From her bio at patagonia.com:
“”I learned to climb with my older brother, sister and her boyfriend in Southern California in 1975. I was 14 years old at the time and simply happy to tag along with them wherever they went climbing. Most weekends were spent in Joshua Tree or at Tahquitz and Suicide Rock, but occasionally we would go to a few local practice areas such as Big Rock, Stoney Point. My opportunities multiplied when I bought my first car and began traveling to new places on my own. I would sometimes venture out to more distant places like the Needles or Mount Woodson, and during my last years of high school, I spent my summers climbing in Yosemite for as long as my limited savings would allow.”
Christopher Meatto