Psychovertical by Andy Kirkpatrick
Words like boldness, adventure and risk are surely coined especially for Andy Kirkpatrick. As one of the world's accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, he goes vertically where other climbers fear to tread. This autobiography provides his thirteen-day ascent of Reticent Wall on El Capitan in California - the hardest big-wall climb.
Psychovertical is a powerful if intensely personal book, well written, sometimes brilliantly soIt charts Kirkpatrick's fractured upbringing and subsequent escape to a life of extreme climbing and close calls... He is a clear, spare writer, and a highly visual one. The descriptions of climbing are among the best I've ever read... Kirkpatrick chooses words with the same care that he chooses a wire. -- Ed Douglas * Climber *
Kirkpatrick's autobiography sparkles with black humour...He writes with great eloquence on the fears of an extreme craftsman pursuing his crazy self-imposed task * Mail on Sunday *
Thrilling ... Most compelling are his psychological battles, as self-belief and a dry sense of humour ultimately propel him to the top * Financial Times *
Andy is one of the funniest of Britain's top climbers and represents what is best in modern British climbing: boldness, innovation, sense of humour, irreverence, commitment, and an appetite for risk. * Chris Bonington *
Entertaining, funny and a bit mental * Zoo *
Kirkpatrick's autobiography sparkles with black humour...He writes with great eloquence on the fears of an extreme craftsman pursuing his crazy self-imposed task * Mail on Sunday *
Thrilling ... Most compelling are his psychological battles, as self-belief and a dry sense of humour ultimately propel him to the top * Financial Times *
Andy is one of the funniest of Britain's top climbers and represents what is best in modern British climbing: boldness, innovation, sense of humour, irreverence, commitment, and an appetite for risk. * Chris Bonington *
Entertaining, funny and a bit mental * Zoo *
Andy Kirkpatrick has climbed the hardest routes in the Alps and has mountaineered around the world, including Patagonia in winter. His film Cold Haul, about his and Ian Parnell's ascent of the Lafaille Route on the Dru, won first prize at the Graz Festival. He is a popular climbing journalist and his website www.pyschovertical.com receives thousands of hits every month.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099519522 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099519526 |
| Title | Psychovertical |
| Author | Andy Kirkpatrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2009-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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