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
Lorna Illingworth - Reflections on a Big Wall Partnership
Tune in to meet Lorna Illingworth, a climbing phenom who was the only woman on the Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) team when she began in 2006. Her time in Yosemite included 5 years of service on YOSAR and over 20 ascents of El Capitan via 16 different routes. In the early 2000s, she and her partner Holly were one of the only female teams climbing consistently on Yosemite's big walls.
Lorna now works as a psychiatric nurse in Bend, Oregon, where she enjoys free climbing at Smith Rock and skiing in the Cascades. Her story, published on the Broad Beta website in July of 2022, is a beautiful and honest portrayal of the evolution of climbing partnerships, with Yosemite and El Capitan as the backdrop. She reflects on how accidents and different phases of life change these very important partnerships.
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Hosted and produced by Cat Coe
Music by Holizna Radio and Rocky Marsiano