This week we sit down with legendary rock climber Lynn Hill. She was the first person to free climb The Nose on El Capitan in a 23 hours in 1994. Today we discuss how to overcome the obstacles we face in life, even if they are 2,900 ft tall.

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Program Notes:

Lynn’s background, youth, family, intro to climbing

Female athlete (today) vrs Tom Boy (past)

Evolution of our species

The 2021 Inauguration (Discussion)

“Climbing Free” one of Lynn’s books

Lynn discusses some of her incredible accomplishments

“First person to free climb the “Nose”on El Capitan in a day (23 hours)

The feat was not repeated for more than 10 years!

Size Matters!

Lynn discusses her “The Climbing Workshop” project

Lynn, “What have you learned?”

Where to find Lynn?

References:

https://www.LynnHillClimbing.com

Valley Uprising documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86TpaSBcWw

The Climbing Workshop - Lynn’s current project likely to be accessed via

https://www.LynnHillClimbing.com