Alone on the Wall (Audiobook)

from sarcher

I don't climb and my immediate thought after hitting the specialized vocabulary on page one was, "I'm in over my head." What I found however, was a careful sprinkling of context and parentheticals throughout the text to help the reader like me. While there were still references I didn't get, the ...

from jrissman

"Alone on the Wall" (2015) by Alex Honnold and David Roberts is a chronicle of the climbing career (to date) of Alex Honnold. Honnold is a highly skilled, 29-year-old rock climber who has completed a number of "free solo" ascents (climbing without ropes or protection, so a fall means likely death...

from konastories

This book made my palms sweat just to read it.  This is an amazing young climber who just solo climbed El Cap, it's like landing on the moon!  Great story for any adventure people out there, and perfect read if you want to be inspired to push your limits. - Brenda

from breic

I had to read this after watching the excellent movie, "Free Solo." The movie is much better, with a view into Honnold's climbing, his life and relationships, and the ethics of making a movie about a deadly sport. This book is more focused on climbing. It has lots of filler, and not much drama. H...

from drmaf

This guy is seriously extreme. Alex Honnold is arguably the world's greatest exponent of free-solo climbing - no ropes, no equipment, no partner to save him if things go wrong. He falls, he dies. With only a bag of chalk, climbing shoes and his fingertips, he climbs to terrifying heights on the w...