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
Kelsey Sather & Claire Schaube - Hard Moves
Today you’ll hear Kelsey Sather and Claire Schaube read a story that they co-authored. Hard Moves was published on the Broad Beta website in March of 2023 - check it out to see photos of these ladies climbing hard and in their element.
Hard Moves is a quick, day-in-the-life glimpse into a years-long mentorship and friendship between Kelsey and Claire. Kelsey began working with Claire through Bozeman’s Child Advancement Program when Claire was in 4th grade. Claire had begun showing potential as a gifted writer at the time and she needed an extra challenge. Claire’s mom proposed the idea of working with Claire to Kelsey, who was already an established writer in the Bozeman community. Naturally, Claire and Kelsey also began climbing together as the years passed.
These women have gone on to write many stories together, mostly focusing on the female athlete experience in the outdoors.
Kelsey Sather is an author of fantasy and nonfiction. Check out her novel, Birth of the Anima, which was published in March of 2021, as well as her website and other works at Kelseyksather.com.
Claire Schaube, also born and raised in Bozeman, started climbing competitively at age 12. She is a ski instructor at Big Sky, and finishing up her senior year at Bozeman High. Hard Moves is Claire’s second published piece; she published her first piece in fifth grade with Kelsey as her editor.
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Produced & edited by Cat Coe
Story read by Kelsey Sather and Claire Schaube
Episode music by Holizna Radio
Conclusion music by Rocky Marsiano