Beth Rodden first started climbing in 1995, and it wasn’t long before she radically changed the sport. Within three years, she’d become the first woman to climb 5.14; within five, she’d established a still unrepeated free route on Yosemite’s El Capitan. Today, Beth is making waves in a different way: by leading the climbing community in difficult, vulnerable conversations. Fitz chats with Beth about her new book, A Light Through the Cracks, and what it means to live a big life. 

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Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto  • Wind Your Way Home by Jesse Sienbenberg  •  Delivered by Brendan O’Connell

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