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Just a few years back, Alex Honnold was little known beyond a tiny circle of hardcore climbers. Today, at age 30, he is probably the most famous adventure athlete on earth. In that small amount of time, he has proven his knowledge in many styles of climbing and has shattered quickness details, pioneered routes, and earned honors within each willpower. More spectacularly still, he has forced the most extreme and dangerous form of climbing way beyond the boundaries of what anyone thought was possible. Free soloing, Honnold's specialty, is a type of climbing performed with out a rope, somebody, or hardware - such as pitons, nut products, or cams - for help or coverage. The results of climbing this way are amazing, but the stakes are ultimate: If you fall, you die. In By itself on the Wall structure, Honnold recounts the seven most amazing climbing achievements up to now in his still-evolving career. He narrates the crisis of every climb along with reflective passages that illuminate the inner workings of his highly perceptive and discerning mind. We show in the jitters and excitements he feels waking in his van (where he lives regular) before a climb; we see him self-criticize in his climbing journal (a veritable Bible for students of the activity); and we learn his secrets to handling fear. Veteran climber and award-winning publisher David Roberts writes part of every section in his own speech, and he calling on other climbers and the sport's storied past to place Alex's tremendous achievements in perspective. Whenever Honnold talks in public, he is asked the same two questions: "Aren't you reluctant you're going to die?" and "why does one do that?" By itself on the Wall structure will take us surrounding the world and through the highs and lows in the life of the climbing superstar to answer those interesting questions.
