A CLIMBER'S STORY: A LIGHT THROUGH THE CRACKS Beth Rodden 2024 1st edition New Hc SIGNED by Beth Rodden Multiple copies available (Rodden, Beth)

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NY, 2024, 1st edition. 293 pp. Hardcover with Dust Jacket, New. SIGNED by Beth Rodden. Renowned rock climber Beth Rodden�s inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing. Beth Rodden was twenty years old and already an elite rock climber when a climbing excursion in Kyrgyzstan escalated into a nightmare. Beth, her boyfriend, and two other climbers are kidnapped by militant rebels. After six harrowing days of hiding, marching, and dodging gunfire, they miraculously escape captivity. But fear follows Beth home, and pushing past it becomes a fixation. She and her boyfriend, Tommy Caldwell, trained obsessively, achieving rock-climbing greatness and conquering each groundbreaking goal they set, all the while burying the terrors of Kyrgyzstan deep inside. Then comes an unexpected breaking point. For Beth, a woman at the top of her profession, the only way to overcome the anxiety that still controls her is to let go of the lifeline she�s been clinging to. Blowing up her successful and familiar life, Beth clears a path to a new one ― a healthy new normal beyond the anxieties of the past and the myopic pursuit of athletic perfection. Charting a powerful journey of ambition, hope, love, physical and emotional endurance, and the true fulfilment of being oneself, A Light through the Cracks is Beth�s story of climbing up and through life. Beth Rodden's Biography It is hard to believe that Beth is 44 years old! Beth Rodden is an American rock climber known for her ascents of hard single-pitch traditional climbing routes. She was the youngest woman to climb 5.14a (8b+) and is one of the only women in the world to have redpointed a 5.14c (8c+) traditional climbing graded climb. Rodden and Tommy Caldwell were partners from 2000 to 2010, during which time they completed the second free ascent of The Nose. In 2008, Rodden made the first ascent of Meltdown in Yosemite, one of the hardest traditional climbs in the world and the first time in history that a female climber matched the peak of the highest climbing grades. Beth also participated in competitive climbing. She won the Junior National JCCA Championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998; ranked first overall in the ASCF adult national series in 1997 and 1998; and placed third at the ASCF Fall Nationals in 1998. In 1998 Rodden redpointed the sport route To Bolt Or Not To Be in Smith Rock, Oregon. It was the first 5.14 established in America, and Beth became the youngest woman to ascend 5.14a. Her work impressed free climbing pioneer Lynn Hill, who invited Rodden to make the first all-female ascent of Madagascar's Tsaranoro Massif in 1999. Notable ascents 1997: Country Boy (5.13d, 2nd ascent) at Lumpy Ridge, Estes Park Valley, Colorado. 1998: To Bolt or Not to Be (5.14a, 8b+) in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon. 1999: Bravo les Filles (VI 5.13d A0, 13 pitches, with Lynn Hill, Nancy Feagin, and Kath Pyke) in Tsaranoro Massif, Madagascar. 1999/2000: Disco Machine Gun (5.13, FA/FFA) Indian Creek Canyon, Moab, Utah. 2000: Lurking Fear (5.10 A3, FFA with Tommy Caldwell) on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley. Originally rated 5.10 A3, the first seven pitches free are 5.12c, 5.13c, 5.12d, 5.12d, 5.12a, 5.12c, and 5.13c. 2000. Kyrgyzstan's Kara Su Valley. This valley has a similar topography to Yosemite and the Chamonx Aiguilles. On a climbing trip to Kyrgyzstan's Kara Su Valley in August 2000, Rodden, then-boyfriend Tommy Caldwell, and fellow climbers Jason "Singer" Smith and photographer John Dickey were held hostage for six days by Islamic rebels. 2002: The Phoenix (5.13a, first female onsight) Upper Cascade Falls, Yosemite Valley, California. 2002: Grand Illusion (5.13c, onsight, first female ascent) at Sugarloaf, California. 2003: Sarchasm (5.14a, 8b+, 2nd ascent) Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. 2003: West Buttress (5.13c, FFA with Tommy Caldwell) on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley. All pitches were redpointed at different times; no continuous free ascent done yet. 2005: Anaconda (5.13b/c, first female free ascent) at Lumpy Ridge, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. 2005: Grand Wall (5.13b, Free Ascent) multi-pitch at Squamish, B.C. Canada. 2005: The Optimist (5.14b, FA/FFA) in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon. 2005: The Nose (VI 5.14a, 3rd/4th Free Ascent with Tommy Caldwell) on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California. In October Caldwell and Rodden each led about half of the route�s 31 pitches and freed every one. 2008: Meltdown (ungraded, thought 5.14c, FA), Upper Cascade Falls, Yosemite Valley, California. She worked the 70-foot crack for most of the winter before redpointing, placing all protection on the redpoint ascent.
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