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List of climbers and mountaineers

January 01, 1970

This is a list of climbers and mountaineers who are notable for their activities in mountaineering (including alpine climbing), rock climbing (including aid climbing, free climbing, bouldering, speed climbing and competition climbing) or in ice climbing (including mixed climbing).

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Jacques Balmat
 
Adam Bielecki
 
Arlene Blum
 
David Breashears
 
Bill Westbay, Jim Bridwell (center), and John Long

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Yvon Chouinard
 
Chhurim
 
Johann Coaz
 
Emilio Comici
 
Michel Croz

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Clinton Thomas Dent
 
Kurt Diemberger

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Douglas Freshfield
 
Tom Frost

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Conrad Gessner
 
John Gill
 
Stefan Glowacz
 
Paul Güssfeldt

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Artur Hajzer
 
Colin Haley
 
Heinrich Harrer
 
Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed
 
Lynn Hill
 
Edmund Hillary

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Margaret Jackson

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Dora Keen
 
Jerzy Kukuczka
 
Jaan Künnap

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Reinhold Messner
 
Thomas Middlemore
 
Albert F. Mummery

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Tenzing Norgay

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Juanito Oiarzabal
 
Adam Ondra
  • Vanessa O'Brien (born 1964) First British-American woman to summit K2
  • Cathy O'Dowd (born 1968) South Africa, first female ascent of Everest from both north and south (1999), fourth female ascent Lhotse (2000)
  • Oh Eun-Sun (born 1966) South Korea, first Korean woman to climb Seven Summits, controversy over eight-thousanders claim[2]
  • Juanito Oiarzabal (born 1956) Basque (Spain), all eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen, record 24 ascents of eight-thousanders
  • Clare O'Leary (born 1972) Ireland, first Irish woman to climb Mount Everest (2004)
  • Adam Ondra (born 1993) Czech Republic, first to redpoint a 9c
  • Dan Osman (1963–1998) US, rock climber, soloist, killed whilst attempting his new sport of rope jumping
  • James Outram (1864–1925) Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine

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Michel-Gabriel Paccard
 
Paul Preuss

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Monique Richard
 
Wanda Rutkiewicz

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John Salathé
 
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
 
Ueli Steck
 
Gottlieb Samuel Studer

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Sheikha Asma Al Thani
 
Bill Tilman
 
Francis Fox Tuckett

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Karl Unterkircher

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Anak Verhoeven
  • Arjun Vajpai (born 1993) India, climbed Everest 2010, Lhotse 2011 and Manaslu 2011
  • Ivan Vallejo (born 1959) Ecuador, 14th person to climb all eight-thousanders (7th without supplemental oxygen)
  • Patrick Vallençant (1946–1989) France, alpinist/skier and ski mountaineering pioneer
  • Anak Verhoeven (born 1996) Belgium, first woman to claim a first ascent of a 5.15a
  • Allison Vest (born 1995) Canada, two-time Canadian Bouldering Nationals champion
  • Ed Viesturs (born 1959) US, first US climber to climb all eight-thousander (6th without supplemental oxygen)
  • Sibusiso Vilane (born 1970) South Africa, first black African to summit Everest (2003)
  • Ludwig Vörg (1911–1941) Germany, first ascent Eiger north face (1938)

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Edward Whymper
 
Krzysztof Wielicki

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Andrzej Zawada

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References edit

  1. ^ "Fitz Roy - West face (Supercanaleta)". pataclimb.com. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  2. ^ Jolly, Joanna; Mulvey, Stephen (27 August 2010). "New doubts over Korean Oh Eun-Sun's climbing record". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  3. ^ American Alpine Journal, 1979, pp. 1–18
  4. ^ "Jordan Romero, 13, 'becomes youngest to scale Everest'". BBC. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  5. ^ Douglas, Ed (4 October 2004). "Pete Schoening - Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  6. ^ Ichiro Yoshizawa - Obituary April 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

