High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity - Steph Davis

If you watch footage of Steph Davis crack climbing, you'll see what it means to achieve the state of flow. She makes what most of us would find a frantic struggle look smooth, rhythmic, almost dance-like - it is clear she was born to climb. Her life may be centred around climbing, but it's clear that the physical side is only one aspect of the sport that holds her attention and brings her fulfilment. Her writing explores the wider themes of life, love, friendship, and empowerment.

From the back cover:

More than just an adventure, this is the story of a woman's soul.

Steph Davis takes risks, trusts her impulses, makes decisions based on what feels right - and never looks back. Soon after she was introduced to climbing she abandoned university and a potential career as a concert pianist to become a dirtbag climber. Today she is one of the most accomplished female climbers in the world, having made first ascents in Pakistan, Patagonia, Baffin Island and Kyrgyzstan. She was also the first woman to free climb the huge Salathe Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite and the first woman to summit Torre Egger in Patagonia.

In High Infatuation she writes on universal themes of life, love, friendship and personal empowerment, as expressed through her career as a climber and by following her journey we learn what it means to live a truly adventurous life.