The Push
- Author Tommy Caldwell
- Narrator Johnathan McClain
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 13 hours and 27 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: adventurers and explorers, Autobiography: sport, Climbing and mountaineering, Extreme sports, Memoirs, Mountains, Outdoor survival skills, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival.
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What to expect
Penguin Audio presents The Push by Tommy Caldwell, read by Johnathan McClain.
A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan.
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 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
Critics Review
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A genuine achievement in its own right . . . Caldwell’s voice comes through clearly in passages of well crafted prose . . . The Push is not simply a book about rock climbing
Guardian -
BOOK OF THE WEEK . . . heart-stopping, absorbing
Daily Mail -
The most daring free climber on the planet
The Times -
A real page-turner . . . captivating and deeply moving
Climb Magazine -
The authenticity is compelling, the stories inspiring . . . impossible to put down.
Trail -
Whilst undeniably a book about climbing, it manages to be more than that . . . Perhaps the most gripping moments in the book happen away from climbing altogether . . . One of the most insightful climbing books of recent times, The Push comes highly recommended.
Trek & Mountain
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