Woman and climbing on Radio4

Woman's Hour on Radio4 had a package about women and climbing on Tuesday. Llisten to programme, 10 minute segment. The segment starts with some interviews at the Castle of women climbers and then there is an interview with Gwen Moffat, who was the first female British mountain guide, and Anne Arran, who was UK climbing champion a few years ago. They make interesting points about the role of women in climbing, the main being that it is more or less an equal sport now, many woman can climb as hard as men and often do it with more finesse. The sport has also changed radically since Gwen started climbing in the 1940s. She has written a book, Space Below My Feet, which collects her experiences from the earlier days of climbing.