Psychovertical

by Andy Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

Psychovertical is the story of what happens to a nice lower-class kid with dyslexia who gains control over his circumstances by clinging to giant stone faces, thousands of feet in the air, for days at a time. In this case, Kirkpatrick uses his 12-day solo climb of the Reticent Wall on California's El Capitan as the experience that helps him understand how growing up poor and struggling with dyslexia and low self-confidence set him on a path of extreme...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594857423
• ISBN13: 9781594857423
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"