Excuse me, sir, I believe that was you up there and I am arresting you for a breach of the peace,' he said in his Mackem – not to be confused with Geordie – accent in the politest fashion the predicament could allow. 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. 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. Thankfully a couple of the crags in the region were so overhanging they stayed reasonably dry and we were able to do some climbing. 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.

Amazing story of adventure, but which also inspires to find one's own adventure, whatever that may be (climbing or otherwise).He has since gone on to summit the world's toughest peaks and explore the most extreme places on our planet. This is a very personal, from the heart, memoir of a premier big wall rock climber and members of his expedition team. Honing his skills as he grew, Leo would travel abroad becoming the first Brit to free climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the United States at eighteen years of age, which cemented his reputation as a world class climber. 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.

He was also a sales rep for DMM and as Tim Emmett had been demoted to a slower car following his collection of speeding tickets, we travelled in the beloved Alfa. he said, attempting to make an ink impression from my granite-ravaged fingertips that left nothing more than a featureless smudge on the page.It was the most astonishing mountain I had ever seen and inspired a life dream that I would dare in a later chapter of life.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.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. 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. Closer to the Edge is the story of a remarkable climber and free spirit who has been at the top of his game for over thirty years, with still more mountains to explore.