mountaineering Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, a ...

rock climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

Vitaly Abalakov Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (russian: Вита́лий Миха́йлович Абала́ков) ( – 26 May 1986Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1, p. 9) was a Soviet chemical en ...

Yevgeniy Abalakov Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Abalakov (russian: Евгений Михайлович Абалаков; 23 March 1948Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1, p. 9) was a Soviet mountaineer and sculpt ...

Premlata Agarwal Premlata Agrawal (born 1963) is the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, the seven highest continental peaks of the world. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 and Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award i ...

Seven Summits The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on 30 April 1985 by Richard Bass. Climbing the Seven Summits a ...

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

Pierre Allain Pierre Allain (7 January 1904 – 19 December 2000) was a French alpinist who began climbing in the 1920s. In the 1930s he was joined by several others at Fontainebleau, where his group of "'Bleausards" developed a love of bouldering that went bey ...

Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...

Christian Almer 220px, Christian Almer Christian Almer (29 March 1826 – 17 May 1898) was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. Almer was born and died i ...

Eiger The Eiger () is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends a ...

Pat Ament Pat Ament (born September 3, 1946) is an American rock climber, filmmaker, musician, and artist who lives in Fruita, Colorado. Noted for first ascents in the 1960s and 1970s, he is the author of many articles and books. Climbing career Ament bega ...

Melchior Anderegg Melchior Anderegg (28 March 1828 – 8 December 1914), from Zaun, Meiringen, was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. His clients were mo ...

Mallory Mallory is an Irish surname derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic ''Ó Mallairígh''. Spelling variants include Mallary, Mallery, Malorie, Mallorie, Mallerie and Mallorey. Mallory and Mallerie are also given names derived from the surname. ...

Tyler Armstrong Tyler Robert Armstrong (born January 22, 2004) is an American mountain climber who became the youngest person to climb Aconcagua in Argentina at the age of 9. Mountaineering career Beginning Armstrong started his career as mountain climber at t ...

Armando Aste Armando Aste (6 January 1926 – 1 September 2017) was one of the most influential Italian alpinists of the postwar period. Aste was born in Rovereto near Trento, Trentino. He led the first Italian ascent of the Eiger north face in 1962, toget ...

Peter Athans Peter Athans (born March 1, 1957) is one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. In 2008 he was celebrated for summiting Mount Everest seven times, and was given the moniker "Mr. Everest". His first attempt to climb Everest in 1985 via ...

Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, ''Oberscharführer'' in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), and author. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of th ...

Seven Years in Tibet ''Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After'' (1952; german: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama; 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich ...

Abdul Jabbar Bhatti Abdul Jabbar Bhatti is a Pakistani mountaineer and paraglider. He served in the Pakistani Army until he retired as lieutenant colonel. In 1985, he climbed Broad Peak, in 1986 Gasherbrum II, and later in 2012, he climbed Spantik. In 2017, he b ...

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

Samina Baig Samina may refer to: * MS Express Samina MS ''Express Samina'' ( el, Εξπρές Σάμινα) was a French-built RoPax ferry that struck the charted Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of Paros island in the central Aegea ...

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

free soloing Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of technical ice or rock climbing where the climbers (or ''free soloists'') climb alone without ropes, harnesses or other protective equipment, forcing them to rely entirely on their own individual ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Jacques Balmat Jacques Balmat (), called ''Balmat du Mont Blanc'' (1762–1834) was a mountaineer, a Savoyard mountain guide, born in the Chamonix valley in Savoy, at this time part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Description A chamois hunter and collector of cr ...

Duchy of Savoy The Duchy of Savoy ( it, Ducato di Savoia; french: Duché de Savoie) was a country in Western Europe that existed from 1416. It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII. The duc ...

1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition succeeded in climbing the Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, for the first time. The expedition complied with a request from the Sikkim authorities that the summit should not be tr ...

Kinga Baranowska Kinga Baranowska (born 17 November 1975 in Wejherowo) is a Polish mountaineer. She made ascents of nine eight-thousanders and is the first Polish woman to have climbed Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Kangchenjunga. She currently lives in Warsaw. Climbing ...

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

Andrzej Bargiel Andrzej Leszek Bargiel (; born April 18, 1988 in Rabka, Poland) is a Polish ski mountaineer, backcountry skier, mountain runner and climber. Raised in Łętownia, he is a three-time Polish ski mountaineering champion and held third place in the ...

Elbrus Mount Elbrus ( rus, links=no, Эльбрус, r=Elbrus, p=ɪlʲˈbrus; kbd, Ӏуащхьэмахуэ, 'uaşhəmaxuə; krc, Минги тау, Mingi Taw) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the we ...

Lilliane and Maurice Barrard Liliane Barrard ( – 24 June 1986) and Maurice Barrard ( – 24 June 1986) were a French couple who gained fame climbing at high altitude, mainly in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges, and emphasizing Alpine-style 'fast and light' ascent ...

Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan a ...

Robert Hicks Bates Robert Hicks Bates (January 14, 1911 – September 13, 2007) was an American mountaineer, author and teacher, who is best remembered for his parts in the first ascent of Mount Lucania and the American 1938 expedition and 1953 expedition to K2. ...

Mount Lucania __NOTOC__ Mount Lucania in Yukon is the third-highest mountain in Canada (5240 metres), and the second-highest mountain located entirely within the country (the summit of Mount Saint Elias, Canada's second highest peak, is shared with the US state ...

Mark Beaufoy Colonel Mark Beaufoy FRS (4 March 1764 – 4 May 1827) was an English astronomer and physicist, mountaineer, explorer and British Army officer. His father, Mark Beaufoy (1718–1782), who was originally from Evesham, established a vinegar facto ...

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

Bentley Beetham Bentley Beetham (1 May 1886 – 5 April 1963) was an English mountaineer, ornithologist and photographer, and a member of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition.1924 Everest expedition; pioneer of

Borrowdale Borrowdale is a valley and civil parish in the English Lake District in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cumberland. It is sometimes referred to as ''Cumberland Borrowdale'' t ...

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Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

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George Irving Bell George Irving Bell (August 4, 1926 – May 28, 2000) was an American physicist, biologist and mountaineer, and a grandson of John Joseph Seerley.physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

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biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

and mountaineer, first ascent

Masherbrum Masherbrum ( ur, ; formerly known as K1) is a mountain located in the Ghanche District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. At , it is the 22nd highest mountain in the world and the 9th highest in Pakistan. It was the first mapped peak in the Kar ...

(1960), rescued on K2 (1953) * Gertrude Bell (1868–1926) UK, many ascents in Alps and further afield * Maciej Berbeka (1954–2013) first winter ascents of

eight-thousander The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognises eight-thousanders as the 14 mountains that are more than in height above sea level, and are considered to be sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks. There is no ...

s: Manaslu,

Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

, Broad Peak *

Josune Bereziartu Josune Bereziartu (born January 19, 1972), also known as Josune Bereciartu Urruzola, is a Basque rock climber. For a decade starting in the late 1990s, she was considered the strongest female sport climber in the world, and is regarded as one of ...

(born 1972) Basque (Spain), rock climber; first female climber at grade , , and *

Patrick Berhault Patrick Berhault (19 July 1957 – 28 April 2004) was a professional French free climber, mountaineer and mountain guide. He died while climbing Dom ridge, Switzerland, during his attempt to do an enchainment of all 82 Alpine 4,000-metere su ...

(1957–2004) France, many ascents in the Alps. *

Didier Berthod Didier Berthod (born 1981, in Bramois, Valais), is a Swiss rock climber and priest. He specializes in traditional climbing, and crack climbing in particular. Climbing career In 2003, Didier free-climbed ''Greenspit'' at in the Orco Valley in Ita ...

Switzerland, featured in ''First Ascent'' * Adam Bielecki (born 1983) first winter ascents of eight-thousanders:

Gasherbrum I Gasherbrum I ( ur, ; ), surveyed as K5 and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is located in Shigar District in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. Gasherbrum I is part of the Ga ...

and Broad Peak * John Biggar (born 1964) Scottish mountaineer who has made various first ascents in the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

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Isabella Bird Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar ...

(1831–1904) UK, traveller, writer and natural historian *

Barry Blanchard Barry Blanchard (born March 29, 1959) is one of North America's top alpinists, noted for pushing the standards of highly technical, high-risk alpine climbing in the Canadian Rockies and the Himalayas. Climbing accomplishments Blanchard was born ...

(born 1959) Canada, mountain guide; first ascents in the Saint Elias range of Alaska *

Smoke Blanchard William Earl "Smoke" Blanchard (March 3, 1915 – June 23, 1989) was an American mountaineer, climber, trekking leader, guide, world traveler, writer, Buddhist, and a truck driver. He was born in Montana and moved to Portland, Oregon in his earl ...

