Mother of climber Alex Honnold, whose record-breaking climb was documented in Free Solo, made the journey to celebrate turning 70
Dierdre Wolownick, mother of the renowned climber Alex Honnold, has become the oldest woman to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan, breaking her own record after scaling the rock face for a second time on her 70th birthday.
Wolownick summited El Capitan last month. She had previously completed the climb with her son in 2017, a journey that took her 13 hours up and six hours down on the Lurking Fear route, which typically takes four days to complete. Still, this climb was grueling, Wolownick said.
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