Maureen Beck

Maureen Beck is an American mountaineer, and a specialist in adaptive climbing. Born without a lower left arm, she has won six national titles, and won a gold medal at the 2014 Spanish Paraclimbing World Championships.[1]

Beck is from Ellsworth, Maine and a graduate of the University of Vermont.[2] She was inspired to take up climbing at the age of 12 after a counsellor said she did not have to do it on a camp course. Because there was no support for one-handed climbing, she devised a way of doing it herself. She accompanied Jim Ewing in a climb of the Lotus Flower Tower in the Cirque of the Unclimbables.[3]

The 2018 documentary "Stumped" centered on Beck and her climbing career.[4]

Honors and awards

In 2019 Beck was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.[5][6] In May of 2022, Beck placed second at the IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup.[7]

References
  1. "Meet Maureen Beck". National Geographic. February 26, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. Fleming, Deirdre (2021-12-19). "Greatest gifts?". Portland Press Herald. pp. , . Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  3. "Maureen Beck Shares Her Story at Overture". Broadway World. March 22, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  4. Mcconnaha, Michelle (2018-01-14). "Docs about rocks - climbing them, that is". Ravalli Republic. pp. A1. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  5. Jeniewicz, Debbie (2020-02-07). "Adventure Summit will have you climbing the walls". Dayton Daily News. pp. G2. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  6. "Meet Maureen Beck, National Geographic 2019 Adventurer of the Year". Adventure. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  7. "Maureen BECK". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
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