Catherine Destivelle is one of the most established mountaineers across the globe. She became widely recognized in the world stage by demonstrating unrivaled talent in the fields of sports climbing, rock climbing and alpine climbing in the late 1980s and 1990s. In 1990, she became the first woman to climb the fascinating granite monolith Trango Tower in Karakoram. In 1992, she opened a new route in the west pillar of the Dru by herself. In the winter of 1992, she climbed the north face of Eiger, once again by herself, which took her only 17 hours. She also climbed the south west face of Shishapangma (8,027m) and the south face of Annapurna (8,091m) in Himalayas. With faith and passion, Catherine Destivelle broke the social prejudice that women were not able to climb. She helped other women mountaineers make a major step forward by making challenges to the high-risk solo mountaineering. The 'Destivelle Route,' which she cultivated while climbing the Aiguille du Dru in the French Alps for 11 days alone in 1991, is the first rock climbing route that was named after a woman.