Versante Sud Psycho Vertical mountaineering novel

Psycho Vertical by Andy Kirkpatrick is the powerful and intense diary of a tormented soul, a story that takes us into the mind of a climber obsessed with climbing and with a strong tendency to get into the most dangerous situations. Marked by a difficult childhood and a troubled adolescence, Kirkpatrick finds in climbing an escape route and at the same time a way to confront his own demons, an inner struggle described with a "very British" humor that culminates in the breathtaking account of his solo ascent of the Reticent Wall on El Capitan. This book is not just a chronicle of extreme feats, but a deep immersion into the doubts, fears, and uncontrollable enthusiasm of a man who has made verticality his battlefield and his reason for living.