The hands that built her entire sport, business, and life were taken from her in an accidental instant.
Melissa Strong is a sponsored rock climber, writer, and restaurant owner based in Estes Park, Colorado, and El Paso, Texas. She's the founder and owner of two acclaimed Estes Park restaurants, Bird & Jim and The Bird's Nest, and together with her husband owns Wagon Wheel Co-op, a guiding concession in Hueco Tanks State Park.
Her memoir tells the story of the near-fatal electric injury that changed everything, and the long road of healing.
Listen to Melissa and Angie talk about:
- Finding rock climbing at 26 after realizing she couldn't run half a mile
- Becoming a sponsored climber in an era before climbing gyms were on every corner
- The near-fatal accident that severely burned her hands
- Seeing a forest and tunnel during her near-death experience
- The "closet of boxes" self-coaching tool she invented in the hospital
- Having her arms literally sewn together for three weeks to rebuild skin
- Tapping into her athlete's mindset to push through recovery
- Why women need to stop shouldering everything and give themselves a break
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