Alone On The Wall: Alex Honnold And The Ultimate Limits Of Adventure - Plot & Excerpts
Rock climbing was the be-all and end-all of his outdoor existence. “I read every issue of Alpinist cover-to-cover,” he quipped, “but I flip right past all the pictures with snow in them.” Nonetheless, his natural curiosity had at times driven him to probe the literature of mountaineering. On an extended trip to England, he claimed, “I read all the classic British climbing books, but I could never remember them afterward. They were all the same, slightly different casts of characters, vaguely different mountains.” Pressed on the issue, Alex waffled slightly. “Sure, I’d accept a free trip to Everest,” he admitted. “Who wouldn’t want to take a free hike to the top of the world?” And, “Maybe when I’ve got nothing left to live for, I’ll climb real mountains. I can see myself at seventy-five, hunkered down in a cabin, going out on hikes, playing with my grandkids.” Thus it came as a complete surprise to learn in the spring of 2013 that Freddie Wilkinson and Renan Ozturk, two of the best young big-range mountaineers in the United States, had persuaded Alex to join them on an expedition to Alaska.
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