Perfectly Capable of Climbing: Kareemah Batts

She Explores

English - May 30, 2018 09:25 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 878 ratings
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Kareemah Batts is a cancer survivor and the founder of Adaptive Climbing Group. After finding climbing after losing part of her leg to cancer, Kareemah wanted to share the feeling she has on the wall with others. She's done with sympathy, she just wants to climb.

Women featured in this episode: Kareemah Batts

Hosted by Gale Straub

Featured in the midroll: Maggie Peikon

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In this episode, you'll hear:

About the outdoor activities you can access in and around New York City
How Kareemah got into rock climbing, despite reservations
Why it can be difficult to go back to your favorite activities after an amputation
The impact First Descents had on Kareemah's re-discovering her love for the outdoors post-cancer
How discrimination can impact a job search when you have a disability
Why Kareemah wanted to share climbing with other people, and why she believes anyone can climb
How disability is a culture
The growing pains of starting a nonprofit climbing program and the significance of organic growth
Tips for how to be more welcoming to disabled people in the outdoors (hint, treat them the same as anyone else)
How Adaptive Climbing Group's unique training instills empathy into their instructors
Why Kareemah is motivated to keep doing what she's doing

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