Ben Rodden is one of climbing’s most influential athletes. In the nineties she gained attention for her junior national titles and impressive ascents of big walls in Yosemite. Then, in 2000, Rodden ...

Beth Rodden is a professional rock climber who, along with three other climbers, was kidnapped and held hostage by Islamic militants in 2000 while on a climbing trip in Kyrgyzstan. The following is ...

Weeks after being taken hostage by captors from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, American climber Beth Rodden was back home – but plagued by nightmares of her ordeal. Then 20, and one of the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When professional rock climber Beth Rodden was 20 years old, she was kidnapped and held hostage in Kyrgyzstan. "It was a very ...

Beth Rodden is considered rock climbing royalty. She has a reputation for conquering some of the most treacherous climbs in the world. In some cases, she was the first person ever to scale such ...

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Last Tuesday Italian climber Jacopo Larcher successfully made the 3rd ascent of the iconic trad test-piece Meltdown in Cascade Creek, Yosemite Valley, California. Meltdown was first established by ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Rodden is a professional climber and the author of the memoir, A Light ...