Probably the greatest living athlete most people have never heard of Telegraph The Push is the most insightful book about climbing I've ever read, and quite possibly the most enjoyable. The writing is consistently captivating and unfailingly honest - Jon Krakauer, bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air If you want to be inspired by a great leader, if you want to feel what it takes to do what no one thought possible, if you want to be absorbed by a heroic journey--Tommy Caldwell's story is one of the best you could ever hope to find Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great

Tommy Caldwell grew up in Colorado. He has made dozens of notable ascents, and many consider him the best all-around rock climber in the world. In 2014 he was chosen as one of National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year, and in 2015 the American Alpine Club awarded him Lifetime Honorary Membership, its highest honor. Caldwell, a frequent contributor to Alpinist, Climbing, and Rock and Ice magazines, lives in the town where he first learned to climb, Estes Park, Colorado, with his wife and their son and daughter."