{"id":24935,"date":"2018-04-03T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=24935"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:10:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T22:10:02","slug":"take-it-from-mo-beck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-mo-beck","title":{"rendered":"Take It From Mo Beck"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/7298abb6-7f81-48cf-8aac-8c45ec767b08?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maureen (Mo) has always been stubborn. Whether it was playing goalie on her soccer team or taking up rock climbing, Mo grew up throwing herself into activities that might seem difficult for someone born without her left hand. Because of her determination, Mo has won the IFSC World Paraclimbing Championships three times \u2013 in 2017, 2016 and 2014 \u2013 and more than a half-dozen national-level climbing competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/take-it-from-me-podcast\">Take It From Me<\/a>, Allen, the nutrition scientist and small business owner you met in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/take-it-from-allen-lim\">episode five<\/a>, interviews Mo about why she chose rock climbing, her relationship with the adaptive athletic community, and why she\u2019s not willing to take no for an answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24937\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24937\" class=\"wp-image-24937 size-article_body\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Take-it-From-Me-0021.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"Mo's three-legged dog, Gimp Biscuit. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mo&#8217;s three-legged dog, Gimp Biscuit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Connect with Mo\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moinmountains.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/moinmountains\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/moinmountains\/posts\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moinmountains\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Learn more about rock climbing<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/climb\/maureen-beck-wants-to-normalize-adaptive-climbing\">Mo\u2019s journey to climbing her first 5.12<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/learn\/expert-advice\/rock-shoes.html\">How to choose rock climbing shoes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/h\/climbing\">Climbing gear<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maureen (Mo) has always been stubborn. Whether it was playing goalie on her soccer team or taking up rock climbing, Mo grew up throwing herself into activities that might seem difficult for someone born without her left hand. Because of her determination, Mo has won the IFSC World Paraclimbing Championships three times \u2013 in 2017, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":24957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,242,1728],"tags":[1455],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-24935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-social","category-take-it-from-me","tag-take-it-from-me"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-mo-beck","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Take It From Mo Beck","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-mo-beck","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-mo-beck"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Mo.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Mo.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000"},"articleSection":"Social","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chelsea Davis"}],"creator":["Chelsea Davis"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["take it from me"],"dateCreated":"2018-04-03T21:53:53Z","datePublished":"2018-04-03T21:53:53Z","dateModified":"2020-07-17T22:10:02Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Take It From Mo Beck\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/take-it-from-mo-beck\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/take-it-from-mo-beck\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Mo.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Mo.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000\"},\"articleSection\":\"Social\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Davis\"}],\"creator\":[\"Chelsea Davis\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"take it from me\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2018-04-03T21:53:53Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-03T21:53:53Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-17T22:10:02Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Mo.jpg?fit=6000%2C4000","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24935"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161438,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24935\/revisions\/161438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24935"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=24935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}