Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back

World champion climber Lynn Hill once called Katie Brown “the best female sport climber in history.” As a teenager in the 1990s, Brown redefined what it meant to be a strong, successful athlete. She became a Junior World Champion at age fourteen and then over the next several years she won every US adult national competition she entered and a World Cup title. Even as she reigned on the podium, though, Brown’s life was unraveling.

Raised in a home governed by strict yet irrational rules, Brown latched onto food for a sense of control, eventually developing an eating disorder. Seemingly unbeatable on the wall, she abruptly quit competitive climbing, and by her late twenties she had left the industry altogether.

Shedding light on the challenges of coming to terms with your past, Unraveled, celebrates the power of reclaiming your story