Today we're interviewing Ellie about her experiences as a petite woman climber. Rock climbing is currently a male-dominated sport, so I wanted to highlight a woman's experience as a climber. Ellie is an SF-based queer climber, backpacker, and photographer. Thanks again Ellie for being on the show! -- We answer these questions during our chat:  - How did you get into climbing?  - For our viewers who aren’t as familiar, what are some types of climbing people can get into? I’ve only done indoors climbing: bouldering and top-roping. Bouldering you’re not climbing as high up but you don’t have a harness attached and you’re climbing freely to the top. - What’s been your experience as a shorter person who climbs? For those who don’t know, Ellie is 4’10”.  - What has your experience been as a woman climber in a male-dominated sport?  - I know you’re involved with a couple of organizations, Board member for the bay area climber's coalition, and a team member / ambassador of the Petite Ascension and Lady Crush Crew. What got you interested in giving back to the community?  - You’re also a certified wilderness first responder- how did that come about and what was the process like?  - Since it’s part of our pride month series, what’s been your experience as a queer person in the climbing community?  - You’ve mentioned a bit in the past about how there can be body image issues in the climbing community, do you mind elaborating a bit on that.  - So for our last question, what’s next for you in your outdoors life?   Thank you again Ellie for being on the show. I learned a lot about the climbing community and hopefully some of the listeners feel inspired to give the sport a try. If you want to find out more about Ellie’s climbing check her out on Instagram. Check out Ellie's IG here: https://www.instagram.com/climbingwalrus ---