Meet the 70-year-old who is believed to be the oldest woman to climb Yosemite's El Capitan
CNN
Dierdre Wolownick dreamed of watching the sunset from the top of Yosemite National Park's famous El Capitan rock formation in California.
She wanted to feel the fierce wind blow through her hair, followed by an evening of stargazing and sleeping under the moonlit sky after conquering the massive 3,200-foot vertical granite wall.
Now the 70-year-old New York native is believed to have become the oldest woman to climb up the wall to the summit of El Capitan, known as "one of the world's ultimate challenges for climbers," according to Yosemite's official website. The gargantuan rock stands almost 500 feet taller than the Burj Khalifa -- the world's tallest building.
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