The Impossible Climb by Mark Synott (2018) Lander

The Impossible Climb by Mark Synott (2018) LanderAlex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life. Journalistic window on Honnold and the climbing scene more broadly. 405 pages with an insert of color photos in the middle. Hardcover first edition with jacket in vinyl cover.

Walter Bonatti is one of the titans of Italian mountaineering

Library discard from the American Alpine Club Library

Cover photo: Illustration of Jenny Lake and the Grand Teton (by Jeremy Collins)

the Oscars of climbing

and one of the coolest venues in Colorado with the Mishawaka Ampitheatre

A pretty sweet piece of Lander history

but no stuck pages

a good number of hand-drawn maps and fold-out map still glued into back cover

and an image is printed on the front

and part of which would go on to become the material for his definitive 2015 High Peaks guide

Just using that old image to demonstrate the inside of the book without needing to open up and potentially damage this one

in my opinion