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The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits (2017)

door Tommy Caldwell

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Biography & Autobiography. Self-Improvement. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:A New York Times Bestseller A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite�??s El Capitan /> �??The rarest of adventure reads: it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple yet unwavering resolve can turn adversity into reward.�?� �??The Denver Post A finalist for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history�??Yosemite�??s nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after nineteen days on the route. Caldwell�??s odds-defying feat�??the subject of the documentary film The Dawn Wall to be released nationwide in September�??was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete. 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. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan�??s biggest, steepest, blankest face�??the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father. The Push is an arresting story of focus, drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation, a book that will appeal to anyone seeking to overcome fear and doubt, cultivate perseverance, turn failure into growth, and find connection wit… (meer)

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A very enjoyable climbing memoir, focusing on Tommy Caldwell's 2015 free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan, with climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson. Caldwell doesn't shy away from revealing his feelings, and we get all the dirt on his two marriages, as well as his relationships with his parents and children. Sometimes it is too much, but I suppose Caldwell should be respected for getting his feelings out on paper. He shows well how he matured over the course of his career. Still, for me the highlights of the book were the climbing sequences, especially the Fitz Roy traverse with Alex Honnold in 2014 and the Dawn Wall climb. He does a good job explaining the feeling of being up there and the hard work of preparing for it all.

> Droplets of water the size of marbles fell from the top of the wall and paused in the updraft, as if pondering their position in space, floating and glimmering in the sunlight. Sometimes they hovered in front of our faces like swarms of giant fireflies, motionless for a few seconds before speeding away. It became an early afternoon phenomenon, caused by the sun melting the snowpack atop El Capitan and sending water down the wall, while simultaneously, the solar-heated rock created an intense updraft… (

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breic | Sep 1, 2019 |

The story of Tommy Caldwell's life is so much bigger and interesting than I even imagined. As a recreational climber, off and on for 20-some years, I've know about Caldwell seemingly forever. Hell, I even was a judge at a climbing comp he, and his later wife (now ex) Beth Rodden, were at back in the 90's. I knew a few of the highlights of his life, especially kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan from the years I read Outside, Rock & Ice, and Climbing magazines. And, of course, it was impossible not to hear about his push up the Dawn Wall a couple of years back. But all the amazing adventures in between; his outlook on life; the relationship with his father (who I clearly remember from those climbing competition days); his relationship with Beth Rodden...all of it, took me on such an amazing arm-chair adventure. He is so much more accomplished and well-rounded than I ever imagined. I drove everyone around me nuts telling them about this book as I read. Pleading for all to read it.

I will never climb at a level that even qualifies me to carry this man's chalk bag but this book came to me at the right time as I have made some huge gains in my own personal climbing that it just got me psyched to push harder. I am already desperately trying to figure out how to apply this recent gains in climbing and the mental toughness attitude in this book to improve my ability in my other love: mountain biking. This will easily rank as one of my top books of 2018. (

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Biography & Autobiography. Self-Improvement. Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. HTML:A New York Times Bestseller

A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite�??s El Capitan

�??The rarest of adventure reads: it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple yet unwavering resolve can turn adversity into reward.�?� �??The Denver Post

A finalist for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature

On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history�??Yosemite�??s nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after nineteen days on the route. Caldwell�??s odds-defying feat�??the subject of the documentary film The Dawn Wall to be released nationwide in September�??was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete.

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. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan�??s biggest, steepest, blankest face�??the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father.

The Push is an arresting story of focus, drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation, a book that will appeal to anyone seeking to overcome fear and doubt, cultivate perseverance, turn failure into growth, and find connection wit

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