National Geographic LIVE: Maureen Beck (Improbable Ascent)
When: Mon., May 1, 7:30-9 p.m. 2023
Paraclimber Maureen Beck learned how to rock climb one-handed through trial and error—one of her early adaptive climbing innovations involved taping a metal ladle to her arm. It wasn’t long before she was tackling some of the hardest climbs by a one-handed athlete.