The Broad Beta Podcast
The Broad Beta Podcast and BroadBeta.com are spaces to openly share women’s and genderqueer experiences of climbing, skiing, and other mountain adventures, from the ordinary to the heroic. Our contributors tell stories that foster wildness within, and outside, ourselves. Through these stories, we hope to inspire and empower anyone who listens. Cover photo by @nathannorby of co-founder Jeannie Wall.
The Broad Beta Podcast
Amy Jordan - Painting Myself Out of a Corner
Meet Amy Jordan. This phenom from New Mexico holds undergraduate and masters degrees in astrophysics and a doctorate in hydrology. Oh yeah, and in her spare time she climbs 5.13.
Amy shares a unique twist on the common story of dealing with injury as a climber. The mechanism of her injury was anything but common and led to a dark period of hopelessness. Amy teaches us about a condition called SIRVA (shoulder injury related to vaccine administration) and the long period of recovery that she endured. Ultimately, Amy climbed out of the darkness by rediscovering a passion from her youth. Her search for knowledge related to her condition and her motivation to find the flow state outside of climbing are nothing short of impressive. She is a true inspiration to any athlete struggling with injury and mandatory downtime.
Amy's story, Painting Myself Out of a Corner, was published on the Broad Beta website in August of 2022. Check it out to see photos of her beautiful paintings.
Tune in soon for an INTERVIEW - our first interview! - with Amy.
For more information about SIRVA, including peer-reviewed medical literature, see http://sirvasurvey.org/resources. For information about correct vaccine administration, see here and here, for example.
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Hosted and produced by Cat Coe
Guest introduction by India Maxwell
Music by Holizna Radio and Rocky Marsiano