Women Climbers
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:35 pm
A few years ago, I was blessed to meet Barbara Washburn. I told her I would love to climb Denali, but felt like I couldn't since I had a young child now. (I was holding my year old daughter in my arms while talking with her.)
"Oh, Do it!" she replied immediately without hesitation, "Yes, you can go. Do it."
She flashed me a huge smile and said that she climbed Denali when she had three young children at home! She encouraged me to not stop climbing.
I tucked that memory away and have used it to keep me going, even when I get discouraged. When I think I'll never climb a big peak, I think of her.
"Oh, Do it!" she replied immediately without hesitation, "Yes, you can go. Do it."
She flashed me a huge smile and said that she climbed Denali when she had three young children at home! She encouraged me to not stop climbing.
I tucked that memory away and have used it to keep me going, even when I get discouraged. When I think I'll never climb a big peak, I think of her.