Podcasts about yosemite's el capitan

“Just say no. I mean, if you want to be a climber and you’re a little girl, so what? Just do it. I’ve never understood why people acquiesce to that and accept the roles that are forced on them.” — DIERDRE WOLOWNICK Dierdre Wolownick is an unstoppable force when it comes to an understanding of who she is and what she is capable of. Since 1971, she has taught five foreign languages on three continents and recently retired from the American river college near her home in Carmichael, California. And she's also done freelance writing and appeared in magazines worldwide. On top of already this list of accomplishments, she has been a musician all her life and founded the West Sacramento community orchestra. And the cherry on top of all of this is at the age, 55 She became a long-distance runner, and your career includes marathons and half marathons and other races. At age 58, she began rock climbing and at age 66. She became the oldest woman to climb Yosemite's El Capitan. And if this story wasn't already crazy enough, she is the mother of Alex Honnold. The world's most prolific rock climber. He is the star of the film Free Solo where he climbed El Capitan with no climbing equipment. It's incredible. This conversation shows why or how someone can be as incredible at what they do. Dierdre is fascinating in what she provides to people, her outlook on the world. Being able to push back on norms of how people assume you should be. The power of writing because she believes that what you tell yourself informs what you're capable of doing. When you say, Oh, I'm supposed to be this or I should be that that's another person value. She says, write your own story. Please enjoy this conversation with Dierdre Wolownick. Show Notes: (00:05:00) Who is Dierdre Wolownick? (00:06:12) Thoughts on wide ranging interests (00:07:26) New experiences and activities (00:09:24) Experiencing life post World War II (00:10:56) What was the first thing that captured your interest? (00:13:40) Elaborating on language and how to learn one (00:16:26) How do you help people become a world citizen? (00:17:55) Recommendations to get people outside of their comfort zone (00:22:24) Seeing the environmental impacts of human activity or lack of it (00:23:24) Being drawn to nature (00:24:49) Gifted or Influential books (00:29:26) The power of fiction (00:30:59) Climbing El Capitan (00:38:08) Make your own choices (00:39:57) Who should you listen to? (00:40:12) The Power of Journaling (00:42:52) Understanding the stories you tell yourself (00:44:34) Specializing doesn't mean crystalize (00:47:09) Sharing stories unfiltered (00:47:56) Dealing with struggle (00:49:31) How have you grown in the first five? (00:52:23) Directing your attention (00:53:44) Writing process (00:56:53) What is feeding curiosity to you? For transcripts and links to learn more here: https://feedingcuriosity.net/podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feedingcuriosity/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feedingcuriosity/support

David and Devindra launch to the Moon in Apollo 11 while Jeff climbs Yosemite's El Capitan in Free Solo. The cast is then joined by Hoai-Tran Bui of Slashfilm.com to talk about the Japanese film Shoplifters, winner of the Palme d'Or at 2018 Cannes Film Festival.  Listen to David’s other podcast Write Along (https://writealongpodcast.com/) with writer C. Robert Cargill Devindra's new podcast Know More Tech (https://knowmoretech.net/author/tenken/) , answering your question on the latest gadgets. Subscribe to David's Youtube channel at Davechensky (https://www.youtube.com/user/davechensky) . You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/slashfilmcast) or like us on Facebook. (https://facebook.com/slashfilmcast) Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What We've Been Watching (~10:00) David - Apollo 11, Greta Devindra - Umbrella Academy Jeff - Free Solo Feature (~36:30) Shoplifters Spoiler (~57:00) Credits: Our music sometimes comes from the work of Adam Warrock (http://www.adamwarrock.com/) . You can download our theme song here. (http://www.adamwarrock.com/?p=3174) Our Slashfilmcourt music comes from Simonmharris.com (http://www.simonmharris.com/) . Our spoiler bumper comes from filmmaker Kyle Hillinger. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6902426/) This episode was edited by Beidi Z. (https://www.adamscostudio.com/) If you’d like advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail slashfilmcast@gmail.com. Contact us at our voicemail number: 781-583-1993 You can donate and support the /Filmcast by going to slashfilm.com, clicking on the /Filmcast tab, and clicking on the sidebar “Donate” links! Thanks to all our donors this week! For information regarding your data privacy, visit https://www.acast.com/privacy

Imagine being by yourself in the dead center of a 3,000-foot vertical cliff -- without a rope to catch you if you fall. For professional rock climber Alex Honnold, this dizzying scene marked the culmination of a decade-long dream. In a hair-raising talk, he tells the story of how he summited Yosemite's El Capitan, completing one of the most dangerous free solo climbs ever.

In 2015, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made the first free ascent of The Dawn Wall on Yosemite's El Capitan. A new documentary chronicles their efforts and Caldwell takes us inside the 19 days they spent on the wall.

You don't have to scale Yosemite's El Capitan solo without ropes to enjoy rock-climbing. Excellent opportunities beckon across America. Here are a few faces of particular note.

Wednesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Ron Hosko (Former Assistant FBI Director) -- Comey releases memo on meetings with Trump3. Tommy Caldwell (Legendary rock climber) -- He was the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan 4. Merrill Matthews (Institute for Policy Innovation) -- Annual survey of health insurance coverage has been releasedLike us on Facebook!