A01=Lynn Hill
A02=Greg Child
adventure
Author_Greg Child
Author_Lynn Hill
autobiography
Category=DNBS
Category=SZG
el cap
el capitan
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extreme sports
female athlete
free ascent
free solo
outdoors
rock
rock climber
sport
yosemite valley
Product details
- ISBN 9780393324334
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 155 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 17 May 2003
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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From the age of thirteen when she began climbing, it was clear Lynn Hill had an unusual gift. Before long she was arguably the best rock climber in the world, establishing routes so bold and difficult that few others could follow. And in 1994, Lynn succeeded on a climb that no one—man or woman—has been able to repeat: the first "free ascent" of the Nose on Yosemite's El Capitan, which means that she climbed 3,000 feet of vertical granite without using gear to aid her ascent—and all in under twenty-three hours. In Climbing Free Hill describes her famous climb and meditates on how she harnesses the strength and the courage to push herself to such extremes. She tells of her near-fatal 80-foot fall, her youth as a stunt artist for Hollywood, her friendships with climbing's most colorful personalities, and the tragedies and triumphs of her life in the vertical world. More than merely a story of adventure, this book stands out as a genuine, singular account of a life richly and boldly lived.
Lynn Hill has been featured in Life, Vanity Fair, Outside, Time, National Geographic, and in the IMAX film Extreme. She lives in Moab, Utah. Greg Child is a world-class mountaineer and the author of several books on climbing. He lives near Moab, Utah.
