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After delays due to extremely hot temperatures in Europe this summer, the climbers took to Northern Spain at the end of August and spent almost a month working on the wall. Then, on Sept. 12, just about two years after she first heard of Rayu, DiGiulian led her team to the top. That day, they became the first all-women team to climb a route of this caliber as well as the first all-women and second-ever ascent of Rayu.
The Rayu climb felt particularly significant for DiGiulian personally, and not only because she was leading the team after recovering from such a major surgery. She'd also lost a friend in ain Mexico in 2020, so the risks she was undertaking were very present in her mind."There were a lot of bubbled-up feelings of A, not knowing if I was prepared enough for this goal, and then B, being really nervous about the risk that we would be mitigating," DiGiulian says.
When they finally completed the ascent,"it was unlike any other feeling," DiGiulian says."I think part of the exhilaration that goes into big-wall climbing is you're fully dedicating yourself to achieving this mountain.
"So often when you're on an expedition, you're dealing with emotions and failure and fatigue that it's almost like everything's erased when you get that feeling on the summit."DiGiulian credits the dynamic that often exists in all-women teams for the successful ascent, describing the support, camaraderie, and even vulnerability the crew demonstrated.
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