CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Catherine Destivelle Personal information Nationality French Born ( 1960-07-24 ) July 24, 1960 (age 56) Oran , French Algeria Climbing career Type of climber Rock climber Mountaineer Known for Many popular rock climbing and free solo climbing movies since 1985 First woman to give her name to a climbing route (1991) First woman to solo ascend the north face of the Eiger (1992) First ascents First woman to climb Nameless Tower , Trango, Karakoram in 1990 (with Jeff Lowe ) First ascent of Mount Viets and Peak 4111 in the Ellsworth Mountains , Antarctica in 1996 (with Érik Decamp) Named routes Voie Destivelle in Les Drus Catherine Monique Suzanne Destivelle (born 24 July 1960) is a French rock climber and mountaineer . [1] In 1992 she became the first wo...