Saint in Paradise Posted 17 July, 2011 Share Posted 17 July, 2011 She is far far braver than me. A blast from the past this week. This pre-YouTube video is of Catherine Destivelle soloing in Mali. Filmed in 1987, High Magazine commented, "the film Seo of her soloing on a sandstone cliff in the Mali desert is one that has been seen worldwide and the one clear image that has stuck in the minds of the general public in Britain". This was undoubtedly true at the time, and most climbers of a certain generation will have seen this film before, however now that video is ubiquitous across the internet, it is easy to forget such classics as this. http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=49981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 17 July, 2011 Share Posted 17 July, 2011 Solo free climbing is scary as hell. Catherine Destivelle's main competitor in the US is Lynn Hill, who's done equally daring climbs of, for example, El Capitan in Yosemite. Heaven knows why anyone would want to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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