Description
SOLO EN LA PARED
ONLY ON THE WALL
by Alex Honnold, David Roberts
ISBN: 9788498294583
Editorial: Ediciones Desnivel
Issue date: 2019
Place of edition: Madrid.
Edition number: 2nd
Collection: Literature
Binding: Paperback with flap
Dimensions: 14 cm x 21 cm
Page Number: 272
Languages: Spanish
Subjects: / Mountain Literature / Mountain (Spanish)
SUMMARY
READERS THINK
BOOK SUMMARY
On June 3, 2017, Alex Honnold became the first person to climb El Capitán de Yosemite in solo integral, that is, in free, without rope or companion or any protection material. In doing so, he accomplished what has been described as “the greatest rock climbing feat in sporting history” (National Geographic) and “one of the greatest feats ever accomplished in any sport” (New York Times). If before his full length solo to El Capitan, Honnold was already one of the world’s most famous adventure sportsmen, he is now hailed as the greatest climber of all time.
Only on the wall relates the most amazing achievements in Honnold’s life and career. It conveys the emotion of each of them, intertwining the story with passages that invite reflection and shed light on how the internal mechanisms of his mind work, full of judgment and highly perceptive. We share your fears before a climb and learn your secrets to manage them, your most enviable talent.
In the last chapters, Honnold tells us, for the first time, the story of his 3 hours and 56 minutes in full length on the vertical wall of El Capitán. The film Free solo, which also narrates this escalation, has won the Oscar for best documentary in 2019, further proof that Honnold and his sports exploits have transcended beyond sport.
