Mark Synnott caught me, right from the start of this book: 'The Impossible Climb'. It was easily accessible to people outside of the climbing world, without holding a simplified or patronising tone. The climbing life was put into great context through the use of the great climbers of the past, and Synnott's own childhood and climbing experience, before leading into the life and tales of Alex Honnold. Every climber, or even non-climber, mentioned was a fully developed and picturable character, with a real life to them on the page. Anecdotes were often both humorous and intriguing, and the writing style was beautifully raw, gritty, and honest, which fitted the style and genre of the book perfectly. Synnott treated all of the climbers mentioned with a significant amount of integrity and humility, and in no way, under or over-exaggerated Honnold's spark for pushing life and the works of nature to their greatest limits. His work for climbing, and even the environmental world, is incredible, to say the very least. There were many lessons to be learnt from this wonderful piece of writing, especially, that sometimes, the greatest things happen on 'just another day'. I was simply astounded by this book: an absolute inspiration, to compel further generations to come.