climb, Mark Synnott uses his own career as a professional climber, its intersection with that of Alex Honnold and the lead-up to Honnold's historic ascent, to paint an insider portrait of the elite climbing community, exploring what motivates them, the paradoxical drive to keep the sport pure and at the same time to fund climbs and the role that awareness of mortality plays in the endeavour. We watch through Mark's eyes as Alex plots, trains and attempts his heart-stopping free-solo ascent. Ultimately this is a story not only about climbing but about what makes us human, how we respond to fear and our drive to transcend the inevitability of death.

'With the possible exception of the lunar landings, free-soloing El Capitan may rank as one of the most audacious – and terrifying – things a human being has ever done. Synnott's narrative plasters you to a 3000-foot granite cliff and doesn't let you go until the climb is done.'
Sebastian Junger

'Mark Synnott's The Impossible Climb is to climbing what William Finnegan's Barbarian Days is to surfing.'
John Long

'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.'
David Laskin