| Title |
Oral history interview of Cheryl Pirozzi, conducted by Tallie Casucci (audio and transcript) |
| Creator |
Pirozzi, Cheryl |
| Contributor |
Casucci, Tallie |
| Description |
Cheryl Pirozzi (b. 1978) grew up in Manhattan Beach, California, outside of Los Angeles. She recounts an impactful experience going the Mojave Desert with the Girl Scouts as her first experience in wilderness and an introduction into climbing. As a teenager, Cheryl and her dad would go to Yosemite and find climbers to take them out. For her undergraduate studies, Cheryl went to Dartmouth College to study ecology and environmental biology. During that time, she started sport climbing at Rumney and met her husband Mike. They moved to Portland, Oregon, for two years before returning to Dartmouth College and Brown University for their medical studies. They picked the University of Utah for their residencies for the accessibility to wilderness and climbing. Cheryl recounts several memorable climbs, mentors in medicine and climbing, motherhood, COVID-19 pandemic, and mental wellbeing. Cheryl is a pulmonary medicine and pulmonary critical care doctor and exposure-related lung disease researcher at the University of Utah. |
| Additional Information |
Timestamps - 0:19 Youth in California and a year in Germany; 5:43 Dartmouth College and future interest in pulmonary medicine and pulmonary critical care; 16:38 Climbing in Yosemite; 21:38 Rumney climbing community; 28:38 Picking University of Utah for residency; 33:27 Integrating into the Salt Lake climbing community and early trips; 43:53 COVID pandemic; 50:50 Post-partum climbing; 1:00:07 Professional mentors and women physicians; 1:02:31 Values; 1:06:06 Challenges facing the climbing community and Utah ; 1:09:45 Impact; 1:11:55 Continue interest in climbing ; 1:15:53 Climbing partners; 1:18:07 Example of Cheryl's determination while encountering wasps on a climb in Cuba, 1:21:35 Love of Little Cottonwood Canyon |
| Date |
2022-12-19 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, 40.76078, -111.89105; Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, 40.57275, -111.77296 |
| Subject |
Rock climbers; Rock climbing; Air--Pollution--Health aspects; Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); COVID-19 (Disease); Outdoor recreation industry |
| Collection Number and Name |
DA0002 Rock Climbers Oral History Project |
| Collection Name |
Rock Climbers Oral History Project |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text; Sound |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose to grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Note |
The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect any views, opinions, or official policy of the University of Utah or the J. Willard Marriott Library. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69wxmss |
| Extent |
22 pages; 1:23:00 |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works); sound recordings |
| Setname |
uum_rcohp |
| ID |
2289537 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69wxmss |