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This is a list of climbers and mountaineers who are notable for their activities in mountaineering including alpine climbing rock climbing including aid climbing free climbing bouldering speed climbing and competition climbing or in ice climbing including mixed climbing Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ReferencesA editVitaly Abalakov 1906 1992 Russia climbed Lenin Peak 1934 and Khan Tengri 1936 Yevgeniy Abalakov 1907 1948 Russia climbed Communism Peak 1933 Premlata Agarwal born 1963 India first Indian woman to complete all Seven Summits H P S Ahluwalia fl 1965 India climbed Mount Everest in 1965 Pierre Allain 1904 2000 France developed bouldering at Fontainebleau and rubber rock climbing shoes Christian Almer 1826 1898 Switzerland numerous first ascents including Eiger Ashraf Aman born 1943 Pakistan first Pakistani ascent of K2 Luigi Amedeo Duke of Abruzzi 1873 1933 Italy first ascent of Mount Saint Elias Rwenzori Mountains Pat Ament born 1946 US rock climber and pioneer boulderer Melchior Anderegg 1827 1912 Switzerland guide with numerous first ascents including on Mont Blanc Conrad Anker born 1963 US discovered Mallory s body on Everest in 1999 Tyler Armstrong born 2004 US in 2013 at age 9 the youngest to climb Aconcagua Melissa Arnot born 1983 US six ascents of Everest Bernd Arnold born 1947 Germany more than 900 first ascents in Saxon Switzerland Armando Aste 1926 2017 Italy first Italian ascent of the Eiger north face Peter Athans born 1957 US seven ascents of Mount Everest Peter Aufschnaiter 1899 1973 Austria mountaineer friend of Heinrich Harrer per Seven Years in Tibet Abdul Jabbar Bhatti Pakistani mountaineer and the former military officer of the Pakistan Army Nelly Attar born 1990 Saudi Lebanese was the first Arab woman to summit K2 2022 B edit nbsp Jacques Balmat nbsp Adam Bielecki nbsp Arlene Blum nbsp David Breashears nbsp Bill Westbay Jim Bridwell center and John Long Samina Baig born 1990 Pakistan third Pakistani and the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest John Bachar 1957 2009 US leading Yosemite based rock climber and free soloist in the 1970s John Ball 1818 1889 Ireland alpinist climbing guidebook author first president of Alpine Club 1857 Jacques Balmat 1762 1834 Duchy of Savoy Chamonix based guide first ascent Mont Blanc 1786 George Band 1929 2011 UK first ascent of Kangchenjunga on the 1955 British expedition Kinga Baranowska born 1975 Poland first Polish woman to climb Dhaulagiri Manaslu and Kangchenjunga Anna Baranska born 1976 Poland first Polish woman to climb the North Face of Mount Everest Henry Barber born 1953 US leading US rock climber in the 1970s Andrzej Bargiel born 1988 Poland Snow Leopard record holder several first ski mountaineering descents of eight thousanders Lilliane and Maurice Barrard 1948 1986 and 1941 1986 France Nanga Parbat 1984 first female both killed on K2 Charles Barrington 1834 1901 UK first ascent of the Eiger 1858 Richard Bass 1929 2015 US businessman and amateur mountaineer first to complete the Seven Summits 1985 Robert Hicks Bates 1911 2007 US first ascent of Mount Lucania 1937 part of US attempts on K2 in 1938 and 1953 Mark Beaufoy 1764 1827 UK fourth ascent Mont Blanc 1787 Fred Beckey Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey 1923 2017 Germany US many first ascents of North American peaks Bentley Beetham 1886 1963 UK member of the 1924 Everest expedition pioneer rock climber in Borrowdale George Irving Bell 1926 2000 US physicist biologist and mountaineer first ascent Masherbrum 1960 rescued on K2 1953 Gertrude Bell 1868 1926 UK many ascents in the Alps the Swiss peak Gertrudspitze was named in her honor Maciej Berbeka 1954 2013 Poland first winter ascents of 3 eight thousanders Manaslu Cho Oyu and Broad Peak Josune Bereziartu born 1972 Basque Spain first female to climb grade 8c 5 14b 8c 5 14c and 9a 5 14d Patrick Berhault 1957 2004 France several first free ascents of major sport climbing and alpine climbing routes Didier Berthod born 1981 Switzerland leading traditional climber who quit after failing on Cobra Crack 5 14a 8b Adam Bielecki born 1983 Poland first winter ascents of 2 eight thousanders Gasherbrum I and Broad Peak John Biggar born 1964 Scotland several first ascents in the Andes Isabella Bird 1831 1904 UK traveler writer and natural historian first female fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Barry Blanchard born 1959 Canada mountain guide first ascents in the Saint Elias range of Alaska Smoke Blanchard 1915 1989 US developed The Buttermilks bouldering area in Bishop California Karl Blodig 1859 1956 Austria mountaineer optician and journalist first to climb all 4 000 metre peaks in the Alps Arlene Blum born 1945 US part of the first US female attempt on Everest led the first all woman ascent of Annapurna Peter Boardman 1950 1982 UK Everest 1975 Changabang 1976 Kanchenjunga 1979 died on Everest with Joe Tasker Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau 1857 1923 France first ascent La Meije with father and son Pierre Gaspard 1877 Jean Marc Boivin 1951 1990 France first ascents of extreme alpine routes pioneer of extreme skiing and BASE jumping Walter Bonatti 1930 2011 Italy mountaineer and writer solo new routes on Aiguille du Dru and Matterhorn Sir Chris Bonington born 1934 UK first ascent of Freney Pillar 1961 Tower of Paine 1962 3 ascent of 3 eight thousanders Thomas George Bonney 1833 1923 UK geologist and mountaineer president of the Alpine Club Jack Borgenicht 1911 2005 US garment manufacturer philanthropist the oldest person to climb Mount Rainier at age 81 Alastair Borthwick 1913 2003 Scotland climber and author of Always a Little Further Christine Boskoff 1967 2006 US 6 eight thousanders including Everest twice died on Genyen Peak Sebastien Bouin born 1993 France first ascent of DNA 2022 the world s second ever 9c 5 15d route Anatoli Boukreev 1958 1997 Russia 7 eight thousanders without oxygen part of 1996 Everest disaster died on Annapurna Loulou Boulaz 1908 1991 Switzerland several first ascents and first female ascents in the Alps Tom Bourdillon 1924 1956 UK Cho Oyu 1952 part of 1953 British Everest expedition first to Everest South Summit 1953 Stipe Bozic born 1951 FPR Yugoslavia completed the Seven Summits second European to climb Everest twice Lydia Bradey born 1961 New Zealand first woman to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen 1988 Samuel Brawand 1898 2001 Switzerland politician and mountain guide first ascent of Mittellegigrat 1921 David Breashears born 1956 US Everest twice directed IMAX film Everest Meta Brevoort 1825 1876 US alpinist of Victorian period aunt of W A B Coolidge Russell Brice born 1952 New Zealand set record for fastest solo ascent without oxygen of Cho Oyu and Ama Dablam Jim Bridwell 1944 2018 US first ascents of major aid routes on El Capitan first one day ascent of The Nose 1975 David Brower 1912 2000 US executive director of Sierra Club and Yosemite climber Joe Brown 1930 2020 UK first ascent of Cenotaph Corner the Aiguille de Blaitiere west face and Kanchenjunga 1955 Katie Brown born 1981 US pioneer female competition climber X Games Rock Master and World Cup and big wall climber Geoffrey Bruce 1896 1972 UK first to reach 8 300 metres 27 300 ft on Mount Everest 1922 Hermann Buhl 1924 1957 Austria first ascent Nanga Parbat 1953 and of Broad Peak 1957 died on Chogolisa Alexander Burgener 1845 1910 Switzerland first ascent Zmuttgrat Grands Charmoz Aiguille du Grepon Lenzspitze and Grand Dru Jean Buridan c 1300 1358 France climbed Mont Ventoux for the view before PetrarchC edit nbsp Yvon Chouinard nbsp Chhurim nbsp Johann Coaz nbsp Emilio Comici nbsp Michel Croz Tommy Caldwell born 1978 US first free ascents of big wall routes on El Capitan including Dawn Wall first at 9a 5 14d Una