Holly Beatie

Holly Beatie Quick Facts

Main Areas: Botanical Formulations, Flower Essences, Athletic training & competition, Photograpy, Sierra Nevada Mountains
Best Sellers: Ah-Mend natural wound healing salve, Achy Breaky Balm for all muscle & soft tissue aches, pains, strains, cramps, bruises.
Career Focus: Natural product development, production, marketing. Photograpy and writing.
Affiliation: High Sierra Botanicals, The Tahoe Center for Non-violent Change, Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team

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Holly Beatie grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills of
California and moved to the mountains as a young adult. Having been an athlete
in high school and college, she soon became an expert Alpine skier and
instructor in the Bear Valley Ski School. She moved to the North Tahoe/Truckee
area in the late 1970’s where she found that she had a talent for cross-country
skiing and racing. That led her to try her hand at Biathlon in the winter of
‘78/’79 at the Olympic training center in Squaw Valley.

 

The fact that there was no women’s Biathlon team in the U.S.
at that time did not deter Holly and she competed in the men’s races. She fell
in love with this fascinating sport, worked hard, and was soon beating half of
the male competitors.

 

Holly’s tenacity and prowess at skiing and marksmanship
inspired other women to come out and try Biathlon racing. By 1980, the U.S.
Biathlon Association decided it was time to develop a women’s team, inviting
Holly and other women to training camps, and holding separate women’s events
and National Championships.

 

In 1984, Holly showed up at the Olympic Trials races in Lake
Placid, New York and earned the number one spot on the team that would
represent the U.S. at the inaugural Women’s World Championships in Chamonix,
France. With Holly as the anchor, the American women brought home the bronze
medal in the relay (behind Russia and Norway). This was the first ever world
champion medal in Biathlon for the United States.

 

During her 20-year athletic career, Holly tried her hand and
excelled in numerous other sports including Running, Cycling, Triathlons, and
Ride & Tie. She also became an expert at event management, creating events
like the Mountain Run at Squaw Valley USA, now in its 30th year. In
the 1990’s, she took on the role of regional coordinator for the emerging sport
of Summer Biathlon (running & marksmanship) and went on the road with her
cat Toonces for seven months in 1992 as the national coordinator.

 

After retiring from competitive sports
in 1997, Holly embarked on an inward journey of healing and discovery. Having a
strong affinity for nature, she has mastered the use of plant-based materials
to create an extensive line of Earth-friendly healing products including flower
essence formulas, medicinal balms and salves, aromatherapy, natural perfumes,
and body care. She incorporates wild plants from the Sierra into many of her
formulas as a testament to the healing powers of plants that are readily
available to everyone.

 

Currently, Holly manages over 100 products in her line of High
Sierra Botanicals and when she’s out on
the trails, is a sharp shooter with a camera instead of a rifle.