{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"8: Tommy Caldwell","description":"On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell summited Yosemite\u2019s nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after 19 days on the route\u2014just one of a handful of unprecedented free ascents he made. His memoir chronicles his journey, starting with a fanatical mountain guide for a father who obsessively pushed his son to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell proceeded to fall in love with the vertigo-inducing world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges, including being held hostage by militants in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and losing his left index finger in an accident. The Push tells the story of Caldwell\u2019s drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation. John Krakauer says, \u201cThe Push is the most insightful book about climbing I\u2019ve ever read, and quite possibly the most enjoyable \u2026 the writing is consistently captivating and unfailingly honest.\u201d Recorded live at Town Hall Seattle Wednesday, May 31, 2017  ","author_name":"Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series","author_url":"http:\/\/artscultureths.libsyn.com\/website","html":"