Cameron 1904 1987 UK ascents in the Alps Caucasus and Africa Louis Ramond de Carbonnieres 1755 1827 France scientist and Pyrenean pioneer Kim Carrigan born 1958 Australia first ascents of the first Ewbank grade 26 27 28 29 and 30 routes Carlos Carsolio born 1962 Mexico the fourth person to summit all 14 eight thousanders 1985 1996 Riccardo Cassin 1909 2009 Italy equipment manufacturer and pioneer alpinist first ascent of the north face of Piz Badile 1937 and the north face of the Grandes Jorasses Walker Spur 1938 Cristina Castagna 1977 2009 Italy first Italian female ascent of Makalu ascent of several other eight thousanders Alison Chadwick Onyszkiewicz 1942 1978 Britain first ascent of Gasherbrum III Ludwik Chalubinski 1860 1933 Poland first ascent of Mieguszowiecki Szczyt Wielki Armand Charlet 1900 1975 France many first ascents in the Mont Blanc massif Isabella Charlet Straton 1838 1918 UK first ascents in Alps first winter ascent of Mont Blanc 1876 Maxime Chaya born 1961 Lebanon climbed Everest 2006 Seven Summits and Three Poles Challenge Chhurim born 1984 Nepal the first woman to summit Everest twice in a week Renata Chlumska born 1973 Sweden first Swedish female ascent of Everest 1999 Yvon Chouinard born 1938 US pioneer of big wall and aid climbing in Yosemite founder of Chouinard Equipment and Patagonia Leszek Cichy born 1951 Poland first winter ascent of Everest with Krzysztof Wielicki John Clarke 1945 2003 Ireland Canada explorer with over 600 first ascents in Coast Range of British Columbia Vern Clevenger born 1955 US first ascent Cholatse 1982 numerous first routes ascents in Sierra Nevada Ian Clough 1939 1970 UK first ascent Am Buachaille 1968 first UK ascent Eiger north face 1962 died on Annapurna Norman Clyde 1886 1972 US pioneer of California s Sierra Nevada Johann Coaz 1822 1918 Switzerland first ascent of Piz Bernina J Norman Collie 1859 1942 UK first ascent Ben Nevis Tower Ridge Nanga Parbat expedition 1895 Emilio Comici 1901 1940 Italy pioneer of big wall climbing and aid climbing first ascent Cima Grande north face 1933 Achille Compagnoni 1914 2009 Italy first ascent of K2 with Lino Lacedelli on the 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 Kyra Condie born 1996 US member of the 2020 US Olympic climbing team Herb and Jan Conn Herb 1921 2012 US early pioneers of climbing and caving in Carderock Seneca Rocks and the Black Hills William Martin Conway 1856 1937 UK surveyor and explorer Karakoram Spitsbergen Andes amp Alps Kenton Cool born 1973 UK several eight thousanders Everest over seventeen times ski descents of Cho Oyu and Manaslu W A B Coolidge 1850 1926 US over 1 700 expeditions in the Alps with numerous first ascents Alpine historian Janne Corax born 1967 Sweden cycled across the Tibetan plateau and claimed several first ascents of Tibetan mountains Henri Cordier 1856 1877 France first ascents Aiguille du Plat de la Selle Les Droites east summit 1876 Patrick Cordier 1947 1996 France first and solo ascents in the Alps French Direct Troll Wall 1967 and The Nose solo 1973 Jean Couzy 1923 1958 France first ascent of Makalu with Terray on the 1955 French Makalu expedition Lucy Creamer born 1971 UK early British female competition climber and alpine and ice climber Peter Croft born 1958 Canada free soloing pioneer Astroman Rostrum many first ascents in the Sierra Nevada Aleister Crowley 1875 1947 UK occultist writer and rock climber led early expeditions on K2 and on Kanchenjunga Michel Croz 1830 1865 France mountain guide with numerous first ascents died on the first ascent of the Matterhorn John Cunningham 1927 1980 Scotland pioneered new climbing techniques in ice climbing Bronislaw Czech 1908 1944 Poland a mountain rescue pioneer in the Tatra Mountains Anna Czerwinska born 1949 Poland first woman over age 50 to ascend Everest first Polish female to climb Seven Summits Andrzej Czok 1948 1986 Poland first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri and first ascent of Everest via the South PillarD edit nbsp Clinton Thomas Dent nbsp Kurt Diemberger Kalpana Dash born 1966 India first from Odisha India to climb Everest 2008 Sophia Danenberg born 1972 US first African American and first black woman to ascend Everest 2006 Steph Davis born 1973 US second female one day free climb El Capitan and first female to free climb the Salathe Wall 2005 Johnny Dawes born 1964 UK the first free ascent of E9 Indian Face 1986 and E8 Gaia 1985 traditional climbing routes Jose Antonio Delgado 1965 2006 Venezuela five eight thousanders 1994 2006 died on Nanga Parbat Clinton Thomas Dent 1850 1912 UK first ascent Lenzspitze 1870 Aiguille du Dru 1878 expeditions to the Caucasus Ardito Desio 1897 2001 Italy geologist and leader of successful 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 Catherine Destivelle born 1960 France first female to climb 8a 5 13c first female to winter solo of the north face trilogy Kurt Diemberger born 1932 Austria first ascent of Broad Peak 1957 and Dhaulagiri 1960 climbed K2 1986 K2 disaster Sasha DiGiulian born 1992 US the first female to free climb Magic Mushroom 7c 5 13a on the Eiger north face Jan Dlugosz 1929 1962 Poland numerous alpine ascents in the Tatras and Alps first ascent of the Central Pillar of Freney Sarah Doherty 1959 2023 US the first amputee to reach the summit of Denali without a prosthetic limb Jim Donini born 1943 US first ascent of Torre Egger 1976 president of the American Alpine Club 2006 2009 Hans Christian Doseth 1958 1984 Norway first ascent of the East Face of Great Trango Tower 1984 died during the descent Lord Francis Douglas 1847 1865 Scotland died on the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn 1965 Lonnie Dupre born 1961 US Artic explorer made a rare solo winter ascent of Denali Hans Dulfer 1892 1915 Germany pioneer free climber inventor of the Dulfersitz abseil technique killed in World War I Hayatullah Khan Durrani born 1962 Pakistan mountaineer and rock climber Gunther Dyhrenfurth 1886 1975 German Swiss Himalayan explorer led German expeditions to Kanchenjunga 1930 1931 E editJames Eccles 1838 1915 UK first ascents in the Mont Blanc massif Oscar Eckenstein 1859 1921 UK alpinist rock climber and pioneer of bouldering inventor of modern crampon Patrick Edlinger 1960 2012 France first person to onsight 7c 5 12d and second ever person to redpoint 7c 5 13a prolific free soloist Angela Eiter born 1986 Austria first female to redpoint and to make an FFA at 9b 5 15b successful competition climber Albert R Ellingwood 22 June 1887 12 May 1934 pioneer of climbing peaks in the Rocky Mountains and Colorado in particular Zsolt Eross 1968 2013 Hungary ten eight thousanders two with a prosthetic leg died on descent from Kangchenjunga Susan Ershler born 1956 US climbed Seven Summits Leila Esfandyari 1970 2011 Iran first Iranian woman to climb Nanga Parbat died on Gasherbrum II Jens Esmark 1763 1839 Norway first ascent Snohetta 1798 and Gaustatoppen led first expedition to Bitihorn Nick Estcourt 1942 1978 UK alpinist killed on K2 by avalanche on the 1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition Charles Evans 1918 1995 UK deputy leader of 1953 British Mount Everest expedition and leader of 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition John Ewbank 1948 2013 Australia pioneer of Australian rock climbing invented Ewbank grading systemF edit nbsp Douglas Freshfield nbsp Tom Frost Freda du Faur 1882 1935 Australia first female ascent of Aoraki Mount Cook Ron Fawcett born 1955 UK pioneer professional rock climber first ascent of Master s Edge E7 6c Sue Fear 1963 2006 Australia five eight thousanders killed in crevasse fall on Manaslu Rudolf Fehrmann 1886 1947 Germany pioneer rock climber in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains Darby Field 1610 1649 UK first European to climb Mount Washington New Hampshire 1642 George