Ep. 757: How the Mountains Can Heal - Revisited - Jane Parnell

Adventure Sports Podcast · Aug 19, 2021 · 54m

Mountaineering: Jane Parnell First Woman to Climb Colorado's 100, 200, Then 300 Highest Peaks – Healing Rape Trauma Since 1970s Rockies, Mountaineering for Sanity and Coping.

Originally aired February 22, 2018

Jane Parnell has been hiking and climbing the Rocky Mountains since the 1970's when she discovered how the mountains could heal her traumatic wounds.

After being raped when she was twenty-one and with very few people believing her claim, she discovered mountaineering and this newfound passion helped Jane cope with the trauma that weighed heavily on her throughout life.

By the time she…