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Dierdre Wolownick climbed El Capitan at 66. Melissa Davey Documented Her Story.
You may know Alex Honnold, the only person to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan rock cliff without any gear. But did you know that Honnold’s mother, Dierdre Wolownick, is the oldest woman to climb the same mountain (with gear)? Or that she only started training in her 60s?
Melissa Davey, a documentary filmmaker, wanted to share Diedre’s story. Her film Climbing into Life is now available to stream on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, YouTube Movies, among others.
In this re-released episode of Your Creative Midlife, I talk with Melissa Davey about Dierdre's story and Melissa’s own journey into filmmaking in…
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