Ingle Finch 1888 1970 Australia reached 8 300 m on 1922 British Everest expedition north face of Dent d Herens Hazel Findlay born 1989 UK first British female to ascend a traditional climbing route at grade E9 Scott Fischer 1955 1996 US ascents of Lhotse 1990 K2 1992 Everest 1994 died in 1996 Mount Everest disaster Hans Florine born 1964 US won first world speed championships in 1991 set a speed record on The Nose of 2 36 45 2012 James David Forbes 1809 1868 UK first British ascent of the Jungfrau Charlie Fowler 1954 2006 US free soloist and high altitude mountaineer Mick Fowler born 1956 UK leading traditional climber ice climber and alpinist winner of three Piolet d Ors 2003 2013 2016 Douglas Freshfield 1845 1934 UK ascents in the Alps Scotland Himalayas and Pyrenees president of Alpine Club Tom Frost US first ascents of big wall routes on El Capitan including Salathe Wall 1961 and North American Wall 1964 Fritiof Fryxell 1900 1986 US geologist and park ranger first ascents in the Teton Range Wang Fuzhou 1935 2015 China first ascent of the north face of Everest first ascent of ShishapangmaG edit nbsp Conrad Gessner nbsp John Gill nbsp Stefan Glowacz nbsp Paul Gussfeldt Patrick Gabarrou born 1951 France first ascents of extreme alpine routes in Mont Blanc massif Hypercouloir Supercouloir Will Gadd born 1967 Canada pioneer mixed climber first M9 and M12 and pioneer of Helmcken extreme ice routes Ryszard Gajewski born 1954 Poland first winter ascent of Manaslu Lene Gammelgaard Denmark part of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster first Scandinavian female ascent of Everest Joao Garcia born 1967 Portugal 10th person to climb all 14 eight thousanders without oxygen 1993 2010 Rolando Garibotti born 1971 Argentina US first ascents on Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre including the Torre Traverse 2008 Janja Garnbret born 1999 Slovenia the most successful competition climber in history first female to onsight 8c 5 14b Pierre Gaspard 1834 1915 France first ascent La Meije with his son and Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau Chanda Gayen 1979 2014 India the first woman from West Bengal to climb Everest killed on Kanchenjunga Lakpa Gelu born 1967 Nepal mountain guide who summitted Everest over 12 times set one day speed records on Everest Lester Germer 1896 1971 US physicist World War I fighter pilot and prominent rock climber in the Gunks Conrad Gessner 1516 1565 Switzerland naturalist and early mountaineer in the Alps Azim Gheychisaz born 1981 Iran 18th person to climb all 14 eight thousanders without oxygen 2008 2017 John Gill born 1937 US father of modern bouldering and first to climb 7B V8 and 7C V9 introduced chalk to climbing Stefan Glowacz born 1965 Germany second ever onsight at 8b 5 13d and second ever 8b 5 14a multi pitch ascent Alessandro Gogna born 1946 Italy several first winter and solo ascents of major Alpine north faces Dan Goodwin born 1955 US known for buildering World Trade Center Sears Tower John Hancock Center and CN Tower Alec and Peter Graham New Zealand mountaineers mountain guides and hotel operators Dave Graham born 1981 US leading boulderer of his generation first ascent of The Story of Two Worlds V15 8C Tormod Granheim born 1974 Norway first ski mountaineering descent the north face of Everest 2006 Chloe Graftiaux 1987 2010 Belgium rock climber sport and bouldering and alpinist bronze in 2010 World Cup for bouldering William Spotswood Green 1847 1919 New Zealand ascents in the Selkirks and Mount Green is named in his honor Paul Grohmann 1838 1908 Austria numerous first ascents in the Eastern Alps in the 19th century Michael Groom born 1959 Australia ascents of Lhotse Kangchenjunga K2 and Everest without bottled oxygen Bear Grylls born 1974 in 1998 youngest Briton to summit Everest age 23 Wolfgang Gullich 1960 1992 Germany first to redpoint grade 8b 5 13d 8b 5 14a 8c 5 14b and 9a 5 14d first to free solo at 7c 5 12d and to free solo Separate Reality co inventor of the campus board Paul Gussfeldt 1840 1920 Germany first ascent Peuterey ridge and Piz Scerscen first European attempt on Aconcagua 1883 Veikka Gustafsson born 1968 Finland 9th person to climb all 14 eight thousanders without oxygen 1993 2009 H edit nbsp Artur Hajzer nbsp Colin Haley nbsp Heinrich Harrer nbsp Elizabeth Hawkins Whitshed nbsp Lynn Hill nbsp Edmund Hillary Peter Habeler born 1942 Austria first ascent without supplementary oxygen Everest 1978 with Reinhold Messner Douglas Robert Hadow 1846 1865 UK died on first ascent Matterhorn 1865 Dave Hahn born 1961 US 11 Everest ascents 26 Vinson Massif ascents 19 Denali ascents Artur Hajzer 1962 2013 Poland first winter ascent of Annapurna with Jerzy Kukuczka 1987 Colin Haley born 1984 US traverses and speed solo ascents in Patagonia and the Alaska Range Lincoln Hall 1956 2012 Australia rescued at 8 700m on descent from Everest 2006 Rob Hall 1960 1996 New Zealand Seven Summits in seven months died in 1996 Mount Everest disaster Peter Harding 1924 2007 UK leading British traditional climbing pioneer of the 1940s Warren J Harding 1924 2002 US first ascents of big wall aid climbing routes on El Capitan first ascent The Nose 1958 Alison Hargreaves 1963 1995 UK first solo of the 6 great north faces in one season first female solo of Everest 1995 John Harlin 1934 1966 US leading American alpinist of the 1960s killed creating the Harlin Route on the Eiger north face Heinrich Harrer 1912 2006 Austria first ascent of the Eiger north face 1938 and the Carstensz Pyramid 1962 author of The White Spider 1959 and Seven Years in Tibet 1952 Brette Harrington born 1992 US first free solo of big wall route Chiaro di Luna in Patagonia partner of Marc Andre Leclerc Ginette Harrison 1958 1999 UK Seven Summits first female ascent Kangchenjunga 1998 killed on Dhaulagiri Dougal Haston 1940 1977 Scotland first ascent Annapurna south face 1970 killed in avalanche near Leysin Elizabeth Hawkins Whitshed 1860 1934 UK pioneer of mountaineering mountain photographer author Margo Hayes born 1998 US first female to climb 5 15a 9a first female to complete the 9a trilogy Andreas Heckmair 1906 2005 Germany first ascent of the Eiger north face known as the 1938 Heckmair Route Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich 1937 1989 Poland several first ascents of new routes and some in winter on eight thousanders Gary Hemming 1934 1969 US first ascent south face Aiguille du Fou Siegfried Herford 1891 1916 UK first ascent Scafell Central Buttress 1914 Derek Hersey 1956 1993 UK prominent free soloist in Britain and America died unroped on the Steck Salathe Route Maurice Herzog 1919 2012 France leader of the 1950 French Annapurna expedition and first ascent of Annapurna 1950 Tom Higgins 1944 2018 US first and first free ascents in US also in France outside Chamonix Lynn Hill born 1961 US first free ascent The Nose on El Capitan Yosemite 1993 Sandy Hill born 1955 US ascended Everest during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster completed the Seven Summits Edmund Hillary 1919 2008 New Zealand first ascent of Everest with Norgay on the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition Alan Hinkes OBE born 1954 UK first Briton to climb all 14 eight thousanders but his claim was disputed regarding Cho Oyu Andreas Hinterstoisser 1914 1936 Germany killed in the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster first to climb the Hinterstoisser Traverse Yuji Hirayama born 1969 Japan World Cup winner in lead 1998 2000 first to onsight at 8c 5 14b and speed records on The Nose Marty Hoey 1951 1982 US mountain guide and ski patroller died on Everest attempting to become the first US woman to ascend it Charles F Hoffmann 1838 1913 US surveyor and mountaineer several first ascents in Sierra Nevada Jim Holloway born 1954 US bouldering pioneer and first to ascend a