For the Love of Climbing

On October 29, 2019, Michelle Xue and her climbing partner, Jenny Shedden, set off to clim... more

“Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” Glinda asked Dorothy when she crash-landed in Oz fo... more

Addiction is the kind of topic where judgment is easy, and empathy is hard. Shame is at th... more

This is Jess and Chelsea. They’re both climbers, they both live in Colorado. They both lov... more

Amin has been climbing for over 23 years, starting in Shiraz, a historical city in Iran. I... more

Amin has been climbing for over 23 years, starting in Shiraz, a historical city in Iran. I... more

There are those who see grief as the final form of love—this one final act that we give to... more

Civil discourse is a dying art, a complex practice that takes patience and well-rounded pe... more

Kids have a lot of questions when someone in their family is sick. But when you don't know... more

Welcome back to the podcast. I’ve always been a huge advocate of change, but not always th... more

Welcome back to the podcast. This is season five’s final episode which may or may not be t... more

Rebecca spent hours of her childhood, outside on her front lawn, catching caterpillars and... more

Lucho grew up in San Francisco’s Mission District with the belief that the only way to sur... more

If you Google “Katie Brown” on the internet, there’s a Reddit thread called “What Ever Hap... more

The world of adaptive sports is changing, and quickly. Ronnie’s disability hasn’t held him... more

Emily miscarried in March of 2021 and she struggled with how the experience felt so shamef... more

Kyle destigmatizes substance use and mental health by opening up about his own journey thr... more

Savannah lived in a truck for a year in an attempt to pursue a career in adventure photogr... more

Dan always knew he was different growing up, but he didn’t have a name for it. Growing up ... more

Pam didn’t have a lot of tragedy in her life, so she didn’t know about the arc. And as a g... more

Hope isn’t perpetual optimism. It’s an inherent part of being human that requires determin... more

Climbing can be, er, kinda selfish. We go up, we go down—and then we do it all over again.... more

Humans are capable of acts of such bravery but also, acts of such cowardice from one momen... more

Dreams don’t just fall into our heads out of nowhere. They require patience, self-compassi... more

This is one transgender climber’s story. And it’s hard to sum up in just a few sentences n... more

Lor had to decide. They could go on hating themself, or could be a part of making the worl... more

What role does excessive boozing in a community of athletes play? And let’s be really clea... more