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
Motherhood, Risk Taking, and Tales from Palestine: An Interview with Miranda Oakley
Meet the lovely Miranda Oakley - mother, professional climber, writer, and guide. She was the first female to rope solo the Nose of El Capitan in under 24 hours and has completed various impressive linkups in Yosemite as well as first ascents in Patagonia. She is a Mountain Hardwear athlete.
She talks to us about balancing motherhood with a career as a high-level professional climber and guide. She discusses risk taking, what her climbing days look like with a baby, and postpartum recovery and training. She then takes us on a journey to Palestine and other parts of the Middle East, telling us tales of the climbing and people there. Miranda, who is part Palestinian, shares a unique perspective on growing up in the United States and deepening her connection with her heritage in adulthood through climbing.
Check out her athlete bio on the Mountain Hardwear website.
Read Miranda's article Exposed in the Needles, which we refer to in the episode.
Sign up for a clinic with Miranda at her website.
Read her story Climbing in the Middle East on her blog.
Follow her on Instagram @miranda__oakley (that's two underscores).
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Hosted by Cat Coe and India Maxwell
Produced and edited by Cat Coe
Episode music by Holizna Radio
Conclusion music by Rocky Marsiano