boulder at the grade of V12 8A with Trice Alex Honnold born 1985 US prolific free soloist and first free solo of a 5 13a 7c multi pitch route Piolet d Or in 2015 for Moonwalk Traverse Tom Hornbein born 1930 US first ascent of Everest via the West Ridge 1963 the Hornbein Couloir was named in his honour Steve House born 1970 US solo ascent K7 2004 Piolet d Or in 2006 for the first ascent of the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat 2005 Charles Houston 1913 2009 US first ascent Mount Foraker 1934 led the ultimately unsuccessful American expeditions to K2 in 1938 and 1953 Alexander Huber born 1968 Germany first to redpoint single pitch at grade 9a 5 15a and first to ascend multi pitch at 8a 5 13b and 8c 5 14b first to free solo single pitch at 8b 5 14a and first to free solo multi pitch at 7a 5 12a several first ascents of big wall climbs Thomas Huber born 1966 Germany Piolet d Or in 2001 for Shivling big wall ascents in Yosemite and Pakistan with brother Alexander Huber Charles Hudson 1828 1865 UK first ascents of Monte Rosa 1855 and the Matterhorn 1865 Tomaz Humar 1969 2009 Slovenia solo ascent of Dhaulagiri south wall 1999 Piolet d Or in 1997 for the northwest face of Ama Dablam 1996 Alexander von Humboldt 1769 1859 Germany set a European altitude record on Chimborazo 1802 John Hunt 1910 1998 UK overall leader of the successful 1953 British Mount Everest expeditionI editMarcel Ichac 1906 1994 France filmed the first French expedition to the Karakoram 1936 and the successful 1950 French Annapurna expedition Dimitar Ilievski 1953 1989 Macedonia the first Macedonian to climb Everest died on the descent Ulrich Inderbinen 1900 2004 Switzerland mountain guide with 371 ascents of the Matterhorn the last at 90 years old Alberto Inurrategi born 1968 Basque Spain 10th person to climb all 14 eight thousanders and 4th person to do so without oxygen Andrew Irvine 1902 1924 UK died on the 1924 British Everest expedition with George Mallory unlike Mallory his body has not been found R L G Irving 1877 1969 UK early alpinist and climbing author introduced George Mallory to climbingJ edit nbsp Margaret Jackson John Jackson 1921 2005 UK member of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition head of Britain s Plas y Brenin centre Margaret Jackson 1843 1906 UK pioneer female mountaineer in the Alps Nicolas Jaeger 1946 1980 France first French ascent of Mount Everest and one of the first ski descents of an eight thousander Ray Jardine born 1944 US first to redpoint at 5 13a 7c inventor of spring loaded camming devices or friends Narendra Dhar Jayal 1927 1958 India founder and first director of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Ganesh Jena born 1972 India first male from the Indian state of Odisha to climb Mount Everest Jimmy Jewell 1953 1987 UK prolific free soloist of the 1970s and 1980s in Britain died free soloing Konstanty Jodko Narkiewicz 1901 1963 Polish mountaineer who led the first 1933 34 Polish Andean Expedition Alex Johnson born 1989 US five time American national bouldering champion and two time Bouldering World Cup stage winner Raghav Joneja born 1997 India youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest Kevin Jorgeson born 1984 US first free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park USK edit nbsp Dora Keen nbsp Jerzy Kukuczka nbsp Jaan Kunnap Meherban Karim 1979 2008 Pakistan Gasherbrum II Nanga Parbat and K2 all three without supplementary oxygen died on descent of K2 Conrad Kain 1883 1934 Austria Canada over 50 first ascents in the Canadian Rockies including Mount Robson Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner born 1970 Austria the first woman to climb all 14 eight thousanders without supplemental oxygen Bob Kamps 1931 2005 US pioneer of the golden age of Yosemite climbing and 5 10 and 5 11 routes in America Harish Kapadia born 1945 India Himalayan veteran Fritz Kasparek 1910 1954 Austria first ascent of Eiger north face Peter Kaufmann 1858 1924 Switzerland guide in Alps and Canadian Rockies Ron Kauk born 1957 US rock climber many first ascents in Yosemite stunt work for climbing movies Robert Kayen born 1959 US rock climber professor scientist first solo ascent of West Buttress of El Capitan Dora Keen 1871 1963 US ascents in Alps member of Royal Geographical Society 1914 Alexander Kellas 1868 1921 UK altitude record in 1911 on summit of Pauhunri 7 128 m Pat Kelly died 1922 UK rock climber and founder of Pinnacle Club E S Kennedy 1817 1898 UK first ascent Monte Disgrazia Mont Blanc du Tacul Mikhail Khergiani 1932 1969 Svan mountaineer of Soviet Georgia known as the Tiger of the Rocks Clarence King 1842 1901 US geologist and climber first director of USGS first ascent Mount Tyndall Andy Kirkpatrick born 1971 UK rock and ice climber Colin Kirkus 1910 1942 UK rock climber and alpinist Christian Klucker 1853 1928 Switzerland guide prolific first ascensionist in Bernina Range and Bregaglia M S Kohli born 1931 India leader of the Indian Everest expedition 1965 Layton Kor 1938 2013 US rock climber and mountaineer author of Beyond the Vertical Dai Koyamada born 1976 Japan sport climber and boulderer Jon Krakauer born 1954 US author and mountaineer Everest 1996 Hans Kraus 1905 1995 Austria rock climber sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation pioneer Goran Kropp 1966 2002 Sweden cycled a bike from Sweden to Everest soloed Everest without oxygen and then cycled home 1996 Moriz von Kuffner 1854 1939 Austria first ascents including Eiger north east face and Mount Maudit s Kuffner Ridge Julius Kugy 1858 1944 Austria Slovenia father of modern mountaineering in the Julian Alps Jerzy Kukuczka 1948 1989 Poland the second man to climb all 8 000m peaks 9 new routes four eight thousanders in winter only person to climb two eight thousanders in one winter Colonel Narendra Kumar 1933 2020 India Siachen Glacier and Himalayan veteran Jaan Kunnap born 1948 Estonia mountaineer and photographer Janusz Kurczab 1937 2015 Poland led 1976 Polish unsuccessful expedition to tackle the northeast ridge of K2 Wojciech Kurtyka born 1947 Poland pioneer of alpine style in high mountains Toni Kurz 1913 1936 Germany attempted Eiger north face in 1936 died during retreatL editConstantin Lăcătușu born 1961 Romania Lino Lacedelli 1925 2009 Italy first ascent K2 1954 with Achille Compagnoni Louis Lachenal 1921 1955 France first ascent of Annapurna 1950 with Maurice Herzog died skiing in Chamonix Jean Christophe Lafaille 1965 2006 France 11 eight thousanders without supplementary oxygen died on Makalu David Lama 1990 2019 Austria climber and alpinist notable for the first free ascent of Cerro Torre Katie Lamb born 1997 US first female to climb an 8C V16 boulder with Box Therapy 2023 Raymond Lambert 1914 1997 Switzerland reached 8611m highest altitude at that time with 1952 Swiss Everest expedition Samantha Larson born 1988 US youngest person to complete Seven Summits at 18 in 2007 Marc Andre Leclerc 1992 2018 Canada First winter solo ascents of the Torre Egger in Patagonia and the Emperor Face of Mount Robson Pete Livesey 1943 1998 UK influential rock climber in the 1970s John Long born 1953 US rock climber and writer author of How to Rock Climb series Erhard Loretan 1959 2011 Switzerland 14 8 000m plus summits 1982 1995 Alex Lowe 1958 1999 US climbed Great Trango Tower Rakekniven in Antarctica and Sail Peak on Baffin Island died on Shishapangma George Lowe 1924 2013 New Zealand member of 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition George Lowe born 1944 US alpinist and rock climber notable for first ascents in the US and Canadian Rockies Alps Andes and Himalayas Jeff Lowe 1950 2018 US made over 1000 first ascents in the US and Canadian Rockies Alps and Himalayas Fritz Luchsinger 1921 1983 Switzerland first ascent of Lhotse in 1956M edit nbsp Reinhold Messner nbsp Thomas