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Full Value: Degringolade
In this Full Value story from Alpinist 56 Sibylle Hechtel recounts a pivotal moment in her climbing career–her first first-ascent, in Canada’s Bugaboos, 1973. She… Read More »Full Value: Degringolade
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Sibylle Hechtel
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My Big Scary First Ascent
Before she and Bev Johnson made the first female ascent of El Capitan, Sibylle Hechtel lead her first unclimbed big wall in the Wind Rivers:… Read More »My Big Scary First Ascent
Charlie!
Sibylle Hechtel remembers Charlie Porter as the “burly, and utterly huggable” boyfriend of Bev Johnson, with whom Hechtel made the first all-female ascent of El… Read More »Charlie!