On the left, a woman with caramel hair smiles into the camera. On the right, a woman with short grey hair and a plaid shirt smiles into the camera.

Interview: Dierdre Wolownick, the Oldest Woman to Climb Yosemite’s El Capitan

  Running her first marathon in her 50s was never on Dierdre Wolownick’s list of life ambitions. Neither was learning to speak eight languages. Nor, for that matter, was shattering a world record—twice—to become the oldest woman to climb Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, the captivating 3,200-foot granite monolith. But if there’s one philosophy that …

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