The RunOut #166: Melissa Strong: Grit, Healing, and Second Chances

Melissa Strong is a climber, restaurateur, and writer. In 2017, she nearly lost her life in an electrical accident that left her with amputated and disfigured hands. Her new book is called Climbing Through: A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing, and Second Chances. But first, we talk (more) about Dean Potter, the late climbing and BASE jumping visionary who is the subject of a new documentary called The Dark Wizard. Today’s final bit is a listener-submitted homage to some climbing partners and community, from Daniel Kent. Show Notes Melissa Strong:  Follow Melissa Strong:  “Climbing Through: A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing, and Second Chances:  Watch The Dark Wizard:  Still getting “free climbing” wrong:  The True Story Behind The Dark Wizard, via TIME:  Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! Contact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

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The RunOut #166: Melissa Strong: Grit, Healing, and Second Chances is an episode from The RunOut Podcast by Andrew Bisharat & Chris Kalous.

This episode is 1:22:33 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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