Ep. 1123: Climbing El Cap in Your 70s - Diedre Wolownick
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Listen in as we visit with Deirdre Wolownick, a remarkable woman who has achieved extraordinary feats in her later years, including climbing El Capitan and running marathons. Deirdre shares her journey of starting new adventures, the influence of her family on her pursuits, and the importance of setting goals and preparing adequately for challenges. She discusses her experiences with climbing, overcoming fears, and the lessons learned along the way. Deirdre also highlights her upcoming projects, including her documentaries and her book, 'Success in Seven Steps,' which provides a practical guide for achieving dreams.
Book: Success in 7 Steps
Movie: Climbing Into Life
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| 0:00.0 | But free hanging in front of a cave, there's nothing to stop you. |
| 0:10.4 | The wind would spin me, it would flip me around. |
| 0:15.6 | Episode 1123, Dieter Wollinick, on climbing and marathoning in your 50s, 60s, and even your 70s. |
| 0:25.1 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:27.6 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:35.8 | Now here's your host, Kurt Lindbill. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello and welcome again to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 0:47.3 | I am so excited about visiting with our guest today. |
| 0:49.6 | I have a remarkable woman. |
| 0:51.7 | Let me tell you some of the things that she's accomplished. |
| 0:54.7 | She's a musician playing multiple instruments. |
| 1:02.5 | She started a symphony. She has written several books. She set the world record for climbing El Cap at 10 at the age of 66 and then broke it again by climbing it at the age of 70. At 73, |
| 1:09.0 | she climbed the Iicorn pinnacle. She speaks eight languages. I saw one place |
| 1:13.9 | said seven, another says eight. I'm going to go with eight. She is a marathoner. She has |
| 1:19.4 | documentaries. Can anybody guess who this lady is? |
| 1:24.8 | Me. Me. Dear Dr. Wallenick, welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. Thanks for having me. Deirdre Wollinick. Dear Drew Wallenick, welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 1:30.6 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:31.7 | It's a pleasure. |
| 1:32.4 | I'm excited to visit with you because not just all the things that you've done, |
| 1:35.7 | but the time in life when you did them and all of the ways that you have contributed back to the world, Deirdre. |
| 1:41.9 | I think it's delightful to get to visit with someone who has given back |
| 1:48.1 | this much. Deirdre, you are on the Adventure Sports podcast a couple of times over the years, |
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