(1915–1989) US, developed Buttermilk bouldering area * Karl Blodig (1859–1956) Austria, mountaineer,

optician An optician, or ''dispensing optician'', is a technical practitioner who designs, fits and dispenses lenses for the correction of a person's vision. Opticians determine the specifications of various ophthalmic appliances that will give the nec ...

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journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

; first to climb all 4,000 metres peaks in the Alps * Arlene Blum (born 1945) US, first US female attempt on Everest, led first all-woman ascent of Annapurna *

Peter Boardman Peter Boardman (25 December 1950 – 17 May 1982) was an English mountaineer and author. He is best known for a series of bold and lightweight expeditions to the Himalayas, often in partnership with Joe Tasker, and for his contribution to mount ...

(1950–1982) UK, Everest 1975, Changabang West Wall 1976,

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

1979, died on Everest with

Joe Tasker Joe Tasker (12 May 1948 – 17 May 1982) was a British climber, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He died while climbing Mount Everest. Early life Born into a traditional Roman Catholic family in 1948, Tasker was the second of t ...

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Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857-1923) was a French alpinist and sportsman who took part in the first ascent of the Meije. After his career as an alpinist he competed as an amateur cyclist. Biography Boileau de Castelnau was ...

(1857–1923) France, first ascent

La Meije La Meije is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins range, located at the border of the Hautes-Alpes and Isère ''départements''. It overlooks the nearby village of La Grave, a mountaineering centre and ski resort, well known for its off-piste ...

with father and son

Pierre Gaspard Pierre Gaspard (born 6 December 1959) is a Belgian physicist and professor at the ''Interdisciplinary Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems'' and the ''Service de Physique Non-Linéaire and Mécanique Statistique'' of the Universit ...

(1877) *

Jean-Marc Boivin Jean-Marc Boivin (6 April 1951 – 17 February 1990) was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, film maker and author. The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding and paraglid ...

(1951–1990) France, exponent of extreme ascents and descents *

Walter Bonatti Walter Bonatti (; 22 June 1930 – 13 September 2011) was an Italian mountain climber, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille du Dru i ...

(1930–2011) Italy, mountaineer and writer, solo new routes on

Aiguille du Dru The Aiguille du Dru (also the Dru or the Drus; French, Les Drus) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is situated to the east of the village of Les Praz in the Chamonix valley. "Aiguille" means "needle" in French. The m ...

and Matterhorn * Sir Chris Bonington (born 1934) UK, first ascent Central Pillar of Freney (1961), Annapurna II (1960), Nuptse (1961), Central Tower of Paine (1962–3), ascent of Everest (1985) * Thomas George Bonney (1833–1923) UK, geologist and mountaineer, president of Alpine Club * Jack Borgenicht (1911-2005), USA, garment manufacturer, philanthropist, the oldest person to climb

Mount Rainier Mount Rainier (), indigenously known as Tahoma, Tacoma, Tacobet, or təqʷubəʔ, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, located in Mount Rainier National Park about south-southeast of Seattle. With a s ...

at age 81 * Alastair Borthwick (1913–2003) Scotland, climber and author of ''Always a Little Further'' *

Christine Boskoff Christine Boskoff (September 7, 1967 – November 14, 2006 (estimated)) was an American mountaineer. Early life Christine Joyce Feld (her maiden name) was the youngest of four children (with three older brothers) of Robin and Joyce Feld. She was ...

(1967–2006) US, 6 8,000m summits, including Everest twice, died on Genyen Peak *

Sébastien Bouin Sébastien Bouin, nicknamed Seb Bouin, (born 7 April 1993) is a French rock climber born in Draguignan. By 2022, Bouin was regarded as one of the strongest sport climbers in the world, being only the second-ever climber to establish a route gra ...

(born 1993) France, first ascent of ''

Suprême Jumbo Love ''Jumbo Love'' is a long sport climbing route on remote limestone cliffs on Clark Mountain in the Mojave Desert. Bolted by American climber Randy Leavitt in the 1990s, he invited Chris Sharma to attempt it in 2007. When Sharma completed the f ...

'' (2022), and ''DNA'' (2022), the world's second-ever route *

Anatoli Boukreev Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev (russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Букре́ев; January 16, 1958 – December 25, 1997) was a Soviet and Kazakhstani mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks—those a ...

(1958–1997) Russia, climbed seven 8,000 m peaks without supplemental oxygen, died on Annapurna 1997 *

Loulou Boulaz Louise "Loulou" Boulaz (February 6, 1908 – June 13, 1991) was a Swiss mountain climber and alpine skier who made numerous first ascents in the Alps. Biography Boulaz was born in Avenches, Switzerland. She attended a trade school and worked ...

(1908–1991) Switzerland, several first ascents and first female ascents in the Alps *

Tom Bourdillon Thomas Duncan Bourdillon ( ; 16 March 1924 – 29 July 1956) was an English mountaineer and member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition which made the first ascent of Mount Everest. He died in the Valais, Switzerland, on 29 July 1956 aged ...

(1924–1956) UK,

Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

(1952), British Everest expeditions (1951, 1952 and 1953), South Summit of Everest (1953), died on the Jägihorn * Stipe Božić (born 1951) FPR Yugoslavia, completed Seven Summits, second European to climb Everest twice *

Lydia Bradey Lydia Pounamu Bradey (born 9 October 1961) is a New Zealand mountaineer. She became the first woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1988. She has gone on to summit the mountain five more times. Early life Lydia Bradey was ...

(born 1961) New Zealand, first woman to climb Mt Everest without oxygen 1988 *

Samuel Brawand Samuel Brawand (born 18 May 1898 in Grindelwald, Switzerland, died 11 July 2001 in Grindelwald) was a Swiss people, Swiss politician (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, SP) and mountaineer. Life Brawand, who came from a modest background, lo ...

(1898–2001) Switzerland, politician and mountain guide; first ascent of Mittellegigrat (northeast ridge of Eiger) (1921) * David Breashears (born 1956) US, Everest twice, directed

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film '' Everest'' *

Meta Brevoort Marguerite "Meta" Claudia Brevoort (November 8, 1825 – December 19, 1876) was an American mountain climber. Brevoort was born on November 8, 1825, and spent her early years in a Paris convent school. She made a number of important ascents in t ...

(1825–1876) US, alpinist of

Victorian period In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian ...

, aunt of

W. A. B. Coolidge William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (August 28, 1850 – May 8, 1926) was an American historian, theologian and mountaineer. Life Coolidge was born in New York City as the son of Frederic William Skinner Coolidge, a Boston merchant, and Elisa ...

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Russell Brice Russell Reginald Brice (born 3 July 1952) is a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the owner/manager of Himex (Himalayan Experience Ltd.), a climbing expedition company. He has summited Cho Oyu seven times, Himal Chuli and Mount Everest twice, as well ...

(born 1952) New Zealand, record for fastest single solo ascent without oxygen of

Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

and Ama Dablam *

Jim Bridwell Jim Bridwell (July 29, 1944 – February 16, 2018) was an American rock climber and mountaineer, active since 1965, especially in Yosemite Valley, but also in Patagonia and Alaska. He was noted for pushing the standards of both free climbi ...

(1944–2018) US, rock climber, first one-day ascent of Nose of

El Capitan El Capitan ( es, El Capitán; "the Captain" or "the Chief") is a vertical Rock formations in the United States, rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The El Capitan Granite, granit ...

in 1975 *

David Brower David Ross Brower (; July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Eart ...

(1912–2000) US, Executive Director of

Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an environmental organization with chapters in all 50 United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who be ...

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Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

climber * Joe Brown (1930-2020) UK, rock climber, first ascent

Aiguille de Blaitière The Aiguille de Blaitière (3,522 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions ...

west face,

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

(1955), Mustagh Tower * Katie Brown (born 1981) US, won 1995 X Games and climbing Junior World Cup * Geoffrey Bruce (1896–1972) UK, in 1922 reached on Everest (then a world record) on his first mountain climb. * Hermann Buhl (1924–1957) Austria, first ascent Nanga Parbat (1953) and Broad Peak (1957), died on Chogolisa * Alexander Burgener (1845–1910) Switzerland, first ascent Matterhorn Zmuttgrat, Grands Charmoz, Aiguille du Grépon, Lenzspitze, Grand Dru * Jean Buridan (c. 1300–1358) France, climbed Mont Ventoux for the view, before

Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...

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* Tommy Caldwell (born 1978) US, rock climber, free climbed the Dawn Wall on El Capitan *

Una Cameron Una May Cameron (6 May 1904 – 15 October 1987) was a Scottish mountain climber known for her ascents in the Alps, Caucasus and Kenya. Biography Cameron was born in West Linton, Scotland. Twin daughter of her father Ewen Cameron, a landed pr ...

(1904–1987) UK, ascents in Alps, Caucasus and Africa *

Louis Ramond de Carbonnières Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières (4 January 1755 Strasbourg – 14 May 1827), was a French politician, geologist and botanist. He is regarded as one of the first explorers of the high mountains of the Pyrenees who can be d ...

