ベス・ロッデンさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ベス・ロッデンInstagram)「I first tried El Poussif in 2003 during the height of my climbing career. I was at my skinny "fighting weight" and expected to waltz up a Fontainebleau classic. I threw myself at it over and over, but finally realized that it was too hard for me. Dejected, I walked away, skipped dinner that night and did double the push ups and pull ups as a sort of self punishment. This past spring I came back and tried again. I was at least fifteen pounds heavier and succeeded. At some point in my life, that's the extent of the story I needed to hear: that being thin wasn't the only path for me to climb hard. But now I realize that's not the most important lesson for me. It's not just about climbing hard. Perhaps it took the physical act of climbing something I couldn't climb before for me to understand, but it's actually what happened underneath that is the most important and has led to those successes. I've wondered how it would have changed things for me if I heard this sort of story at different points in my life. What would I have done as a hungry, tiny teenage competition climber hearing that I could climb hard even if I was heavier? What would I have done as an angsty, driven and achievement focused twenty something knowing that I could climb something that I once failed on and feel success without the external praise and accolades? What would I have done as a postpartum mom in my thirties, crying myself to sleep at night, knowing that with some self love and compassion I could actually love this new, saggier, softer, heavier body instead of constantly resenting it? What would I have done seeing a picture of me smiling happily and proudly without a ripped firm belly? I know that I've been influenced greatly by what my heroes have told me or what I've seen in the magazines and on screens. Rationally, I know we should all make our own decisions, but in reality representation matters. Someday this caption will read "Beth tried really hard and was happy to stand on top of this boulder" but until then, it means more than that. // @outdoorresearch @metoliusclimbing @touchstoneclimbing @bluewaterropes @ospreypacks @skinourishment @clifbar @lasportivana #orambassador」12月3日 3時37分