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in July 1965. When she reached the summit on July 14, she became the first woman to have climbed the Matterhorn's north face. She made the ascent with her husband on the 100th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the mountain, and their "surprise climb" was noted to have "stole the
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in 1971; she intended to become the first woman to reach the summit of Everest. Tensions and conflict were rife within the team, however, and the expedition was ultimately unsuccessful. Vaucher, upset with Dyhrenfurth's leadership, is said to have thrown snowballs at him before leaving the
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about the Vauchers' success was titled "Swiss Housewife Steals Matterhorn Show", and when interviewed about her plans after the descent, Yvette answered, "to go have a hair-do – fast."
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until 1979, when she became one of the first women to be made an honorary member. As of 2012, she continued to hike regularly in the Alps, despite having hip and knee replacements.
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spotlight" from two other climbing teams who were planning to climb the Matterhorn at the same time with film crews to broadcast their ascent on live television. An article in the
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Yvette and Michel Vaucher made numerous significant climbs in the Alps throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including
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Vaucher and her husband joined an international expedition to
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Vaucher died on 30 September 2023, at the age of 93.
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Matterhorn
Vallorbe
Salève
French Prealps
Geneva
Neuchâtel
Michel Vaucher
Matterhorn
St. Petersburg Times
Piz Badile
Aiguille de Triolet
Aiguille du Dru
Eiger
Große Zinne
Grandes Jorasses
Dent Blanche
Loulou Boulaz
Michel Darbellay
Mount Everest
Norman Dyhrenfurth
Swiss Alpine Club





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