Closer to the Edge: Climbing to the Ends of the Earth

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Leo Houlding started climbing at ten years of age in the Lake District and was the youngest person (and first Briton) to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the United States at eighteen years, which cemented his reputation.

In a page-turning narrative, Leo describes his childhood inspirations to climb, his mentors who guided him, and the exhilaration of those teenage years when he broke into the public consciousness - such as his infamous race against Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear. But without knowledge of the pioneers, how can women achieve the same sense of belonging in the mountains as. Back in North Wales, I enjoyed the rest of summer with Tim, Patch and others, climbing classic test pieces onsight and seeking out ever more difficult and dangerous first ascents on the remaining unclimbed scraps of rock in the Llanberis Pass, unaware that soon my horizons were to be blown wide open and my perception shifted so far that I would never again feel the same way about those precious little crags and that special place that had been so formative. he said, attempting to make an ink impression from my granite-ravaged fingertips that left nothing more than a featureless smudge on the page. Highly recommended read to all adventure lovers, world explorers, thrill seekers as well as young parents on how to take kids out for adventures.As well as climbing many routes in my trainers, I did some of their hardest bolted routes using trad gear in my climbing shoes, just to prove a point. p>Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. We had a farewell party in the Stavanger climbers' pub Cementen on the picturesque docks of their oil-rich city, where I made a complete fool of myself due to my acute alcohol intolerance, blowing my shot of a dream end to the trip by going home with a blonde beauty and instead falling, or being thrown (I'm not sure which), into the harbour.

Honest, raw and exhilarating, Closer to the Edge will be a ‘warts-and-all’ insight into the extreme life of one of Britain’s best mountaineer adventurers. We all stayed with Trym in his tiny studio apartment, where we completely filled the entire floor space, bedded down in our sleeping bags.p>The data controller is Headline Publishing Group Limited. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Join Leo at the Royal Geographical Society, for the launch of his new book, as well as discussion about this and other exciting projects.

He has since gone on to summit the world's toughest peaks and explore the most extreme places on our planet. He has since gone on to not only summit the world's toughest peaks, but to cross continents to explore the most extreme places our planet has to offer. He has since gone on to summit the world’s toughest peaks and explore the most extreme places on our planet. One of Great Britain's finest climbers and adventurers, Leo Houlding started out climbing at ten years of age in the Lake District literally learning the ropes tackling the many historic peaks and crags in the area.Honing his skills as he grew, Leo would travel abroad becoming the first Brit to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park at 18 years of age, which cemented his reputation as a world class climber. We loaded a roof box on the Alfa full with beers and a case of fine single malt whisky as gifts for our hosts, which Andy had assured us was valuable currency in the extortionately taxed, oil-rich, socialist state of Norway.

Honest, raw and exhilarating, Closer to the Edge is Leo's 'warts-and-all' insight into the extreme life of one of Britain's best climbers who is active today and still planning epic adventures. In September 1998, shortly after my eighteenth birthday, I made my first trip to the Yosemite Valley in California and nothing would ever look quite the same again. How does he assess risk and judge what level he’ll take himself to be successful, and how does he balance this with teaching his own children the lessons he has learnt in some of the world’s most dangerous and extreme places.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I bolted back along the wing and slid down the fins like a fireman's pole in seconds, reaching the ground before the cops had made it to the base. Leo's name is synonymous with adventure climbing; he has consistently pushed at the limits of this game and in the process has carved out a media profile which has seen him appear on Top Gear and be pitched as one of. If you can't get to the hills or crags over the festive season then the next best thing is reading about them. Honest, raw and exhilarating, Closer to the Edge is Leo's 'warts-and-all' insight into the extreme life of one of Britain's best climbers who is active today and still planning epic adventures.