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The impossible climb : Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and a climber's life / by Mark Synnott ; adapted for young readers by Hampton Synnott.
Recounts Alex Honnold's unprecedented solo climb of Yosemite's El Capitan, describing the feat along with the other climbing expeditions that populated his amateur and professional experiences.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593203927
- ISBN: 0593203925
- Physical Description: vii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: [Young readers adaptation].
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This work is based on The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life, by Mark Synnott, copyright ©2018 by Mark Synnott, published by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC"--Title page verso |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Juvenile works. Biographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Public Library | J 796.5220 SYNNOTT 2021 | 39851001583476 | Children's Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Mark Synnott is a twenty-year member of the North Face Global Athlete team. He is a frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine and has written for Outside, Men's Journal, Rock and Ice, and Climbing. He is also an internationally certified mountain guide and a trainer for the pararescuemen of the United States Air Force. He lives in the Mt. Washington Valley of New Hampshire.
Hampton Synnott lives in the moutains of New Hampshire with her family. She has spent the last twenty years working in sales for various companies in the ski, bike, fishing, and climbing industries in the United States and New Zealand. She loves nothing more than to travel with her family and divides her time between the mountains and the sea.