The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XK1HRHP |
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| Number of Pages | : | 351 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell's affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. Caldwell's odds-defying feat was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan's bigges