I did the American Direct (ED1 5.10+ A0, 1,100m) on the Dru… - Catherine Destivelle

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I did the American Direct (ED1 5.10+ A0, 1,100m) on the Dru when I was 17. I was just an amateur. I was climbing because I liked climbing, but I didn’t know I would be able to do what I did after. It was just pleasure. I was still a child.

Catherine Destivelle

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Catherine Destivelle (born 24 July 1960) is a French rock climber and mountaineer who, in the mid-1980s, won the first major female climbing competitions.

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Alternative Names: Catherine Monique Suzanne Destivelle

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Concentration is the biggest thing I learned through my career. You can’t succeed if you are not focused. Climbing taught me that. You never let it go. Concentration in each instant, each minute, each second.

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