Alone on the Wall [Paperback]

Alex Honnold spends his life cheating death.Honnold here recounts his ascents on some of the world's most dangerous rock walls. You'll come away questioning his sanity for choosing this controversial sport&but it's also impossible not to feel awe.Honnold blows wide open any conventional understanding of the term 'comfort zone.'&He engagingly conveys his love of climbing.[Honnold] is the foremost practitioner of the dark art of free solo rock climbingascending extremely difficult cliffs hundreds, sometimes thousands, of feet tall without ropes or protection hardware of any kind. That is every bit as stupefying as it sounds.[Honnold's] ability to connect with a larger audience and bring a humble perspective to his many accomplishments makes him a great ambassador to the sport&[R]eading the vivid descriptions captured by Honnold and Roberts will surely cover the book's pages in a fine layer of palm sweat.Including two new chapters on Alex Honnolds free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.