Climbing with women; balancing work, life and family

These interviews took place between April and November 2020. People featured on this page:

On being a female climber and climbing with women

Alison Cairns on being different - "I'm not a typical female"
Jill Lawrence: climbing with men now, and then - and with women
Sally Macintyre: an advantage of women only trips in Pakistan
Sally Macintyre: bonding through enchantment
Sally Macintyre: climbing, identity and values
Mandy Glanvill on climbing with women
Annabelle Barker: it's the people that count
Sally Macintyre: the dilemmas of gender
Rhona Lampard: climbing with women is different
Alison Cairns: why climbing with women is different
Gill Price: "women are here, women are everywhere"
Gill Price: the put-down
Chris Watkins: climbing friendships are the strongest
Jill Croskell: egos, patience, men and women
Angela Soper: the 1984 Women's International Meet
Jill Lawrence: a desire to be good, a sense of achievement
Ellie Fuller: the aims of the Women's Trad Festival
Mandy Glanvill on raising her game

Balancing work, climbing and family

Alison Cairns: work-climb balance
Hilary Lawrenson: climbing in pregnacy and with babies
Gwen Moffat: becoming the first female guide in the UK
Cathy Woodhead: family climbing in the Avon gorge
Gwen Moffat: army life - being a deserter and a driver
Mandy Glanvill: looking for bodies in the estuary
Jill Croskell on her early childhood climbing trees
Sally Macintyre: getting the work life balance
Rhona: having a family can alter your ambitions
Jan Rickman: climbing, children and compromise
Chris Watkins: family adventures
Jan Rickman: climbing trips with small children
Jean Drummond: the dilemma of family vs self interest
Milena von und zur Mühlen: walking the Pyrennean Haute route with her mum
Cathy Woodhead: happiness, relationships and climbing ambition
Biddy Burgum: playing hockey for England
 

Photo credits

(where known)

Alison Cairns - Hazel Jones
Biddy Burgum - Milena von und zur Mühlen
Cathy Woodhead - David Medcalf
Chris Watkins - Shirley Potts
Gill Price - Border TV
Gwen Moffat - Phil Rigby
Hilary Lawrenson - Jessie Leong
Jill Croskell - Nikki Smith
Jill Lawrence - John Cleare
Milena von und zur Mühlen - Jessie Leong
Rhona Lampard - Adele Long
Stella Adams - John Adams

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