Beth Rodden and Fitz Cahall on How Climbing Stories Are Evolving
The two legends wonder what, exactly, is the point of being a storykeeper.
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Beth Rodden
Beth Rodden is one of the best female rock climbers of all time, and a globally recognized ambassador for the outdoor community. She has achieved a number of notable free climbs on El Capitan, the 3,000-foot monolith in Yosemite National Park. She has also established the hardest first ascent of a crack climb ever done by a woman. She has been climbing for 30 years, and hopes to climb for 30 more. She lives with her family in California.
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Meltdown: What Beth Rodden Learned on one of Yosemite’s Hardest Lines
In this excerpt from "Valley of Giants," a new anthology of writing by some Yosemite's most iconic women climbers, Beth Rodden describes how her six-month journey on Meltdown (5.14c) brought an end to one period of her life and introduced another.