page_title: Catherine Destivelle
section_title: Notable ascents in the Alps
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine Destivelle / Notable ascents in the Alps
caption_attribution_description: Les Drus viewed from North West
context_page_description: Catherine Monique Suzanne Destivelle is a French rock climber and mountaineer. In 1992 she became the first woman to complete a solo ascent of the Eiger's north face. She completed the climb in winter in 17 hours. Her other notable climbs include the Bonatti Route on the north face of the Matterhorn and the southwest pillar of the Aiguille du Dru. Destivelle has been the subject of several documentaries, including French director Rémy Tezier's, Beyond the Summits, which won the award for best feature-length mountain film at the 2009 Banff Mountain Film Festival.
context_section_description: Destivelle was the first woman to complete the following solo ascents:
  1990 (October) – Bonatti Pillar of the Aiguille du Dru
  1991 (June) – Opening a new route up the Aiguille du Dru in 11 days, (June 24 - July 4). The "Destivelle Route" was the first rock face to be named after a woman.
  1992 (March) – north face of the Eiger
  1993 (February) – Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses
  1994 (February) – Bonatti Route on the north face of the Matterhorn
  1999 (June) – north face direct of the Cima Grande di Lavaredo
caption: Aiguille du Dru, a new climbing route on the west face
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