XX Factor: Beth Rodden Unpacked

In the 1990s, Beth Rodden was a climbing prodigy, celebrated for her athletic gifts and unwavering discipline. Then, while on an expedition in Central Asia in 2000, she and her small team of friends were kidnapped. That terrifying ordeal鈥攁nd their daring escape鈥攃hanged her life in ways she has only recently begun to understand. In a revealing conversation with 国产吃瓜黑料 contributing editor Florence Williams, Rodden opens up about the price of perfectionism, blowing up her marriage to climbing superstar Tommy Caldwell, and moving forward as an athlete and new mother.
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