(1755–1827) France, scientist and Pyrenean pioneer * Kim Carrigan (born 1958) Australia, leading technical rock climber of the 1980s * Carlos Carsolio (born 1962) Mexico, 14 8,000m summits (1985–1996) * Riccardo Cassin (1909–2009) Italy, first ascent Piz Badile north-east face (1937);

Grandes Jorasses The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain (''Pointe Walker'') was by Hor ...

Walker Spur (1938); Mount McKinley Cassin Ridge (1961) *

Cristina Castagna Cristina "El Grio" Castagna (23 December 1977 – 18 July 2009) was an Italian mountaineer and the first Italian woman to climb Makalu. She died in 2009 on Broad Peak, after reaching the summit. Early life Castagna was born near San Quiric ...

(1977–2009) Italy, first Italian female ascent Makalu * Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz (1942–1978) Britain, first ascent

Gasherbrum III Gasherbrum III ( ur, گاشر برم -3; ), surveyed as K3a, is a summit in the Gasherbrum massif of the Baltoro Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram on the border between Xinjiang, China and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is situated between Gas ...

* Ludwik Chałubiński (1860–1933) Poland, first ascent Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Wielki * Armand Charlet (1900–1975) France, many first ascents in

Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...

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Isabella Charlet-Straton Mary Isabella Charlet-Straton (née Straton; 1838 – 12 April 1918) was a British female mountain climber. She made several first ascents in the Alps with Emmeline Lewis Lloyd as well as the first winter ascent of Mont Blanc with her future hus ...

(1838–1918) UK, first ascents in

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...

, first winter ascent Mont Blanc (1876) *

Maxime Chaya Maxime Chaya ( ar, مكسيم شعيا) (born December 16, 1961) is a Lebanese sportsman, mountaineer and explorer. On May 15, 2006, he was the first Lebanese to climb Mount Everest, completing the Seven Summits challenge. On December 28, 2007, ...

(born 1961) Lebanon, Everest (2006), Seven Summits and Three Poles Challenge *

Chhurim Chhurim is a Nepali mountaineer and the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice in the same season, a feat which was verified by the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' in 2013. She accomplished this feat in 2012, climbing Everest on May 12 and ...

(born 1984) Nepal, first woman to reach Everest summit twice in a week *

Renata Chlumska Renata Chlumska (born 9 December 1973 in Malmö, Sweden) is an adventurer and mountain climber. Born to Czech parents, she has both Swedish and Czech citizenship. On 5 May 1999, she became the first Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest ...

(born 1973) Sweden, first Swedish female ascent Everest (1999) * Yvon Chouinard (born 1938) US, pioneer of

Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

climbing, founder of Chouinard Equipment and Patagonia *

Leszek Cichy Leszek () is a Slavic Polish male given name, originally ''Lestko'', ''Leszko'' or ''Lestek'', related to ''Lech'', ''Lechosław'' and Czech ''Lstimir''. Individuals named Leszek celebrate their name day on June 3. Notable people * Lestko * ...

(born 1951) Poland, first winter ascent Everest * John Clarke (1945–2003) Canada, explorer and wilderness educator, over 600 first ascents in Coast Range of

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

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Vern Clevenger Vern Clevenger (born 1955 in Oakland, California) is a noted climber and landscape photographer. He made the first ascent of Cholatse in 1982. He lives in Mammoth Lakes, California with his wife and two children, Dylan and Sabrina. On April 13, ...

(born 1955) US, first ascent

Cholatse Cholatse (also known as Jobo Lhaptshan) ( ne, चोलात्से) is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Cholatse is connected to Taboche (6,501m) by a long ridge. The Chola glacier descends off the east face. The nor ...

(1982), numerous first routes ascents in

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

* 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 The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

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Johann Coaz Johann Wilhelm Fortunat Coaz (31 May 1822 – 18 August 1918) was a Swiss forester, topographer and mountaineer from Graubünden. In 1850 he made the first ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps. He also gave Piz Bernin ...

(1822–1918) Switzerland, first ascent of Piz Bernina *

J. Norman Collie Professor John Norman Collie FRSE FRS (10 September 1859 – 1 November 1942), commonly referred to as J. Norman Collie, was an English scientist, mountaineer and explorer. Life and work He was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, the second of ...

(1859–1942) UK, first ascent Ben Nevis Tower Ridge, Nanga Parbat expedition (1895) * Emilio Comici (1901–1940) Italy, first ascent

Cima Grande di Lavaredo The Tre Cime di Lavaredo (; ), also called the Drei Zinnen (; ), are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps. The three peaks, ...

north face (1933) with Angelo and Giuseppe Dimai, died in accident in Val Gardena * Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009) Italy, first ascent K2 (1954) with Lino Lacedelli * Kyra Condie (born 1996) US, member of the 2020 US Olympic climbing team *

Herb and Jan Conn Jan Conn (born 1924 ) and Herb Conn (April 16, 1920 – February 1, 2012www.findagrave.com
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(Herb: 1921–2012) US, early pioneers of climbing in areas like Carderock in

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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Seneca Rocks Seneca Rocks is a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. The south peak is one of a small number of peaks inaccessible except by technical rock climbing techniques on the East ...

in

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

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Black Hills The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk P ...

of

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

* William Martin Conway (1856–1937) UK, surveyor and explorer (Karakoram, Spitsbergen, Andes & Alps) *

Kenton Cool Kenton Edward Cool (born 30 July 1973) is an English mountaineer and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high altitude climbers and has reached the summit of Mount Everest sixteen times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fie ...

(born 1973) UK, sixteen-time Everest summiter *

W. A. B. Coolidge William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (August 28, 1850 – May 8, 1926) was an American historian, theologian and mountaineer. Life Coolidge was born in New York City as the son of Frederic William Skinner Coolidge, a Boston merchant, and Elisa ...

(1850–1926) US, 1,700 expeditions in Alps, Alpine historian * Janne Corax (born 1967) Sweden, adventurer and climber * Henri Cordier (1856–1877) France, first ascents

Aiguille du Plat de la Selle The Aiguille du Plat de la Selle, 3,596 m, is a mountain of the Massif des Écrins in the Dauphiné Alps in south-eastern France. Ascents of the mountain are via Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans or the Soreiller hut. References See also * List ...

, Les Droites (east summit) (1876) died in accident on Le Plaret * Patrick Cordier (1947–1996) France, first ascent French Direct on Norway's Troll Wall (1967), solo ascent The Nose, Yosemite (1973), first ascents in

Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...

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Jean Couzy Jean Couzy (9 July 1923 – 2 November 1958) was a French mountaineer. He studied aeronautical engineering at the École Polytechnique. At age 27, he was a member of 1950 French Annapurna expedition, Maurice Herzog's 1950 expedition to Annapurna. P ...

(1923–1958) France, first ascent Makalu with Terray on the

1955 French Makalu expedition The 1955 French Makalu expedition was the first to successfully climb Makalu, the Himalayan mountain to the southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and Tibet. At Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain in the world and an eight-t ...

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Lucy Creamer Lucy Creamer (born 19 April 1971) is a British professional climber. Creamer was born in Taunton, Somerset, but now lives in Sheffield - a city known for its large climbing community. After working as an outdoor instructor Creamer became a full- ...

(born 1971) British champion climber * Peter Croft (born 1958) Canada, many hard first ascents in the Sierra Nevada * Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) UK, occultist, writer, and rock climber, led early expeditions on K2 and

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

* Michel Croz (1830–1865) France, numerous first ascents, died on descent after first ascent of Matterhorn * John Cunningham (1927–1980) Scotland, pioneered new techniques of ice climbing *

Bronisław Czech Bronisław "Bronek" Czech (; 25 July 1908 – 4 June 1944) was a Polish sportsman and artist. A gifted skier, he won championships of Poland 24 times in various skiing disciplines, including Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ski jumping. A m ...

(1908–1944) Poland, a mountain rescue pioneer in the Tatra Mountains * Anna Czerwińska (born 1949) Poland, oldest female ascent Everest (at the time, age 50), first Polish female Seven Summits *

Andrzej Czok Andrzej Czok (November 11, 1948 – January 11, 1986) was a Polish mountaineer best known for making the first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri on January 21, 1985 with Jerzy Kukuczka, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on Mount Evere ...

(1948–1986), Poland first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri and first ascent of

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

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Kalpana Dash Kalpana Dash (7 July 1966 – 23 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and mountaineer. She was the first Odia mountaineer to scale Mount Everest. She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2008, along with a team of five members from the United States, Canada ...

(born 1966) India, first from

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

, India to climb Mount Everest (2008) * Sophia Danenberg (born 1972) US, first African American and first black woman to ascend

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...

