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
A Rare Injury & Finding the Flow State Elsewhere: An Interview with Amy Jordan
It's here. Broad Beta's first interview. We couldn't be more excited to dive in with our story writers and get to know them better. Our first guest - Amy Jordan - was featured in episode 10 reading her story Painting Myself Out of a Corner. Why do we think Amy's so cool? She's a wicked smart hydrologist who also holds degrees in astrophysics and pours over scientific literature in her free time. She has 20 years of experience both trad and sport climbing, and she makes beautiful plein air paintings.
Amy went from climbing 5.13 one day to, later that week, experiencing a rare injury called SIRVA (shoulder injury related to vaccine administration). She was forced to give up climbing for the better part of 3 years. She underwent multiple surgeries and extensive therapy to deal with this painful shoulder injury. In the process, Amy rediscovered a long-buried love from her childhood: painting. She inspires us to try new creative expressions in pursuit of the flow state when injury forces us to redirect our energy and focus.
Check out her article on the Broad Beta website and see her beautiful paintings by clicking here.
For information about SIRVA, Amy has provided the following links:
Don't aim too high: avoiding SIRVA
http://sirvasurvey.org/resources
And for more information about correct vaccine administration, see here and here.
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Hosted by Cat Coe and India Maxwell
Produced by Cat Coe
Music by Holizna Radio