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Entourage #44 - November 2011
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As a "really stressed out vegetarian" with depression, asthma, and blindness in one eye in her early 20s, Neely Quinn had to figure out how to heal herself, since doctors were no help. Diet and supplements changed her life, and she says she wanted “to tell the world about the role food plays in our health.” Now 32, Quinn works as a nutrition therapist in Boulder, Colorado, spreading the message of the powers of protein and veggies in our diets (check out her Workshop, page 58). Especially important for climbers, a balanced diet doesn’t have to cost that much. As Quinn says, “There are plenty of poor, dirtbag climbers who eat well”—possibly something she gleaned while living in Sequoia National Park for a summer in college, learning how to climb cracks. She followed that up with an extended road trip through Joshua Tree and Arizona, but really fell in love with the sport upon her return to college in Wisconsin and sport climbing at the Red River Gorge and Wild Iris.
