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Catherine Destivelle
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Catherine Destivelle, born July 24, 1960 in Oran, is a French climber and mountaineer.
Introduced to climbing at a very young age, she had already climbed the most difficult climbing routes in the French Alps by the age of twenty.
In the late 1980s, she became one of the world's best climbers and collected records, trophies and honorary distinctions.
The 1990s marked a shift towards mountaineering as she took part in expeditions to the Himalayas and was the first woman to climb the three great north faces of the Alps alone in winter.
Very popular, she has been the subject of numerous reports and documentary films.
Catherine grew up in Paris and was introduced to climbing at a very young age in the Fontainebleau forest.
At 15, she could climb the hardest rocks.
At 17, she spent her weekends climbing the highest peaks in the Alps.
Around the age of 20, she embarked on a career as a physiotherapist, but after five years, the lure of the mountains proved too strong and she began competing in international climbing competitions.
From 1985 to 1988, she was considered the best female climber in the world.
In 1990, she returned to mountaineering with a series of incredible climbs, including solo winter ascents of the three most legendary Alpine faces - the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses and the Matterhorn - making her the greatest female climber of all time.
Today, in addition to these mountain activities, she is a lecturer and director of Éditions du Mont-Blanc.
Notable achievements include: in 1990, she climbed the Nameless Tower in Pakistan and soloed the Bonatti Pillar on Les Drus.
In June 1991, she opened a new route on the famous west face of the Drus, during a remarkable solo ascent of 11 days.
On March 10, 1992, it took her 17 hours to solo the north face of the Eiger (3970 meters), in the Bernese Oberland, a mythical rock face, considered the deadliest in the Alps.
During the same year, she attempted the immense Latok in Pakistan.
In 1993, she winter soloed the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses, and attempted the West Pillar of Makalu in Nepal.
In 1994, she soloed the Bonatti route on the north face of the Matterhorn in winter.
In 1995, she climbed the southwest face of Shishapangma in Tibet and attempted the south face of Annapurna.
The year 1996 marked a break in her activity, due to an accident in Antarctica, but she recovered very quickly.
In early summer 1999, Catherine climbed the direct north face of the Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Italian Dolomites.
Catherine was again the first woman for this solo ascent which took her 2 days.
She received a Piolet d'Or in 2020, a distinction for her entire career.
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Breathtaking climbing sequences As a guide...Great Britain, Journey To The Sources of Mountaineering 2025
Breathtaking climbing sequences. As a guide, none other than "The Rock Queen" Catherine Destivelle. Climbing companions of the caliber of Chris Bonington or Tom Livingstone, one of the greatest Himalayan climbers today... for the production of "Great Britain, Journey to the Sources of Mountaineering," Vincent Perazio and Bertrand Delapierre have proven themselves equal to a complex but fascinating subject: the British origins of mountaineering. A journey through time. Since the second half of the 19th century and the beginnings of the British writer Albert F. Mummery, who would become the first sport mountaineer, notably in the Alps and the Caucasus.
In the 1980s Patrick Edlinger nicknamed...Edlinger, la liberté au bout des doigts 2023
In the 1980s, Patrick Edlinger, nicknamed "Le Blond", painted with the grace of a poet the first chapter in the world history of free climbing. In his hands, marginal exercise has become a real lifestyle, carrying a message of freedom. His famous solos, beyond the proven feat they represent, bear witness to this. Life at Your Fingertips, the first internationally known climbing film, touched and inspired by generations of climbers; Edlinger was one of the meteors that shone light on the cliffs of the world by following the trajectory of a single idea: to be free to live only by "climbing". Yet the man capable of concessions in the face of the necessities of life (competitions, advertisements) and pressure from the media, his public and the desires he aroused.
En Solo : L'ivresse des sommets 2022
Documentary on climbing in the famous...Verdon - The Show Must Go On 2021
Documentary on climbing in the famous Verdon gorges, a mecca for world climbing. From Bernard Vaucher to Catherine Destivelle, from Bernard Gorgeon to Lionel Catsoyannis via Enzo Oddo and Fabien Ristori, relive the evolution of climbing in Verdon through testimonies and anecdotes from climbers from different generations. History, anecdotes and emotions from the early 60s to the present day, with an eye towards the future. Can we define ourselves as a climber without having visited the Verdon?
Explore Mont Blanc 2016
Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes 2015
Catherine Destivelle is an ambassador for...Beyond the Summits 2009
Catherine Destivelle is an ambassador for the French Alps and is well known in France and abroad. In Beyond the Summits, viewers will feel like they are climbing up the mountain with her. The film shows three classic Chamonix routes with three different climbing partners. Each partner was chosen because they had a profound impact on her life. The camera captures the magnificent scenery, as well as frank and intimate moments during the ascents ...
Les Amants des Drus 2007
Catherine Destivelle has deservedly become the...Rock Queen 1998
Catherine Destivelle has deservedly become the most famous female climber in the world. She rose to prominence with historic climbs, such as the free ascent of the Nameless Tower in Pakistan, and solo winter ascents of the classic north faces of the Matterhorn and the Eiger, climbs that have never been repeated by any woman. She also made history in sport climbing by winning the world championship title. In 1997, this time in Scotland, on the iconic Old Man of Hoy route, opened by Bonington, Patey & Baillie, Martin Belderson crowned Destivelle Queen of the Rock. She was four months pregnant when she made this 137-meter ascent, which was not difficult but on tricky rock.
At the peak of her career...Ballade à Devil's Tower 1992
At the peak of her career as a rock climber, Catherine Destivelle goes to the United States to get away from the competitions and to recharge batteries. There, Destivelle travels by car through Utah and Wyoming to make spectacular free solo ascents in Indian Creek, where she soloes 'Supercrack' (5.10d), in Dead Horse Point State Park, and on the iconic Devil's Tower, where she climbs unroped the second half of the classic 130-foot route 'El Matador' (5.10d).
