Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. Beth Rodden is considered rock climbing royalty. She has a reputation for conquering some of the most ...

Ben Rodden is one of climbing’s most influential athletes ... Two years ago you launched the short film This is Beth, in which you confront some of your struggles with body image, including ...

Even before I became a climber, my dad was always my rock. He was always willing to teach me how to throw a baseball or shoot ...

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 ...

He was aged just 21 when he, his then-girlfriend Beth Rodden and two other climbers were captured and held hostage by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan while on a climbing trip in ...

Carlo Traversi making the first repeat of Meltdown in Yosemite, the fierce trad crack climb first ascended in 2008 by Beth Rodden Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, ...

Barbara Zangerl repeating Meltdown (5.14c/8c+) in Yosemite, USA. First ascended by Beth Rodden in 2008, this thin trad crack is considered one of the hardest single pitch trad lines in the world ...