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“Climbing gives you the illusion of being in control, just for a while, the tantalising sense of being able to stay one move ahead of death.”

Helen Mort has always been drawn to the thrill and risk of climbing: the tension between human and rockface, and the climber's powerful connection to the elemental world. But when she becomes a mother for the first time, she finds herself re-examining her relationship with both the natural world and herself, as well as the way the world views women who aren't afraid to take risks.

The award-winning poet and author will join us at Untroubled to talk about her memoir, A Line Above the Sky and to discuss why humans are drawn to danger, and how we can find freedom in pushing our limits.