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.
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Kimber Cross - Still A Ways To Go
The story on today's episode was written by Kimber Cross and originally published on the Broad Beta website in May of 2024. Check it out to see photos of Kimber's mountaineering and ice climbing expeditions.
Kimber Cross is an adaptive climber who uses a custom prosthetic ice tool to climb waterfall ice around the country. She climbs alpine ice routes in her home state of Washington and was the first disabled climber to use a prosthetic ice tool on the Kautz Route on Mount Rainier/Tahoma. Kimber was born with one hand—she adapted and modified to excel in sports as a kid and now in climbing as an adult.
Kimber is a climb leader for The Mountaineers, a volunteer-based organization in Washington state that offers basic and intermediate courses and climbing trips. She instructs/leads field trips for The Mountaineers, and she leads private climbs year round on glaciers, rock, and ice.
When Kimber isn’t in the backcountry climbing or skiing, she is a National Board Certified educator who teaches kindergarten. Her passion is to teach children about the outdoors with her story of resilience and inclusion.
Follow Kimber on Instagram @kimberbelle
Watch the awesome short film Can't. Will. Did. about Kimber
Check out Kimber's website
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Episode produced and story read by Cat Coe