🧗‍♀️ From Near-Death to Rock Climbing Again: Melissa Strong on Injury, Recovery Tools, and Writing a Memoir

See Her Outside: Stories From Women Who Adventure · Apr 30, 2026 · 47m

The hands that built Melissa’s entire sport, business, and life were taken from her in an accidental instant.

Her story explores what came next: the mental tools she invented to survive, the small triumphs that felt enormous, and the athletic determination it took to find her way back to the rock.

Melissa's memoir, Climbing Through: A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing and Second Chances, is also the spring pick for Grit Lit, our adventure book club. Join by May 7th to get Melissa's book in your next box.

Melissa Strong is a sponsored rock climber, writer, and restaurant owner based in Estes…