It is dangerous to lean out…Those who climbed in the ’80’s have no doubts whatsoever: these words evoke one particular image. That of a girl clinging to the rock with just one hand, suspended high ...

French mountaineer Catherine Destivelle will become the first woman to receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland in September. In the past ...

"To be a good climber, or good mountain climber, you need two qualities. The most important is to have confidence and to have the determination to do something," Catherine Destivelle said while ...

CLIMBING-- Take time out to enjoy this 1987 film that set a standard for climbing pictures. Not only is the climber a beauty with bulletproof shoulders, the film is as masterpiece of staging and ...

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 ...

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 ...