Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure

I enjoyed this book very much and found it to be very fascinating! Alex Honnold's brave and adventurous spirit is immensely admirable and hats off to him in what he's done in his mountaineering career. I'm now looking forward to watching Free Solo which is based on this book. I hope I'll enjoy that too!

I've (sport) climbed a lot in the past but - with child, age, and aching joints - I now get most of my climbing pleasure through reading climbing books. I found the book fascinating but, compared to various other books in the same genre it did seem to lack some depth. A constant niggle is that I felt there's a lot of plugging going on, for this book, that film etc. I'm not 100% convinced it was intentional, but it was nonetheless quite off-putting. Secondly, compared to the likes of Joe Simpson or Jon Krakauer, the book could feel a little shallow / superficial at times. Given what Honnold does for a living, the book should have been edge-of-the-seat stuff, but it just wasn't, at least for me. This is still a good book about a truly great climber, and I'd recommend it.

One of the most inspirational films I've ever watched! This young climber is fearless and totally dedicated to his sport. I read his memoir first, loved it then bought the DVD. Wonderful!

I bought this for my Open University German history course. Unfortunately there was not one mention of Berlin or that dramatic night in November,1989 when the east united with the west of the country.Although this author claims to have stood alone on the wall,there is no politics mentioned or why he felt the need/yearning for liberation.However, my thesis on the struggles of a nation overcoming immense obstacles in order to be free, ran many parallels and got me a distinction!.

Incredible biography \ autobiography detailing Alex honnolds adventures as he prepares for el cap interesting characters throughout and climbing insights

Very tense, you'll be there with him

I usually really enjoy climbing books, mostly because the writers manage to hide their ego under a self deprecating sense of humour or fatalism. I'm thinking here of the likes of Dougal Haston, Joe Tasker and more lately Simon Yates and Joe Simpson. I understand that to do what these guys do - and Honnold takes it to the extreme - is outside the normal bounds of society and for me the previously named authors manage to draw people like me - no more than a competent hillwalker - into their world and allow us to empathise and ultimately care about them. I'm afraid I didn't get this sense from this book. This may be my 'bad' but I feel that Honnold is writing for other climbers, not the general reader. It's not so much that the book is full of technical stuff - we can soon pick that up - it's more that his ego leads him to assume that people will understand his mindset and motivations because he is doing stuff they cannot do. To my mind it is a bit like Lionel Messi writing a football book that is aimed at other professional footballers rather than fans. That said,the story is remarkable, it's just that I think his co-writer might have encouraged him to explain some of the assumptions that he makes of his audience. As it is I felt outside the loop as it were and got the distinct feeling that this book wasn't aimed at the likes of me, which is no bad thing in itself, I'm sure climbers will love it.

What a story, well worth reading

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At 56 years of age I have become a bit of a fanboy of Alex Honnold. There are a lot of qualities to admire about him and probably the first one is his honesty. That come through in a really easy going story telling style by Alex and his co-writer as the story telling moves easily from first person to third person perspectives on various elements of Alex’s journey. A very enjoyable and inspiring read and highly recommended.

This is a pure climbing diary, do not expect a deep understanding of what is behind Alex Honnold's desire of free soloing. I enjoy it a lot.

"Hey, we've all gotta die sometime. You might as well go big." フリーソロ、継続登攀、ノーズスピード記録、フィッツロイトラバースなど、クライミングシーンは興奮が止まりませんでした。

A bio of a professional climber’s life: living in a van, the camaraderie of the climb, strained relationships, the freedom… Well written,