Middlemore nbsp Albert F Mummery Meherban Karim 1979 2008 Pakistan Gasherbrum II Nanga Parbat K2 without supplementary oxygen Ashish Mane born 1990 India Everest 2012 Lhotse 2013 Makalu 2014 Manaslu 2017 Tim Macartney Snape born 1956 Australia Everest 1984 first to climb Everest from sea level 1990 Tomasz Mackiewicz 1975 2018 Poland died on winter alpine style ascent of Nanga Parbat Dave MacLeod born 1978 Scotland made the first free ascent of the world s first E11 traditional climbing route M Magendran born 1963 Malaysia Everest 1997 first Malaysian Tamil to reach the summit Nasuh Mahruki born 1968 Turkey Snow Leopard first Turkish and Muslim climber of Everest Janusz Majer born September 25 1946 Poland Maki Yukō 1894 1989 Japan first ascents of Mittellegigrat Eiger northeast ridge Mount Alberta first winter ascent of Mount Yari led Manaslu first ascent Tashi and Nungshi Malik born 1991 India many world first female twins records George Mallory 1886 1924 UK initial 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition and the 1922 and 1924 British Mount Everest expeditions died on Everest at 8 150 metres Sergio Martini born 1949 Italy seventh ascent of all eight thousanders 1983 2000 Marie Marvingt 1875 1963 France first woman to climb most major peaks in the French and Swiss Alps 1903 7 William Mathews 1828 1901 UK founder of Alpine Club first ascent Monte Viso Grande Casse Chantal Mauduit 1964 1998 France six 8 000m summits without supplementary oxygen died on Dhaulagiri John Oakley Maund died 1902 UK first ascents in Mont Blanc massif Eylem Elif Mavis born 1973 Turkey first Turkish female ascent of Everest 2006 Pierre Mazeaud born 1929 France Walter Bonatti s climbing partner first French ascent of Everest 1978 Daniel Mazur born 1960 US numerous ascents in the Himalayas and America Steve McClure born 1970 UK first Briton to climb 9a twice Duncan McDuffie 1877 1951 US summits in the Sierra Nevada Richard Dick McGowan 1933 2007 US first US successful ascent of Everest International Himalayan Expedition 1955 Ammon McNeely born 1970 US noteworthy first one day ascents and speed records on El Capitan Yosemite and Zion big walls Alex Megos born 1993 first climber to on sight 5 14d 9a route Willy Merkl 1900 1934 Germany led two expeditions to Nanga Parbat 1932 1934 died on the mountain Alain Mesili born 1949 France disputed ascent on Fitz Roy 1970 with Ricardo Arzela 1 pioneered routes in Bolivia Gunther Messner 1946 1970 Italy died on Nanga Parbat Reinhold Messner born 1944 Italy first to climb all eight thousanders 1970 1986 and without supplementary oxygen first ascent without supplementary oxygen of Everest with Peter Habeler 1978 first solo Everest 1980 Enid Michael 1883 1966 US known for ropeless climbing in Yosemite in the early 1900s John Middendorf born 1959 US big wall rock climber first ascent East Wall Great Trango Tower 1992 Thomas Middlemore 1842 1923 UK first ascents in Mont Blanc and Bernina massifs and Bernese Alps Gwen Moffat born 1924 UK author of Space Below My Feet 1961 Jerry Moffatt born 1963 UK sport climber and boulderer Silvio Mondinelli born 1968 Italy 13th to climb all eight thousanders sixth without supplementary oxygen Ben Moon born 1966 UK sport climber and boulderer world s first 8c 5 14c with Hubble A W Moore 1841 1887 UK first ascent Fiescherhorn Barre des Ecrins Piz Roseg Ober Gabelhorn Tyrhee Moore US member of the first all African American team to climb Denali Fritz Moravec 1922 1997 Austria first ascent Gasherbrum II 1956 Piotr Morawski 1976 2009 Poland many 8000m summits died on Dhaulagiri Manasu expedition Nea Morin 1905 1986 UK rock climber and mountain climber Simone Moro born 1967 Italy first winter ascents of Shishapangma Makalu Gasherbrum II and Nanga Parbat Don Morrison 1929 1977 UK pioneer of Alpine Style first ascents in Canada England and Himalayas Patrick Morrow born 1952 Canada first to complete both Bass and Messner Seven Summits lists 1986 Tomas Mrazek born 1982 Czechoslovakia rock climber World Champion 2003 2005 winner of World Cup 2004 John Muir 1838 1914 Scottish born US conservationist and mountaineer summits in California and Alaska Norrie Muir 1948 2019 Scotland prolific winter first ascentionist in Scotland Albert F Mummery 1855 1895 UK Alpine and Himalayan pioneer killed on Nanga Parbat Don Munday 1890 1950 Canada mountaineer and explorer husband of Phyllis Munday explored region around Mount Waddington Phyllis Munday 1894 1990 Canada mountaineer and explorer explored region around Mount Waddington Malli Mastan Babu 1974 2015 India mountaineer and explorer world record in completing seven summits in 172 daysN edit nbsp Tenzing Norgay Yasuko Namba 1949 1996 Japan oldest woman at the time to climb Everest at 47 1996 died on descent Wasfia Nazreen born 1982 Bangladesh only Bengali person to climb K2 2022 and first Bengali and Bangladeshi to finish the Seven Summits 2012 Vitor Negrete 1967 2006 Brazil first Brazilian to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen Hilaree Nelson 1972 2022 United States first female to summit two 8000 meter peaks in one 24 hour push 2012 First ski descent Lhotse Couloir from the summit 2018 died on Manaslu Fred Nicole Switzerland numerous first ascents of sport routes and boulders Eleonore Noll Hasenclever 1880 1925 Germany first woman to climb eastern wall of Monte Rosa 1919 killed by avalanche on the Bishorn Jamling Tenzing Norgay born 1965 Nepal son of Tenzing Norgay climbed Everest with Edmund Hillary s son Peter Hillary 2003 Tenzing Norgay 1914 1986 Sherpa first ascent Everest 1953 with Edmund Hillary Edward F Norton 1884 1954 leader of 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition with Mallory and Irvine Sue Nott 1969 2006 US ice climber and first American woman to climb the Eiger north face in winter 2003 Wilfrid Noyce 1917 1962 UK on Everest expedition 1953 reaching South Col killed in Pamirs 1962 Arne Naess 1912 2009 Norway philosopher and mountaineer leader of expedition on first ascent Tirich Mir 1950 Arne Naess jr 1937 2004 Norway leader Norwegian Everest expedition 1985 O edit nbsp Juanito Oiarzabal nbsp Adam Ondra Vanessa O Brien born 1964 First British American woman to summit K2 Cathy O Dowd born 1968 South Africa first female ascent of Everest from both north and south 1999 fourth female ascent Lhotse 2000 Oh Eun Sun born 1966 South Korea first Korean woman to climb Seven Summits controversy over eight thousanders claim 2 Juanito Oiarzabal born 1956 Basque Spain all eight thousanders without supplementary oxygen record 24 ascents of eight thousanders Clare O Leary born 1972 Ireland first Irish woman to climb Mount Everest 2004 Adam Ondra born 1993 Czech Republic first to redpoint a 9c Dan Osman 1963 1998 US rock climber soloist killed whilst attempting his new sport of rope jumping James Outram 1864 1925 Canada first ascent of Mount AssiniboineP edit nbsp Michel Gabriel Paccard nbsp Paul Preuss Michel Gabriel Paccard 1757 1827 France first ascent Mont Blanc 1786 Bachendri Pal born 1954 first Indian female ascent and fifth female ascent Everest Tsewang Paljor 1968 1996 India died on Everest in 1996 Mount Everest disaster Ines Papert born 1974 German ice climber apinist and author Marie Paradis 1757 1827 France first female ascent Mont Blanc 1809 Young seok Park 1963 2011 South Korea first true Explorers Grand Slam 2005 died on Annapurna Elizabeth Parker 1856 1944 Canada journalist and mountaineer Edurne Pasaban born 1973 Basque Spain first woman to climb all eight thousanders Pasang Lhamu Sherpa 1961 1993 first Nepali woman to summit Everest died on descent 1993 Tom Patey 1932 1970 UK first ascent Muztagh Tower 1956 Am Buachaille 1968 killed in abseiling accident author of One Man s Mountains Krushnaa Patil born 1989 India second youngest Indian girl to climb Mount Everest Maciej Pawlikowski born 1951 Poland