PROFILE : Catherine Destivelle
From
Boulders to Mountain Tops
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Lecture: Catherine was introduced to climbing by her father at the age of five. On visits to the forest of Fontainebleau, she played on the boulders and a seed was sown. "When I tried rock-climbing, I was good at it straight away, so I liked it". In 1988, Destivelle climbed what was then the hardest route in the world ever climbed by a woman. Soon afterwards, her focus moved to mountaineering. She free-climbed the Nameless Tower in Pakistan and solo climbed the Bonatti Pillar on Les Drus. She then opened a new route up the famous west face of the Drus, during a remarkable 11-day solo-climb. Soloing hard mountaineering routes was now Catherine’s trademark, and she continued to make remarkable solo ascents on every continent, in all of the world’s great mountain ranges.
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Sunday
Night Tickets: £12
Catherine’s climbing career was the subject of the remarkable film ‘Beyond the Summits’ which screened at EMFF 2010 to much acclaim. Today, Catherine lives in the Alps and is as passionate about the mountains as ever. Join us for what will be a memorable closing night at the EMFF. Buy your tickets early as this session is sure to sell out.
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