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Steph Davis Stephanie "Steph" Davis (born November 4, 1973) is an American rock climber, BASE jumper, and wingsuit flyer. She is one of the world's leading climbers, having completed some of the hardest routes in the world. She has free soloed up to , a ...

(born 1973) US, second female one-day free climb El Capitan *

Johnny Dawes Johnny Dawes (born 9 May 1964) is a British rock climber and author, known for a dynamic climbing style and for establishing bold traditional climbing routes. This included the first ascent of ''The Indian Face'', the first-ever route at the E9 ...

(born 1964) UK, a rock climber, introduced two new grades in British grading system * José Antonio Delgado (1965–2006) Venezuela, five 8,000m summits (1994–2006), died on Nanga Parbat *

Clinton Thomas Dent Clinton Thomas Dent FRCS (7 December 1850 – 26 August 1912) was an English surgeon, author and mountaineer. Early life The fourth surviving son of Thomas Dent, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Alpinism Alongsi ...

(1850–1912) UK,

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...

, Alps, first ascent Lenzspitze (1870),

Aiguille du Dru The Aiguille du Dru (also the Dru or the Drus; French, Les Drus) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is situated to the east of the village of Les Praz in the Chamonix valley. "Aiguille" means "needle" in French. The m ...

(1878) *

Ardito Desio Count Ardito Desio (18 April 1897 – 12 December 2001) was an Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist, and cartographer.

(1897–2001) Italy, geologist and mountaineer, leader of K2 first-ascent expeditionbonatt (1954) *

Catherine Destivelle Catherine Destivelle (born 24 July 1960) is a French rock climber and mountaineer who is considered one of the greatest and most important female climbers in the history of the sport. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s for sport climbing by ...

(born 1960) France, first woman to solo the Eiger North Face in winter * Kurt Diemberger (born 1932) Austria, first ascent Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960), climbed K2 ( 1986 K2 disaster) * Sasha DiGiulian (born 1992) US, first woman to free climb Magic Mushroom, Eiger * Jan Długosz (1929–1962) Poland, a mountaineer who was part of the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Frêney on Mont Blanc *

Jim Donini Jim Donini (born July 23, 1943) is an American rock climber and alpinist, noted for a long history of cutting-edge climbs in Alaska and Patagonia. He was president of the American Alpine Club from 2006 to 2009, and a 1999 recipient of the AAC's Ro ...

(1943) US, first ascent of Torre Egger, noted mountaineer *

Hans Christian Doseth Hans Christian Doseth (December 10, 1958 in Romsdal, Norway – August 6, 1984 in Pakistan) was a Norwegian climber. Stein P. Aasheim, Fabio Palma ''Senza ritorno. Hans Christian Doseth'', Italian, Alpine Studio, June 2010, Achievements Among ...

(1958–1984) Norway, climbed

Great Trango Tower __NOTOC__ The Trango Towers ( ur, ) are a family of rock towers situated in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the north of Pakistan. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world, and every year a number of expedi ...

east face (1984), died during descent *

Lord Francis Douglas Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas (8 February 1847 – 14 July 1865) was a novice British mountaineer. After sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, he died in a fall on the way down from the summit. Early life Born in Scotland at C ...

(1847–1865) Scotland, died on the descent after the first ascent of Matterhorn * Lonnie Dupre (born 1961) US, Solo climb of

Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the thir ...

in winter *

Hans Dülfer

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(1892–1915) Germany, rock climber killed in World War I *

Hayatullah Khan Durrani Hayatullah Khan Durrani, PP (Pashto: ; born 22 April 1962) is a Pakistani caver, mountaineer, environmentalist, organizer, and a rescuer. He is also a part-time sports anchor actor on Pakistani television. He played a significant role in the ...

(born 1962) Pakistan, mountaineer, and rock climber *

Günther Dyhrenfurth Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gun ...

(1886–1975) Germany/Switzerland, Himalayan explorer, led German expeditions to

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

(1930, 1931)

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James Eccles James Eccles FGS (1838 – 6 June 1915) was an English mountaineer and geologist who is noted for making a number of first ascents in the Alps during the silver age of alpinism. Life Eccles was born in Blackburn in 1838, the eldest son of Edw ...

(1838–1915) UK, first ascents in

Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...

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Oscar Eckenstein Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9 September 1859 – 8 April 1921) was an English rock climbing, rock climber and mountaineering, mountaineer, and a pioneer in the sport of bouldering. Inventor of the modern crampon, he was an innovator in cl ...

(1859–1921) UK, alpinist, rock climber and boulderer *

Patrick Edlinger Patrick Edlinger (15 June 1960 – 16 November 2012) was a professional French rock climber. Edlinger is considered a pioneer and a legend of sport climbing. He was the second-ever climber in history to ascend routes of grade with ''Nymphodal ...

(1960–2012) France, award-winning rock climber, featured in several rock climbing movies *

Angela Eiter Angela "Angy" Eiter (born 27 January 1986 in Arzl im Pitztal) is an Austrian professional rock climber. She is a champion in lead climbing competitions, winning three IFSC Lead Climbing World Cups in a row, from 2004 to 2006 and four IFSC World ...

(born 1986), Austria, first woman in history to climb a 9b (5.15b) route (La Planta de Shiva at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain) *

Albert R. Ellingwood Elmer Albert Russell Ellingwood (22 June 1887 – 12 May 1934) was a pioneering mountaineer and climber in the western United States during the first half of the twentieth century. He made first ascents of many peaks and routes in the Rocky Mountai ...

(22 June 1887 – 12 May 1934) pioneer of Colorado climbing: La Plata Peak Ellingwood Ridge, Ellingwood Ledges on Crestone Needle, Lizard Head, and Teton climbs *

Zsolt Erőss Zsolt Erőss (March 7, 1968 – May 21, 2013) was the most successful Hungarian high-altitude mountaineer, summiting 10 out of the 14 eight-thousanders. He was also the first Hungarian citizen to have climbed Mount Everest. In 2010, he lost h ...

(1968–2013) Hungary, ten eight-thousanders, two with prosthetic leg, died on descent from Kangchenjunga summit *

Susan Ershler Susan Ershler is an American mountain climber, author, and motivational speaker. On May 16, 2002, Ershler and her husband Phil (the first American to ascend the north face of Everest), reached the summit of Everest, completing the ascent of the h ...

(born 1956) US, first married couple to climb the Seven Summits, together (with Phil Ershler) *

Leila Esfandyari Leila Esfandyari ( fa, لیلا اسفندیاری; February 16, 1971 in Karaj, Iran – July 22, 2011, Gasherbrum II, Pakistan) was an Iranian mountain climber. Esfandyari was the first Iranian woman to scale the summit of Nanga Parbat in the ...

(1970–2011) Iran, first Iranian woman to climb Nanga Parbat; died on

Gasherbrum II Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan a ...

* Jens Esmark (1763–1839)

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, first ascent Snøhetta (1798) and Mount Gaustatoppen, led first expedition to Bitihorn *

Nick Estcourt Nick Estcourt (1942 – 12 June 1978), educated at Eastbourne College, was a British climber killed on K2 by an avalanche on the West Ridge route. He took part in the 1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition. One of his notable achievements, ...

(1942–1978) UK, killed on K2 by

avalanche An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...

* Charles Evans (1918–1995) UK, Alps,

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, leader of Kangchenjunga first ascent

1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition succeeded in climbing the Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, for the first time. The expedition complied with a request from the Sikkim authorities that the summit should not be tr ...

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John Ewbank John Ewbank may refer to: *John Ewbank (composer), British-born Dutch composer, lyricist and record producer * John Ewbank (climber), Australian rock climber *John Wilson Ewbank John W. Ewbank (4 May 1799 – 28 November 1847), was an English-bo ...

(1948–2013) Australia, pioneer of Australian rock climbing, invented Australian (Ewbank) grading system

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* Freda du Faur (1882–1935) Australia, first female ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook * Ron Fawcett (born 1955) UK, one of the first professional rock climbers *

Sue Fear Sue or SUE may refer to: Music * Sue Records, an American record label * ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie Places * Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits island ...

(1963–2006) Australia, five 8,000ers, killed in crevasse fall on Manaslu *

Rudolf Fehrmann Rudolf Fehrmann (22 June 1886 – 1947), a German, was a pioneer rock climber at Elbsandsteingebirge near Dresden. Climbing career He began climbing at the age of 17 and was soon at the leading edge of the fledgling sport. He and Oliver Perry-Sm ...

(1886–1947) Germany, pioneer rock climber in Elbsandsteingebirge *

Darby Field Darby Field (1610–1649) was the first European to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Biography Of English ancestry, Field was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. His father was John Field of London. By 1636, he immigrated to Boston, M ...

(1610–1649) Ireland?, first European to climb

Mount Washington (New Hampshire) Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River. The mountain is notorious for its erratic weather. On the afternoon of April 12, 1934, ...

