Beth Rodden - On Rock Climbing, Living in Yosemite, and Reframing the Perfectionist Mindset




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Summary: Beth Rodden is a well known climber who has won competitions and climbed some of the most challenging routes in the world, including many first ascents like her free climb of the Meltdown in Yosemite, where she showed that women can climb as well as men. In 2000 Beth and three climbing partners were captured by a militant group in while on a climbing trip Kyrgyzstan. After is days in captivity, they escaped. Between that and her divorce shortly after, Beth has had to rethink her perfectionist ideals.