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
Tory Dille - Landforms Have Memories
This story was written by Tory Dille and originally published on the Broad Beta website in September of 2024. It is a beautiful and vulnerable recollection of when Tory lost her mother to cancer. She later climbed Mount Olympus with two dear friends to spread her mother's ashes. Tory honors the unique landscape of the Olympic Peninsula with vivid descriptions, taking you back there with her.
Tory is an educator and an advocate for wildlife and wild places. She is currently in law school pursuing a career in environmental law with an emphasis on public lands and endangered species protection. She splits her time between small communities in Southwest Montana, Colorado, and the Pacific Northwest.
See photos of the lush Pacific Northwest landscape and of Tory and her climbing partners here, on the Broad Beta website.
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Written by Tory Dille. Follow her on Instagram @tory_dille
Recorded and produced by Cat Coe