(1642) * George Ingle Finch (1888–1970) Australia, reached 8,300 m on 1922 Everest expedition; Dent d'Hérens north face *

Hazel Findlay Hazel Findlay (born May 1989) is a British traditional climber, sport climber and big wall climber. She was the first female British climber to climb a route graded E9, and a route graded . She did the third ascent of the Yosemite traditional rou ...

(born 1989) UK, first British woman to climb E9 *

Scott Fischer Scott Eugene Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American mountaineer and mountain guide. He was renowned for his ascents of the world's highest mountains made without the use of supplemental oxygen. Fischer and Wally Berg were t ...

(1955–1996) US,

Lhotse Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

1990, K2 1992, Everest 1994; died in

1996 Mount Everest disaster The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it ...

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Hans Florine Hans Florine (born June 18, 1964) is an American rock climber, who holds the record for the number of ascents of Yosemite Valleys El Capitan and is known for holding the speed record on '' The Nose'' of Yosemite’s El Capitan 8 different times. ...

(born 1964) US, speed climber, ascent The Nose El Capitan (2012) in 2:36:45 *

James David Forbes James David Forbes (1809–1868) was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor ...

(1809–1868) UK, first British ascent Jungfrau *

Charlie Fowler Charlie Fowler (February 18, 1954 - November 14, 2006) was an American mountain climber, writer, and photographer. He was one of North America's most experienced mountain climbers, and successfully climbed many of the world's highest peaks. Al ...

(1954–2006) US,

free solo Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of technical ice or rock climbing where the climbers (or ''free soloists'') climb alone without ropes, harnesses or other protective equipment, forcing them to rely entirely on their own individual ...

rock climber and high-altitude mountaineer *

Mick Fowler Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer, and climbing author. Fowler was voted the "Mountaineers' Mountaineer" in a poll in ''The Observer'', and with Paul Ramsden, won the 2002 Piolet d'Or (or Golden Ice ...

(born 1956) UK, explorer and mountaineer, winner of three Piolet d'Ors (2003, 2013, 2016) * Douglas Freshfield (1845–1934) UK, Alps,

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

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Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

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Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...

* Tom Frost US, rock climber, first ascents of big walls in

Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about long and deep, surroun ...

* Fritiof Fryxell (1900-1986) US, geologist and park ranger, first ascents in the Teton Range *

Wang Fuzhou Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thaila ...

(1935–2015) China, first ascent Everest north face, first ascent Shishapangma

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* Patrick Gabarrou (born 1951) France, first ascents in

Mont Blanc massif The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...

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Will Gadd Will Gadd (born March 8, 1967) is a prominent Canadian ice climber and paraglider pilot. He formerly held the paragliding world distance record, with a flight of 423 km in Zapata, Texas. He is the host of the documentary series ''Fearless ...

(born 1967) Canada, various hard mixed routes including the first M12 * Ryszard Gajewski (born 1954) Poland, first winter ascent of Manaslu *

Lene Gammelgaard Lene Gammelgaard (born 18 December 1961) is a Danish mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. Gammelgaard is the 35th woman and the first Scandinavian woman to climb Mount Everest, reaching the peak via the South East Ridge route on 10 May ...

Denmark, author of ''Climbing High'', first female Scandinavian ascent of Everest *

João Garcia João José Silva Abranches Garcia, (born 11 June 1967 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a leading mountaineer in Portugal. His main professional activities are as organizer and guide in mountaineering expeditions. On 18 May 1999 he became the first Portug ...

(born 1967) Portugal, first Portuguese to climb Everest and all the 14 8,000mt summits without supplementary oxygen (1993–2010) *

Rolando Garibotti Rolando Garibotti is an Argentinian and United States, American professional climber, writer, and mountain guide. He is from San Carlos de Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina. These days he splits his time between the town of El Chaltén, Argentina, and ...

(born 1971) Argentina/US,

Fitz Roy Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.Cerro Torre traverse *

Pierre Gaspard Pierre Gaspard (born 6 December 1959) is a Belgian physicist and professor at the ''Interdisciplinary Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems'' and the ''Service de Physique Non-Linéaire and Mécanique Statistique'' of the Universit ...

(1834–1915) France, first ascent

La Meije La Meije is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins range, located at the border of the Hautes-Alpes and Isère ''départements''. It overlooks the nearby village of La Grave, a mountaineering centre and ski resort, well known for its off-piste ...

with his son and

Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857-1923) was a French alpinist and sportsman who took part in the first ascent of the Meije. After his career as an alpinist he competed as an amateur cyclist. Biography Boileau de Castelnau was ...

* Chanda Gayen (1979–2014) India, the first woman from West Bengal to climb Everest, killed on

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

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Lakpa Gelu Lakpa Gelu ( ne, ल्हाक्पा घेलु) (born June 23, 1967), often spelled ''Lhakpa'', is a Nepalese Sherpa climber born in Jubing - 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing ...

(born 1967) Nepal, 12 Everest ascents *

Lester Germer Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 – October 3, 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson–Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the elect ...

(1896–1971) US,

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

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World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

fighter pilot A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and ...

and rock climber * Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) Switzerland, naturalist and early mountaineer in the Alps *

Azim Gheychisaz Azim Gheychisaz ( fa, عظیم قیچی‌ساز) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian mountain climber and the summiter of all 14 Eight-thousanders. Marble Wall peak in Kazakhstan was his first professional climbing in 2000. He is a member of Irania ...

(born 1981), Iranian mountain climber who climbed all 14 Eight-thousanders *

John Gill John Gill may refer to: Sports *John Gill (cricketer) (1854–1888), New Zealand cricketer *John Gill (coach) (1898–1997), American football coach *John Gill (footballer, born 1903), English professional footballer *John Gill (American football) ...

(born 1937) US, father of modern bouldering, introduced chalk and modern dynamics in the 1950s *

Stefan Glowacz Stefan Glowacz (born March 22, 1965 in Tittmoning) is a German professional rock climber and adventurer. He started climbing at the age of 12 and advanced to one of the world's best sports climbers only few years later. Since 1993 he has been d ...

(born 1965) Germany, professional rock climber * Alessandro Gogna (born 1946) Italy,

mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

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adventurer An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...

and mountain guide from * Dan Goodwin (born 1955) US, rock/building climber, climbed

World Trade Center World Trade Centers are sites recognized by the World Trade Centers Association. World Trade Center may refer to: Buildings * List of World Trade Centers * World Trade Center (2001–present), a building complex that includes five skyscrapers, a ...

, Sears Tower, John Hancock Center and CN Tower * Dave Graham (born 1981) US, rock climber and boulderer *

Tormod Granheim Tormod Granheim (born September 17, 1974, in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker involved in expeditions and extreme skiing. On May 16, 2006, he made the first ski descent of Mount Everest's North Face by the Norton ...

(born 1974) Norway, climber and extreme skier, first ski descent Everest north face (2006) *

Chloé Graftiaux Chloé Graftiaux (18 July 1987 in Brussels, Belgium – 21 August 2010 in Courmayeur, Italy) was a Belgian competition climber and alpinist who fell to her death on the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif, aged 23. In the 2 ...

(1987–2010) Belgium, rock and sport climber and mountaineer *

William Spotswood Green William Spotswood Green (10 September 1847 – 22 April 1919) was an Irish naturalist, who specialised in marine biology. Born at Youghal and educated at Trinity College Dublin,Fallon, N.: ''The Armada in Ireland'', Wesleyan University Pr ...

(1847–1919) New Zealand, Selkirks * Paul Grohmann (1838–1908) Austria, numerous first ascents in the 19th century * Michael Groom (born 1959) Australia, ascents of

Lhotse Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

, Kangchenjunga, K2, and Everest without bottled oxygen * Bear Grylls (born 1974) in 1998, at age 23, was the youngest Briton to summit Mount Everest *

Wolfgang Güllich Wolfgang Güllich (24 October 1960 – 31 August 1992) was a German rock climber, who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of the sport. Güllich dominated sport climbing for most of the decade after his ...

(1960–1992) Germany, rock climber (including free solo climber), first with '' Action Directe'' (1991) * Paul Güssfeldt (1840–1920) Germany, first ascent Peuterey ridge and Piz Scerscen, first European attempt on Aconcagua (1883) * Veikka Gustafsson (born 1968) Finland, all 8,000m summits (1993–2009)

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Peter Habeler Peter Habeler (born 22 July 1942) is an Austrian mountaineer. He was born in Mayrhofen, Austria. He developed an interest in mountain climbing at age six.http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/habeler Among his accomplishments as a mountaineer a ...

(born 1942) Austria, first ascent without supplementary oxygen Everest (1978) with Reinhold Messner *

Douglas Robert Hadow Douglas Robert Hadow (30 May 1846 – 14 July 1865) was a British novice mountaineer who died on the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Family Hadow was born in 1846 at 49 York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the son of Patrick Do ...