first winter ascent of Cho Oyu Ryszard Pawlowski Julius Payer 1841 1915 Czech Austrian polar explorer who made many first ascents in the Adamello and Ortler mountains in the 1860s Annie Smith Peck 1850 1935 US mountaineer William Penhall 1858 1882 UK first ascent Matterhorn west face Carla Perez Ecuadorian climber first Latin American female to ascend mount Everest with no supplemental oxygen Jim Perrin born 1947 UK over 200 first free ascents in Britain Oliver Perry Smith 1884 1969 US a rock climber in Saxon Switzerland and the Dolomites Petrarch 1304 1374 Italy climbed Mont Ventoux 1336 Elfrida Pigou 1911 1960 Canadian female climber discovered crash site of Trans Canada Air Lines Flight 810 died on Mount Waddington Tadeusz Piotrowski mountaineer Burcak Ozoglu Pocan born 1970 Turkey first Turkish female over 8 000 m 2005 Klara Polackova born 1978 first Czech female to ascent Everest Dean Potter 1972 2015 US speed soloed El Cap in 4 17 speed soloed El Cap and Half Dome in one day Paul Preuss 1886 1913 Austria an early promoter of free climbing climbed 1200 peaks in his short life Marko Prezelj Slovenian mountaineer and winner of 4 Piolet d Ors 1992 2007 2015 2016 Paul Pritchard born 1967 UK rock climber Hristo Prodanov 1943 1984 Bulgaria soloed Lhotse 1981 and Everest 1984 died on the descent Bonnie Prudden 1914 2011 pioneering US rock climber and exercise advocate 30 documented first ascents in the Gunks Karl Prusik 1896 1961 Austria introduced widely used Prusik knot Ramon Julian Puigblanque born 1981 Spain rock climber Nirmal Purja born 1982 Nepal first to climb all fourteen 8000 meter mountains in one season 6 months 6 days with supplemental oxygen Ludwig Purtscheller 1849 1900 first ascent Kilimanjaro 1889 Piotr Pustelnik born 1951 Poland 20th person to climb all 14 eight thousanders Boyan Petrov born 1973 Bulgaria climbed 10 out of 14 eight thousanders all without supplementary oxygenR edit nbsp Monique Richard nbsp Wanda Rutkiewicz Brooke Raboutou born 2001 US member of the 2020 American Olympic climbing team Aron Ralston born 1975 US gained fame after amputating his right arm to free himself after a canyoneering incident Paul Ramsden born 1969 England first alpinist to win the Piolet d Or five times Tom Randall UK first free ascent of Century Crack 5 14b 8c Lisa Rands born 1975 US rock climber and boulderer Michael Reardon 1974 2007 US prolific free solo climber and film producer Dave Rearick born 1934 US rock climber first ascent of Diamond on Longs Peak 1960 Gaston Rebuffat 1921 1985 France 1950 Annapurna expedition first to climb all six great north faces of the Alps Alpine guide and author Ernst Reiss 1920 2010 Swiss first ascent of Lhotse 1956 Monique Richard born 1975 Canada first woman to solo climb Mount Logan first Canadian woman to summit Mt Makalu Seven Summits in 32 months Dorothy Pilley Richards 1894 1986 UK wrote Climbing Days 1935 Katharine Richardson 1854 1927 UK a mountaineer in the Alps in the 1880s Mark Richey born 1958 US two time winner of the Piolet d Or in 2012 and 2020 Rick Ridgeway born 1950 US member of the first American team to summit K2 3 Leni Riefenstahl 1902 2003 Germany filmmaker actress and mountaineer Ang Rita 1948 2020 Sherpa climbed Everest ten times without supplemental oxygen Royal Robbins 1935 2017 US rock climber pioneer of modern Yosemite climbing in the 1950s Alain Robert born 1962 France climber and builderer David Roberts 1943 2021 US author first ascents of Wickersham Wall Mount McKinley and other Alaskan peaks Paul Robinson born 1987 US rock climber and boulderer Andre Roch 1906 2002 Switzerland Everest 1952 attempt many first ascents in Alps and Asia Beth Rodden born 1980 US rock climber and first female to match the highest male grades in traditional climbing with Meltdown 5 14d 9a Jordan Romero born 1996 US became the youngest person to climb Everest on May 22 2010 aged 13 years 10 months 10 days 4 Steve Roper guidebook writer editor of Ascent first ascent of West Buttress of El Capitan John Roskelley born 1948 US author alpinist Himalayan climber notable for technical first ascents of 7000 and 8000 m peaks Fred Rouhling born 1970 France rock climber notable for the world s fourth 9a 5 14d rock climb and first in France and the controversy over Akira Alan Rouse 1951 1986 UK soloed many of hardest routes of day died on descent from K2 1986 Galen Rowell 1940 2002 US photographer and mountaineer first one day ascents of Denali and Kilimanjaro first ascent Great Trango Tower Henry Russell 1834 1909 France Ireland prolific first ascensionist in Pyrenees Wanda Rutkiewicz 1943 1992 Poland first woman on K2 8 000m peak veteran died attempting KanchenjungaS edit nbsp John Salathe nbsp Horace Benedict de Saussure nbsp Ueli Steck nbsp Gottlieb Samuel Studer Nazir Sabir Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan first Pakistani to climb Mount Everest Hassan Sadpara born 1963 Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan starting as a high altitude porter he climbed 5xPakistani 8000ers and Everest without supplementary oxygen Mostafa Salameh born 1970 Jordan first Jordanian to summit Everest and Seven Summits John Salathe 1900 1993 Switzerland US pioneering Yosemite National Park inventor of modern piton Horace Benedict de Saussure 1740 1799 France third ascent Mont Blanc 1787 funded first ascent Marcus Schmuck 1925 2005 Austria first ascent Broad Peak first ascent Skil Brum Peter Schoening 1927 2004 US first ascent Gasherbrum I and Vinson Massif saved five climbers on K2 1953 5 Jakob Schubert born 1990 Austria one of the most successful competition climbers in history Doug Scott 1941 2020 UK Seven Summits first ascent Everest south west face Baintha Brakk descent with broken ankles Kangchenjunga Nuptse Vittorio Sella 1859 1943 Italy mountaineer and pioneer photographer Nalini Sengupta India educationist and mountaineer namesake of Mount Nalini originally peak 5260 in the Himalayas near the Hamta Pass region of Manali Himachal Pradesh Chris Sharma born 1981 US first to climb consensus 9a 5 15a with Realization Biographie 2001 and 9b 5 15b with Jumbo Love 2008 John Sherman born 1959 US inventor of V grading system Apa Sherpa born early 1960s Nepal record for most ascents of Everest 20 as of 2010 Pasang Lhamu Sherpa 1961 1993 Nepal first Nepali woman to climb Everest died during descent Pemba Doma Sherpa 1970 2007 Nepal first Nepali female mountaineer to climb Everest north face died on Lhotse Pemba Dorjie Sherpa Nepal fastest ascent of Everest 2003 Eric Shipton 1907 1977 UK first ascent Kamet pioneered route across the Khumbu Glacier Ashima Shiraishi born 2001 US first female to climb V15 Horizon Mount Hiei Japan William Shockley 1910 1989 US Nobel Prize winning physicist proponent of eugenics first ascent Shockleys Ceiling in the Gunks 1953 Joe Simpson born 1960 UK survived a fall on Siula Grande wrote Touching the Void Arunima Sinha India first Indian amputee to climb Everest Todd Skinner 1958 2006 US rock climber first free ascent Salathe Wall died on Leaning Tower Cecilie Skog born 1974 Norway first female to climb Seven Summits and both Poles Everest and K2 Laurie Skreslet born 1949 Canada first Canadian to summit Everest 1982 William Cecil Slingsby 1849 1929 UK first ascent Store Skagastolstind 1876 pioneer of Norwegian mountaineering Frank Smythe 1900 1949 UK first ascent Kamet 1931 with Shipton R Holdsworth and Lewa Sherpa reached 8565m on Everest in 1933 without supplementary oxygen Dermot Somers Ireland climber author and broadcaster Carlos Soria Fontan born 1939 Spain the only mountaineer to have ascended nine mountains of more than 8 000 meters after turning 60 years old Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru born 2001 India William Grant Stairs 1863 1892 Canada first non African to climb in the Ruwenzoris Allen Steck 1926 2023 US mountaineer and