
#117 - Cathy O'Dowd | More Than One Way to the Top
MindStrong
A Climber's Journey and Encounter with Sexism in the Sport
The speaker reflects on their passion for climbing and the limited opportunities available, and how they discovered a book about the first all-woman expedition in the Himalayas. They discuss the challenges of joining expeditions and their skepticism towards a newspaper-sponsored South African Everest expedition that was looking for a girl to join the team.
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