(1846–1865) UK, died on first ascent Matterhorn (1865) * Dave Hahn - US, 11 Everest ascents, 26

Vinson Massif Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located ab ...

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Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the thir ...

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Artur Hajzer Artur Henryk Hajzer (28 June 1962 – 7 July 2013) was a Polish mountaineer. Hajzer climbed seven eight-thousanders, several via new routes (Manaslu’s NE face in 1986, Shishapangma’s east ridge in 1987) and made the first winter climb of Anna ...

(1962–2013) Poland, first winter ascent of Annapurna with

Jerzy Kukuczka Józef Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 in Katowice, Poland – 24 October 1989 Lhotse, Nepal) was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. Born in Katowice, his family origin is Silesian Goral. On 18 September 1987, he became the second m ...

(1987) * Lincoln Hall (1956–2012) Australia, rescued at 8,700m on descent from Everest (2006) *

Rob Hall Robert Edwin Hall (14 January 1961 – 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was g ...

(1960–1996) New Zealand, Seven Summits in seven months, died in

1996 Mount Everest disaster The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it ...

* Peter Harding (1924–2007) UK, prominent climber of the 1940s *

Warren J. Harding Warren Harding (June 18, 1924 – February 27, 2002) was one of the most accomplished and influential American rock climbers of the 1950s to 1970s. He was the leader of the first team to climb El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, in 1958. The route they ...

(1924–2002) first ascent El Capitan *

Alison Hargreaves Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) was a British mountain climber. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995. She soloed all the great ...

(1963–1995) UK, first female unassisted Everest (1995), died on descent from K2 summit *

John Harlin John Elvis Harlin II (June 30, 1935 – March 22, 1966) was an American mountaineer and US Air Force pilot who was killed while making an ascent of the north face of the Eiger. Biography Harlin graduated from Sequoia High School and Stanford ...

(1934–1966) US, direct route pioneer, killed on Eiger north face *

Heinrich Harrer Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, ''Oberscharführer'' in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), and author. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of th ...

(1912–2006) Austria, first ascent Eiger north face (1938) and

Carstensz Pyramid Puncak Jaya (; literally "Glorious Peak") or Carstensz Pyramid, Mount Jayawijaya or Mount Carstensz () on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of , is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth. The mountain is located in the Sudi ...

(1962), author of ''

Seven Years in Tibet ''Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After'' (1952; german: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama; 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich ...

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Brette Harrington Brette Harrington (born 1992) is an American professional rock climber and alpinist based in Lake Tahoe, California and British Columbia, Canada. She was featured in the 2021 film ''The Alpinist'' alongside her late partner, Marc-André Leclerc. ...

(born 1992) US, first free solo of Chiaro di Luna (5.11a), Patagonia *

Ginette Harrison Ginette Harrison (28 February 1958 – 24 October 1999) was a professional climber of British origin. She also lived in Australia and the United States. She studied medicine at the University of Bristol and later specialized in high altitu ...

(1958–1999) UK, Seven Summits, first female ascent Kangchenjunga (1998), killed on Dhaulagiri * Dougal Haston (1940–1977)

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

, first ascent Annapurna south face (1970), killed in avalanche near

Leysin Leysin is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in the Aigle district of Switzerland. It is first mentioned around 1231–32 as ''Leissins'', in 1352 as ''Leisins''. Located in the Vaud Alps, Leysin is a sunny alpine resort village at the easter ...

* Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed (1860–1934) UK, pioneer of mountaineering, mountain photographer, author *

Margo Hayes Margo Hayes (born February 11, 1998) is an American professional rock climber from Boulder, Colorado. In 2016, she won both the Bouldering and Lead Climbing events at the World Youth Championships in Guangzhou ( China). In 2017, she became the ...

(born 1998), US, first woman to climb 5.15a (La Rambla, Spain) *

Andreas Heckmair Andreas "Anderl" Heckmair (12 October 1906 – 1 February 2005) was a German mountain climber and guide who led the first successful ascent of the Eiger north face in July 1938. Eiger first ascent The most experienced mountaineer in a group co ...

(1906–2005) Germany, first ascent Eiger north face (1938) *

Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich (21 July 1937 in Łbowo, central Poland – 27 May 1989 on Mount Everest) was a Polish mountaineer who made several ascents of eight-thousanders. He died in an avalanche on the northwest slopes of Mount Everest in ...

(1937–1989) Poland, several eight-thousander ascents * Gary Hemming (1934–1969) US, first ascent south face Aiguille du Fou *

Siegfried Herford Siegfried Wedgwood Herford (1891 – 28 January 1916) was a British climber who was active in the years immediately before World War I. He and John Laycock and Stanley Jeffcoat initiated what is referred to as " gritstone climbing" in England, b ...

(1891–1916) UK, first ascent Scafell Central Buttress (1914) *

Derek Hersey Derek Geoffrey Hersey (26 October 1956 – 28 May 1993) (Gives Hersey's date of death incorrectly as 20 May 1993.) was a British rock climber and for many years an active participant in the Boulder, Colorado climbing scene. Climbing speciali ...

(1956–1993) UK, many free solo routes in the US *

Maurice Herzog Maurice André Raymond Herzog (15 January 191913 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and r ...

(1919–2012) France, led

1950 French Annapurna expedition The 1950 French Annapurna expedition, led by Maurice Herzog, reached the summit of Annapurna I at , the highest peak in the Annapurna Massif. The mountain is in Nepal and the government had given permission for the expedition, the first time it ...

(first 8,000m peak climbed) * Tom Higgins (1944–2018) US, first and first free ascents in US, also in France outside Chamonix *

Lynn Hill Carolynn Marie Hill (born January 3, 1961) is an American rock climber. Widely regarded as one of the leading competitive climbers, traditional climbers (and particularly big wall traditional climbers), sport climbers, and boulderers in the ...

(born 1961) US, first free ascent The Nose on El Capitan,

Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

(1993) * Sandy Hill (born 1955) US, Seven Summits * Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) New Zealand, first ascent Everest (1953) with Tenzing Norgay *

Alan Hinkes Alan Hinkes OBE (born 26 April 1954) is an English Himalayan high-altitude mountaineer from Northallerton in North Yorkshire. He is the first British mountaineer to claim all 14 Himalayan eight-thousanders (mountains above in height), whic ...

OBE (born 1954) UK, first Briton to climb all 8,000m summits (claim is disputed) * Andreas Hinterstoisser (1914–1936) Germany, attempted Eiger north face in 1936 with

Toni Kurz Toni Kurz (13 January 1913 – 22 July 1936) was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He died in 1936 during an attempt to climb the then-unclimbed north face of the Eiger with his partner Andreas Hinterstoisser. Biography Toni Kurz ...

, both died during the retreat * Yuji Hirayama (born 1969) Japan, World Champion 1998, 2000 *

Marty Hoey Marty Hoey (1951 – May 15, 1982) was a mountaineer who took part in a 1982 expedition to Mount Everest. During an attempted ascent that would have made her the first American woman to summit Everest, she plunged over the edge of the Great Couloir ...

(1951–1982) US, died on Everest *

Charles F. Hoffmann Charles Frederick Hoffmann (February 29, 1838 – June 20, 1913) was a German-American topographer working in California U.S. from 1860 to 1880. Life Hoffmann was born in Frankfurt, Germany on February 29, 1838. After receiving an education in ...

(1838–1913) US, surveyor and mountaineer, several first ascents in

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

* Jim Holloway (born 1954) US, perhaps first to achieve V11+ levels *

Alex Honnold Alexander Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his Free solo climbing, free solo ascents of Big wall climbing, big walls. Honnold rose to prominence in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo El ...

(born 1985) US, free solo of

Half Dome Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth ...

northwest face (2008), Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park (2008), and Freerider on El Capitan (2017) *

Tom Hornbein Thomas Hornbein (born November 6, 1930) is an American mountaineer. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hornbein developed an interest in geology as a teenager. His study of geology led to a fascination with mountains. Eventually he also be ...

(born 1930) US, first ascent Everest west ridge (1963) * Steve House (born 1970) US, solo ascent K7 (2004), first ascent Nanga Parbat Rupal face (2005) * Charles Houston (1913–2009) US, first ascent

Mount Foraker Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

(1934), attempts on K2 in 1938, 1953 * Alexander and Thomas Huber (born 1968 and 1966 respectively) Germany, free ascents

Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

, speed record El Capitan *

Charles Hudson Charles Hudson may refer to: * Sir Charles Hudson, 1st Baronet (1730–1813), English baronet * Charles Hudson (American politician) (1795–1881), American historian and politician, Congressman in U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts * ...

(1828–1865) UK, first ascent

Monte Rosa : , other_name = Monte Rosa massif , translation = Mount Rose , photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg , photo_caption = Central Mon ...