rock climber Ueli Steck 1976 2017 Switzerland soloed Eiger north face in 2 22 50 hours 2015 Leslie Stephen 1832 1904 UK author and alpinist first ascent Schreckhorn Monte Disgrazia Zinalrothorn Fritz Steuri 1879 1950 Switzerland skier and mountain guide first ascent of Mittellegigrat northeast ridge of Eiger 1921 Edward Lisle Strutt 1874 1948 UK deputy leader on 1922 Everest expedition outspoken Alpine Journal editor 1927 37 Gottlieb Samuel Studer 1804 1890 Switzerland first ascent Wildhorn 1843 founding member of Swiss Alpine Club Satyarup Siddhanta born 1983 India climbed Mont Blanc climbed 6 of the 7 summits climbed Mt Everest on 21 May 2016T edit nbsp Sheikha Asma Al Thani nbsp Bill Tilman nbsp Francis Fox Tuckett Junko Tabei 1939 2016 Japan first female ascent Everest first completion of Bass and Messner s Seven Summits Kei Taniguchi 1972 2015 Japan first female winner of the Piolet d Or in 2009 Joe Tasker 1948 1982 UK Dunagiri Kanchenjunga Changabang West Wall died on Everest May 1982 Asma Al Thani first Qatari woman to ascend Everest and Ama Dablam first Arab to summit an eight thousander without oxygen Vernon Tejas born 1953 US first solo winter ascent Denali Seven Summits time world record Lionel Terray 1921 1965 France first ascents Fitz Roy Chakrarahu Jannu and Makalu on the 1955 French Makalu expedition second ascent Eiger north face 1947 Vladislav Terzyul 1953 2004 Ukraine disputed claim to have climbed all eight thousanders Kevin Thaw born 1967 UK ascents in Himalayas and Yosemite Herbert Tichy 1912 1987 Austrian first ascent Cho Oyu 1954 Bill Tilman 1898 1977 UK explorer climbed in Africa and Himalaya first ascent Nanda Devi 1936 Luis Trenker 1892 1990 Italy mountaineer film director and writer Sonnie Trotter born 1979 Canada award winning climber known for hard trad climbing Francis Fox Tuckett 1834 1913 UK first ascent Aletschhorn 1859 Julie Tullis 1939 1986 UK Broad Peak 1984 and K2 1986 died on descent from K2 Mark Twight born 1962 US advocate of light and fast style of mountaineering John Tyndall 1820 1893 UK early attempts on Matterhorn first ascent Weisshorn 1861 U edit nbsp Karl Unterkircher Naomi Uemura 1941 1984 Japan first solo winter ascent Mount McKinley on which he died James Ramsey Ullman 1908 1971 US author and mountaineer Ugur Uluocak 1962 2003 Turkey mountaineer photographer and editor died on Mount Alarcha in Kyrgyzstan Um Hong Gil born 1960 South Korea 9th person to climb all eight thousanders first to climb 16 highest peaks Willi Unsoeld 1926 1979 US first ascent Everest west ridge 1963 died on Mount Rainier 1979 Karl Unterkircher 1970 2008 Italy Everest and K2 in the same year without oxygen died on Nanga Parbat Denis Urubko born 1973 Kazakhstan 14x8000er first winter ascents of Makalu and Gasherbrum II Snow Leopard award winnerV edit nbsp Anak Verhoeven Arjun Vajpai born 1993 India climbed Everest 2010 Lhotse 2011 and Manaslu 2011 Ivan Vallejo born 1959 Ecuador 14th person to climb all eight thousanders 7th without supplemental oxygen Patrick Vallencant 1946 1989 France alpinist skier and ski mountaineering pioneer Anak Verhoeven born 1996 Belgium first woman to claim a first ascent of a 5 15a Allison Vest born 1995 Canada two time Canadian Bouldering Nationals champion Ed Viesturs born 1959 US first US climber to climb all eight thousander 6th without supplemental oxygen Sibusiso Vilane born 1970 South Africa first black African to summit Everest 2003 Ludwig Vorg 1911 1941 Germany first ascent Eiger north face 1938 W edit nbsp Edward Whymper nbsp Krzysztof Wielicki Horace Walker 1838 1908 UK first ascent Mount Elbrus Grandes Jorasses Barre des Ecrins Obergabelhorn Lucy Walker 1836 1916 UK first female ascent Matterhorn 1871 Barbara Washburn US first ascent Mount Bertha first female ascent Denali 1947 Bradford Washburn 1910 2007 US third ascent Denali pioneered west buttress route Ryan Waters born 1973 US first American to complete the Adventurers Grand Slam with unsupported north and south poles Don Whillans 1933 1985 UK first ascent Annapurna south face 1970 Rick White 1946 2004 Australia rock climber developed Frog Buttress 1968 Jim Whittaker born 1929 US first US ascent Everest 1963 Lou Whittaker 1929 2024 US Rainier guide Pete Whittaker born 1991 UK first free ascent of Century Crack 5 14b 8c Edward Whymper 1840 1911 UK first ascent Matterhorn 1865 first ascent Chimborazo 1880 Jim Wickwire born 1940 US K2 1978 bivouacked near summit Krzysztof Wielicki born 1950 Poland first winter ascent Everest fifth person to climb all eight thousanders Karl Wien 1906 1937 Germany leader of unsuccessful Nanga Parbat expedition 1937 Fritz Wiessner 1900 1988 US born Dresden emigrated to US pioneer of free climbing K2 expedition 1939 Sydney Wignall 1922 2012 UK Climbed Gurla Mandhata in 1955 Walter Wilcox 1869 1949 Canadian Rockies explorer Martyn S Williams mountain and wilderness guide who is the first person in the world to lead expeditions to the three extremes South Pole 1989 North Pole 1992 and Everest 1991 George Willig born 1949 US climbed South Tower of World Trade Center Fritz Wintersteller 1927 2018 Austria first ascent Broad Peak 1957 and Skil Brum 1957 Ian Woodall born 1956 UK climbed Everest several times Daniel Woods born 1989 American climber who specializes in bouldering ascended the world s hardest boulder problem Flash V15 in 2011 Fanny Bullock Workman 1859 1925 US geographer cartographer and mountaineer notably in the HimalayasY editSantosh Yadav born 1969 India Indo Tibetan Border Police woman climbed Everest twice 1992 and 1993 Simon Yates born 1963 UK Joe Simpson s partner on west face of Siula Grande 1985 subject of Touching the Void Michael J Ybarra 1966 2012 US climber and writer extreme sports correspondent for The Wall Street Journal 2007 2012 Wang Yongfeng born 1963 China first Chinese couple to climb Seven Summits with Li Zhixin Ichiro Yoshizawa 1903 1998 Japan climber and writer K2 1977 6 Geoffrey Winthrop Young 1876 1958 UK first ascent Taschhorn south face Weisshorn west ridge Grandes Jorasses traverseZ edit nbsp Andrzej Zawada Andrzej Zawada 1928 2000 Poland pioneer of winter Himalayism Li Zhixin born 1962 China half of first Chinese couple to climb the Seven Summits with Wang Yongfeng Emil Zsigmondy 1861 1885 Austria physician and mountain climber died trying to force new route on the Meije Jerzy Zulawski 1874 1915 Polish literary figure philosopher translator and alpinist Juliusz Zulawski 1910 1999 Polish poet prose writer literary critic translator and climber son of Jerzy Zulawski Marek Zulawski 1908 1985 Polish painter graphic artist author and climber son of Jerzy Zulawski Wawrzyniec Zulawski 1916 1957 Polish composer music critic and teacher died during Mont Blanc rescue mission son of Jerzy Zulawski Matthias Zurbriggen 1856 1917 Switzerland first ascent Aconcagua 1897 See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountaineers nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Climbers History of rock climbing List of grade milestones in rock climbing List of 20th century summiters of Mount EverestReferences edit Fitz Roy West face Supercanaleta pataclimb com Retrieved 2014 10 19 Jolly Joanna Mulvey Stephen 27 August 2010 New doubts over Korean Oh Eun Sun s climbing record BBC News Retrieved 2010 08 29 American Alpine Journal 1979 pp 1 18 Jordan Romero 13 becomes youngest to scale Everest BBC 22 May 2010 Retrieved 22 May 2010 Douglas Ed 4 October 2004 Pete Schoening Obituary The Guardian Retrieved 2014 10 19 Ichiro Yoshizawa Obituary Archived April 26 2005 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editMountaineering Who s Who Portal nbsp Climbing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of climbers and mountaineers amp oldid 1222385478, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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