"Direct but still dramatic, the text takes pleasure in itemizing challenges like injuries: a broken leg, two broken wrists,
two broken elbows, the replacement of tendons and ligaments, and other surgeries. Its accounts of pain are palpable,
further exemplifying Schwartz’s dogged determination to persist through endurance races and other sporting events.
And it ends with praise for alternative healing and a deft summary of the lessons that Schwartz learned because he
chose to challenge himself so much.
Beating the Impossible is the extraordinary memoir of an extreme athlete who came back from unimaginable
hardships to ascend to great heights."
-Forward Clarion Review