(1855), Matterhorn (1865), died on descent of Matterhorn *

Tomaž Humar Tomaž Humar (February 18, 1969 – ), nicknamed Gozdni Joža (akin to Hillbilly), was a Slovenian mountaineering, mountaineer. A father of two, Humar lived in Kamnik, Slovenia. He completed over 1500 ascents, and won a number of mountaineering an ...

(1969–2009) Slovenia, Piolet d'Or (1996) for new route Ama Dablam, solo Dhaulagiri south wall *

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, p ...

(1769–1859) Germany,

Chimborazo Chimborazo () is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D. Chimborazo's summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from th ...

* John Hunt (1910–1998) UK, leader, 1953 Everest expedition

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Marcel Ichac Marcel Ichac (22 October 1906 - 9 April 1994) was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for ''Karakoram'' ...

(1906–1994) France, filmed first French expedition in Himalaya

Karakoram The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...

(1936) and

1950 French Annapurna expedition The 1950 French Annapurna expedition, led by Maurice Herzog, reached the summit of Annapurna I at , the highest peak in the Annapurna Massif. The mountain is in Nepal and the government had given permission for the expedition, the first time it ...

* Dimitar Ilievski (1953–1989) Macedonia, first Macedonian to climb Everest, died on the way back *

Ulrich Inderbinen Ulrich Inderbinen (December 3, 1900, Zermatt, Valais – June 14, 2004) was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm ...

(1900–2004) Switzerland, guide, 371 Matterhorn ascents, the last at 90 years old *

Alberto Iñurrategi Alberto Iñurrategi Iriarte (November 3, 1968) is a Basque Spanish mountaineer born in Aretxabaleta, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Spain). In the year 2002, he became the second Spaniard and Basque (after Juanito Oiarzabal) and the 10th person to cli ...

(born 1968) Basque, Spain, youngest person to climb all eight-thousanders (33 years old) (4th without supplemental oxygen) * Andrew Irvine (1902–1924) UK, died on Everest with

George Mallory George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Born in Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winchester ...

(1924) * R. L. G. Irving (1877–1969) UK, Alpine pedagogue and author

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John Jackson John or Johnny Jackson may refer to: Entertainment Art * John Baptist Jackson (1701–1780), British artist * John Jackson (painter) (1778–1831), British painter * John Jackson (engraver) (1801–1848), English wood engraver * John Richardson ...

(1921–2005) UK, first ascent of Jackson's Route *

Margaret Jackson Margaret Jackson, AC (born 17 March 1953) is an Australian corporate executive. Jackson was born in Warragul, Victoria, and studied at Warragul High School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics degree from Monash University and a Master o ...

(1843–1906) UK, pioneer female mountaineer in the Alps *

Nicolas Jaeger Nicolas Jaeger (20 October 1946 – 27 April 1980) was a French physician and mountaineering, alpinist. Early life Jaeger was born on 20 October 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, the son of photographer Janine Niépce. He made more than ...

(1946–1980) France, first French ascent of Mount Everest *

Ray Jardine Ray Jardine (born in 1944) is an American rock climber who, along with Bill Price, in May 1979, was the first to free climb the ''West Face'' of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Jardine is also a mountaineer, sea kayaker, sailor, hang glider pilot, s ...

(born 1944) US, inventor of "Friends" protection for rock climbing * Tim Jarvis (born 1966) Australia/UK, re-created Shackleton's South Georgia traverse * Narendra Dhar Jayal a.k.a. 'Nandu' Jayal (died 1958) India, first Director of Himalayan Institute of Mountaineering * Ganesh Jena (born 1972) India, first male from Odisha, India to climb Mount Everest * Jimmy Jewell (climber), Jimmy Jewell (1953–1987) UK, prolific rock-climbing soloist * Konstanty Jodko-Narkiewicz (1901–1963) Polish, mountaineer * Alex Johnson (climber), Alex Johnson (born 1989) US, five-time United States national champion and two-time Bouldering World Cup gold medalist * 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, US

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* 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 Grade (climbing), 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 (Alpine guide), Peter Kaufmann (1858–1924) Switzerland, guide in Alps and Canadian Rockies * Ron Kauk (born 1957) US, rock climber, many

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

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Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

, 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 (climber), Pat Kelly (died 1922) UK, rock climber and founder of Pinnacle Club * Edward Shirley Kennedy, E. S. Kennedy (1817–1898) UK, first ascent Monte Disgrazia, Mont Blanc du Tacul * Mikhail Khergiani (1932-1969), Svans, Svan mountaineer of Soviet Georgia, known as the Tiger of the Rocks * Clarence King (1842–1901) US, geologist and climbing, climber, first director of USGS, first ascent Mount Tyndall * Andy Kirkpatrick (climber), 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 Range, 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 climbing, 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 * Göran 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 Józef Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 in Katowice, Poland – 24 October 1989 Lhotse, Nepal) was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. Born in Katowice, his family origin is Silesian Goral. On 18 September 1987, he became the second m ...

(1948–1989) Poland, the second man to climb all eight-thousanders, 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 Künnap (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 Toni Kurz (13 January 1913 – 22 July 1936) was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He died in 1936 during an attempt to climb the then-unclimbed north face of the Eiger with his partner Andreas Hinterstoisser. Biography Toni Kurz ...

(1913–1936) Germany, attempted Eiger north face in 1936, died during retreat

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* Constantin Lăcătușu (born 1961) Romania * Lino Lacedelli (1925–2009) Italy, first ascent K2 (1954) with Achille Compagnoni * Louis Lachenal (1921–1955) France, 1950 French Annapurna expedition, first ascent of Annapurna 1950, with

Maurice Herzog Maurice André Raymond Herzog (15 January 191913 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and r ...

; 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 first free ascent of Cerro Torre * 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-André Leclerc (1992-2018) Canada, First winter solo ascents of the Torre Egger in Patagonia and the Emperor Face of Mount Robson * Philip Ling (fl. 2006) Australia, notable for one of the highest rescues, of two injured Sherpas on Mt. Pumori (7167m), Nepal * Pete Livesey (1943–1998) UK, influential rock climber in the 1970s * John Long (climber), John Long (born 1953) US, rock climber and writer; author of ''How to Rock Climb'' series * Erhard Loretan (1959–2011) Switzerland, 14 eight-thousanders, 8,000m-plus summits (1982–1995) * Alex Lowe (1958–1999) US, climbed

Great Trango Tower __NOTOC__ The Trango Towers ( ur, ) are a family of rock towers situated in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the north of Pakistan. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world, and every year a number of expedi ...

, Rakekniven in Antarctica and Sail Peak on Baffin Island; died on Shishapangma * George Lowe (mountaineer), George Lowe (1924–2013) New Zealand, last surviving member of 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition * Jeff Lowe (climber), 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 Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

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* 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) * Dave MacLeod (born 1978) Scottish people, 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 Yūkō (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 George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Born in Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winchester ...

(1886–1924) UK, initial Timeline of climbing Mount Everest#1921: Reconnaissance expedition, 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition and the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition, 1922 and 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition, 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 (mountaineer), William Mathews (1828–1901) UK, founder of Alpine Club (UK), 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 Maviş (born 1973) Turkey, first Turkish female ascent of Everest (2006) * Pierre Mazeaud (born 1929) France,

Walter Bonatti Walter Bonatti (; 22 June 1930 – 13 September 2011) was an Italian mountain climber, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille du Dru i ...

'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 The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

* 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 Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

and Zion big walls * Alex Megos (born 1993), first climber to on-sight 5.14d/9a route * Alain Mesili (born 1949) France, disputed ascent on

Fitz Roy Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.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 Peter Habeler (born 22 July 1942) is an Austrian mountaineer. He was born in Mayrhofen, Austria. He developed an interest in mountain climbing at age six.http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/habeler Among his accomplishments as a mountaineer a ...

(1978), first solo Everest (1980) * John Middendorf (born 1959) US, big-wall rock climber, first ascent East Wall

Great Trango Tower __NOTOC__ The Trango Towers ( ur, ) are a family of rock towers situated in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the north of Pakistan. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world, and every year a number of expedi ...

(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 (rock climber), Ben Moon (born 1966) UK, sport climber, and boulderer, world's first with ''Hubble (climbing route), Hubble'' * Adolphus Warburton Moore, A. W. Moore (1841–1887) UK, first ascent Fiescherhorn, Barre des Écrins, 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 Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan a ...

(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 Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan a ...

, and Nanga Parbat * Don Morrison (mountaineer), 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, Tomáš Mrázek (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 days

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* Yasuko Namba (1949–1996) Japan, oldest woman at the time to climb Everest at 47 (1996), died on descent * Wasfia Nazreen (born 1982) Bangladesh, motivational speaker and the second Bangladeshi woman to climb Everest (2012) * Vitor Negrete (1967–2006) Brazil, first Brazilian to climb Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen * Hilaree Nelson (born 1972) 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) * Fred Nicole Switzerland, numerous

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

s of Sport climbing, sport routes and boulders * 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 (people), 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 Næss (1912–2009) Norway, philosopher and mountaineer, leader of expedition on first ascent Tirich Mir (1950) * Arne Næss jr. (1937–2004) Norway, leader, Norwegian Everest expedition (1985)

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* 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 Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

(2000) * Oh Eun-Sun (born 1966) South Korea, first Korean woman to climb Seven Summits, controversy over eight-thousanders claim * 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 (mountaineer), James Outram (1864–1925) Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine

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* 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 The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit. Over the entire season, 12 people died trying to reach the summit, making it ...

