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

    Written by Tommy Caldwell

    Narrated by Johnathan McClain

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    About this audiobook

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

    "If you want to be inspired by a great leader, if you want to feel what it takes to do what no one thought possible, if you want to be absorbed by a heroic journey--Tommy Caldwell's story is one of the best you could ever hope to find." - Jim Collins, author of Good to Great

    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 seeking to overcome fear and doubt, cultivate perseverance, turn failure into growth, and find connection with family and with the natural world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781524778132
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    • 5/5
      A vulnerable, exciting, and beautiful story! I Loved it.
    • 5/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this audiobook! I have taken an almost 2 year hiatus from climbing, but this book has me itching for the rock again!
    • 5/5
      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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