The Impossible Climb (Young Readers Adaptation): Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and a Climber's Life

by Mark Synnott and Hampton Synnott

Book Overview

A middle grade adaptation of the adult bestseller that chronicles what The New York Times deemed "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever" Alex Honnold's free-solo ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

On June 3, 2017, as seen in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo, Alex Honnold achieved what most had written off as unattainable: a 3,000-foot vertical climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593203925
• ISBN13: 9780593203927
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 9