43: Becoming Katie
For the Love of Climbing
Kathy Karlo
4.6 • 581 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
If you Google “Katie Brown” on the internet, there’s a Reddit thread called “What Ever Happened to Katie Brown?” and that’s a valid question. Katie wasn’t just a professional climber at the age of thirteen—she didn’t just win the X Games at fourteen or onsight the northwest face of Half Dome or snag the first female free ascent of the Leaning Tower with Lynn Hill.
She wrote a book! She wrote two books, in fact. She became a mom. She started healing her old wounds from childhood and left behind a dysfunctional religion and toxic relationships that consumed her childhood and adolescent years. She bartended, made some jewelry, and reclaimed her past in order to tell her story.
Here it is.
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Cover art by Kika MacFarlane.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is proudly presented by Patagonia. |
| 0:04.5 | Not bound by convention, |
| 0:06.1 | Patagonia is in business to save our home planet. |
| 0:12.6 | This podcast is sponsored by Doiter, |
| 0:15.0 | one of the leading backpack brands that will help you hit the trails with confidence and comfort, |
| 0:19.6 | but most importantly, your snacks. |
| 0:22.6 | Deuter has a history of first ascents and alpine roots. Their head of product development even climbed |
| 0:27.7 | Everest once in jeans. Hashtag not fake news. Founded in 1898, Deuter believes in fit, comfort, and |
| 0:34.7 | ventilation, so you can focus on way cooler things like pubbies, pocket |
| 0:39.3 | bacon and getting sandy, whether at the crag or in the alpine. |
| 0:47.0 | Today we're going to talk about Ali. Ali means come on in a way or to encourage. Okay, we are done with the simple and normal uses of Ali. |
| 0:57.1 | Now let's cut to the chase. |
| 0:59.7 | LA outdoor personal care products are made by climbers for those who love the outdoors. |
| 1:04.3 | Their rich and repairing ingredients for their skincare collection are inspired by desert landscapes |
| 1:08.7 | and their simple and recyclable packaging makes |
| 1:11.4 | them eco-sustainable. |
| 1:12.9 | L.A. commits to protecting the open spaces that we love by partnering with the access fund |
| 1:17.2 | and 1% for the planet. |
| 1:19.1 | That's L-A Outdoor, A-L-L-E-Z. |
| 1:22.3 | L-A Outdoor, made by climbers for those who love the outdoors. |
| 1:32.0 | Thank you. made by climbers for those who love the outdoors. This podcast gets support from gnarly nutrition, one of the leading protein supplements |
| 1:36.2 | that taste way better than they need to because they use quality natural ingredients. |
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