* Ines Papert (born 1974) German ice climber, apinist and author * Marie Paradis (1757–1827) France, first female ascent Mont Blanc (1809) * Park Young Seok, Young-seok Park (1963–2011) South Korea, first true Explorers Grand Slam (2005), died on Annapurna * Elizabeth Parker (journalist), Elizabeth Parker (1856–1944) Canada, journalist and mountaineer * Chris Webb Parsons (born 1985) England/Australia, rock climber and boulderer * 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 __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

* Ryszard Pawłowski * 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 Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...

(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), Tadeusz Piotrowski mountaineer * Burçak Özoğlu Poçan (born 1970) Turkey, first Turkish female over 8,000 m (2005) * Klára Poláčková (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 (climber), 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 Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

(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 * Ramón Julián 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 oxygen

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*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 * Lisa Rands (born 1975) US, rock climber and boulderer * Michael Reardon (climber), Michael Reardon (1974–2007) US, freesoloist and film producer * Dave Rearick (born 1934) US, rock climber, first ascent of Diamond on Longs Peak (1960) * Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985) France, 1950 French Annapurna expedition, 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 Lhotse ( ne, ल्होत्से ; , ''lho tse'', ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at , after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. The main summit is on the border between Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu ...

(1956) *Monique Richard (alpinist), Monique Richard (born 1975) Canada, first woman to solo climb Mount Logan, first Canadian woman to summit Mt Makalu,

Seven Summits The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on 30 April 1985 by Richard Bass. Climbing the Seven Summits a ...

in 32 months * Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894–1986) UK, wrote ''Climbing Days'' (1935) * Katharine Richardson (1854–1927) UK, mountaineer in the Alps in the 1880s * Rick Ridgeway (born 1950) US, author, filmmaker, photographer, member of first American team to summit K2''American Alpine Journal'', 1979, pp. 1–18 * Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003) Germany, filmmaker, actress and mountaineer * Ang Rita (1948–2020) Sherpa people, Sherpa, climbed Everest ten times without supplemental oxygen * Royal Robbins (1935–2017) US, rock climber, pioneer of modern

Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

climbing in the 1950s * Alain Robert (born 1962) France, climber and Buildering, builderer * David Roberts (climber), David Roberts US, author, first ascents of Wickersham Wall ( Mount McKinley) and other Alaskan peaks * Paul Robinson (climber), Paul Robinson (born 1987) US, rock climber and boulderer * André Roch (1906–2002) Switzerland, Everest 1952 attempt, many first ascents in Alps and Asia * Beth Rodden (born 1980) US, rock climber and first-ever female to match the highest male grades in traditional climbing with ''Meltdown'' * Jordan Romero (born 1996) US, became the youngest person to climb Everest on May 22, 2010, aged 13 years, 10 months, 10 days * Steve Roper guidebook writer, editor of ''Ascent (journal), Ascent'', first ascent of West Butress 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 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 __NOTOC__ The Trango Towers ( ur, ) are a family of rock towers situated in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the north of Pakistan. The Towers offer some of the largest cliffs and most challenging rock climbing in the world, and every year a number of expedi ...

* Henry Russell (explorer), Henry Russell (1834–1909) France/Ireland, prolific first ascentionist in Pyrenees * Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943–1992) Poland, first woman on K2, 8,000m-peak veteran, died attempting

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

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Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

Pakistan, first Pakistani to climb Mount Everest * Hassan Sadpara (born 1963)

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

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 Salathé (1900–1993) Switzerland/US, pioneering Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, inventor of modern piton * Horace-Bénédict 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 Gasherbrum I ( ur, ; ), surveyed as K5 and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is located in Shigar District in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. Gasherbrum I is part of the Ga ...

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Vinson Massif Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located ab ...

, saved five climbers on K2 (1953) * 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 * Chris Sharma (born 1981) US, first to climb consensus with ''Realization (climb), Realization/Biographie'' (2001), and with ''Jumbo Love'' (2008). * John Sherman (climber), 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 A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

, proponent of eugenics, first ascent Shockleys Ceiling in the Gunks (1953) * Joe Simpson (mountaineer), Joe Simpson (born 1960) UK, survived a fall on Siula Grande, wrote ''Touching the Void (book), Touching the Void'' * Arunima Sinha India, first Indian people, 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 Skagastølstind (1876), pioneer of Norwegian mountaineering * Frank Smythe (1900–1949) UK, first ascent Kamet (1931) with Eric Shipton, Shipton, R. Holdsworth and Lewa Sherpa, reached 8565m on Everest in 1933 without supplementary oxygen * Dermot Somers Ireland, climber, author and broadcaster * Carlos Soria Fontán (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 Rwenzori Mountains, Ruwenzoris * Allen Steck (born 1926) 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 2016

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* Junko Tabei (1939–2016) Japan, first female ascent Everest; first completion of Bass and Messner's Seven Summits * Kei Taniguchi (mountaineer), Kei Taniguchi (1972–2015) Japan, first female winner of the Piolet d'Or in 2009 *

Joe Tasker Joe Tasker (12 May 1948 – 17 May 1982) was a British climber, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He died while climbing Mount Everest. Early life Born into a traditional Roman Catholic family in 1948, Tasker was the second of t ...

(1948–1982) UK, Dunagiri (mountain), Dunagiri,

Kanchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', wh ...

, 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 Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the thir ...

,

Seven Summits The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on 30 April 1985 by Richard Bass. Climbing the Seven Summits a ...

time world record * Lionel Terray (1921–1965) France, first ascents

Fitz Roy Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.Makalu on the

1955 French Makalu expedition The 1955 French Makalu expedition was the first to successfully climb Makalu, the Himalayan mountain to the southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and Tibet. At Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain in the world and an eight-t ...

; 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 Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

* Herbert Tichy (1912–1987) Austrian, first ascent

Cho Oyu __NOTOC__ Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the ''Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur ...

(1954) * Bill Tilman (1898–1977) UK, explorer, climbed in Africa and Himalaya, Shipton-Tilman Nanda Devi expeditions, 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)

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* 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 Mount Rainier (), indigenously known as Tahoma, Tacoma, Tacobet, or təqʷubəʔ, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, located in Mount Rainier National Park about south-southeast of Seattle. With a s ...

(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 Gasherbrum II ( ur, ; ); surveyed as K4, is the 13th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is the third-highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, and is located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan a ...

, Snow Leopard award winner

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* Arjun Vajpai (born 1993) India, climbed Everest 2010,

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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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* Horace Walker (1838–1908) UK, first ascent Mount Elbrus,

Grandes Jorasses The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain (''Pointe Walker'') was by Hor ...

, Barre des Ecrins, Obergabelhorn * Lucy Walker (climber), 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 (rock climber), Rick White (1946–2004) Australia, rock climber, developed Frog Buttress (1968) * Jim Whittaker (born 1929) US, first US ascent Everest (1963) * Lou Whittaker (born 1929) US, Rainier guide * Edward Whymper (1840–1911) UK, first ascent Matterhorn (1865), first ascent

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(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 A 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). * Richard Williams (rock climber), Richard Williams - rock climber, pioneered many first ascents in the Shawangunks and author of rock climbing books * George Willig (born 1949) US, climbed South Tower of

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* 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 specialises 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 Himalayas

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* Santosh Yadav (born 1969) India, Indo-Tibetan Border Police woman, climbed Everest twice (1992 and 1993) * Simon Yates (mountaineer), Simon Yates (born 1963) UK, Joe Simpson (mountaineer), Joe Simpson's partner on west face of Siula Grande (1985), subject of ''Touching the Void (film), 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)Ichiro Yoshizawa - Obituary
* Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876–1958) UK, first ascent Täschhorn south face, Weisshorn west ridge,

Grandes Jorasses The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy. The first ascent of the highest peak of the mountain (''Pointe Walker'') was by Hor ...

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* 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 Żuławski (1874–1915) Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator and alpinist * Juliusz Żuławski (1910–1999) Polish poet, prose writer, literary critic, translator and climber; son of Jerzy Żuławski * Marek Żuławski (1908–1985) Polish painter, graphic artist, author and climber; son of Jerzy Żuławski * Wawrzyniec Żuławski (1916–1957) Polish composer, music critic and teacher; died during Mont Blanc rescue mission; son of Jerzy Żuławski * Matthias Zurbriggen (1856–1917) Switzerland, first ascent Aconcagua (1897)

References

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