Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
The Push
The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits | Tommy Caldwell
5 posts | 8 read | 7 to read
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.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Amoon
post image
Pickpick

So after all the buzz and controversy I finally got this book on my tablet. I read it in 2 days and thought it was riveting and shocking from the first till the last page. I admit I was confused in the beginning and had to reread the opening section. Told in 3 timelines of three generations of mothers. Dysfunction would be putting it lightly!! Great title too. I heard it will be a film

blurb
Greenfield05
post image

Any nonfiction fans here? I‘m about to start this.

review
Floresj
post image
Pickpick

This is more of a coming of age, get into the head of an elite athlete story than a how to climb El Capitan. I liked reading about his tenacity and his international climbing, and the book was engaging. I feel that the co-author‘s name (Kelly Cordes) should have been on the cover. I did scan some parts as I didn‘t wasn‘t to rehash his processing of if he was selfish for climbing for weeks at a time to be the man that his woman loved.Overall- good!

blurb
Liberty
post image

More evening reading. 📚

96 likes4 stack adds
blurb
Sara_Planz
post image

Tommy Caldwell's father was our guide when we went fly fishing in the Big Thompson River during our honeymoon in Estes Park, CO. This is an adventurous family for sure, and I was definitely pushed out of my comfort zone during it and had so much fun (climbing slippery rocks in a raging river to get the best fishing spots can result in your falling down often). He told us all about Tommy's climbing, so this book looks like a fabulous read.