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Beth Rodden (born May 5, 1980) is an American rock climber. She was the youngest woman to climb , and is one of the only women in the world to have redpointed a traditional climb. She lives near Yosemite, California. Rodden and Tommy Caldwell met at a junior climbing competition in 1995 and were married in 2003. They divorced in 2010. In 2014, she had a son with husband Randy Puro.〔http://blog.bethrodden.com/2014/06/climbing-pregnant-month-9-letting-go.html〕 ==Climbing career== Rodden started climbing in 1995 at The Rocknasium, a local climbing gym in Davis, California. She won the Junior National JCCA Championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998; ranked first overall in the ASCF adult national series in 1997 and 1998; and placed third at the ASCF Fall Nationals in 1998.〔 〕 In 1998 Rodden redpointed the sport route ''To Bolt Or Not To Be'', the historical first 5.14 established in America, and became the youngest woman to ascend 5.14a. Her work impressed free climbing pioneer Lynn Hill, who invited Rodden to make the first all-female ascent of Madagascar's Tsaranoro Massif in 1999. The trip to Madagascar marked Rodden's move to a less mainstream trad climbing career.〔 〕 In 2000, she put up the first free ascent of ''Lurking Fear'' with Tommy Caldwell, marking El Capitan's second free ascent by a female.〔 With ''Lurking Fear'' and her 2005 free ascent of ''The Nose'', she became the first woman to free climb two routes on El Capitan. In October 2005 she free-climbed ''The Optimist'', becoming the first American woman to redpoint 5.14b. In 2006, Beth and husband Tommy Caldwell, competed in the 2006 Triple Crown Bouldering Series to raise money for climber's access.〔http://www.prweb.com/releases/marmot/rock_creek_outfitters/prweb481491.htm〕 In February 2008, Rodden redpointed the first ascent of ''Meltdown''. A proposed grade of 5.14c makes ''Meltdown'' the hardest climb in Yosemite, the hardest traditional pitch in America, the hardest ascent by an American woman, and hardest traditional route led or established by a woman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beth Rodden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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