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Psychovertical
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Psychovertical Paperback - 2009

by Kirkpatrick, Andy

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London: Arrow Books, 2009 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased); pp. [x], 278 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy. Winner of the 2008 Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.. Reprint. Soft Cover. F-.
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  • Title Psychovertical
  • Author Kirkpatrick, Andy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - F-
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arrow Books, London
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 017907
  • ISBN 9780099519522 / 0099519526
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.64 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.63 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.522

Summary

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 BoningtonMetro magazine recently wrote that Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton. Words like boldness, adventure and risk were surely coined especially for him. As one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, he goes vertically where other climbers (to say nothing of the general public) fear to tread.For the first time, this cult hero of vertical rock has written a book, in which his thirteen-day ascent of Reticent Wall on El Capitan in California - the hardest big-wall climb ever soloed by a Briton - frames a challenging autobiography. From childhood on a grim inner-city housing estate in Hull, the story moves through horrific encounters and unique athletic achievements at the extremes of the earth. As he writes, 'Climbs like this make no sense ... the chances of dying on the route are high.' Yet Andy, in his thirties with young children, has everything to live for. This is the paradox at the heart of the story.This book - by turns gut-wrenching, entertaining and challenging - appeals to the adventurer in all of us.

From the publisher

Andy Kirkpatrick’s film Cold Haul, about his and Ian Parnell’s ascent of the Lafaille Route on the Dru, won first prize at the Graz Festival.

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Media reviews

“Andy is one of the funniest of Britain’s top climbers and represents what is the best in modern British climbing: boldness, innovation, sense of humour, irreverence, commitment, and an appetite for risk.”
— Climber Chris Bonnington

“Thrilling . . . Most compelling are his psychological battles.”
Financial Times

About the author

Andy Kirkpatrick's film Cold Haul, about his and Ian Parnell's ascent of the Lafaille Route on the Dru, won first prize at the Graz Festival.