This list of climbers and mountaineers is a list of people notable for the activities of

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 ...

(including

bouldering Bouldering is a form of free climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help se ...

) and ice climbing.

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* Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1992) Russia, climbed

Lenin Peak Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Peak ( ky, Ленин Чокусу, ''Lenin Choqusu'', لەنىن چوقۇسۇ; russian: Пик Ленина, ''Pik Lenina''; tg, қуллаи Ленин , ''qulla‘i Lenin/qullaji Lenin'', renamed қулла� ...

(1934) and

Khan Tengri Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk-Kul, Issyk Kul. Its geologic elevation is , but its glacial icecap rises to . For this reason, in mounta ...

(1936) * Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948) Russia, climbed Communism Peak (1933) * Premlata Agarwal (born 1963) India, first Indian woman to complete all

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 ...

H. P. S. Ahluwalia Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer. During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, spor ...

(fl. 1965) India, climbed

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 ...

in 1965 *

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 be ...

(1904–2000) France, championed bouldering at

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 ...

, and inventor of rubber rock-climbing shoes *

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 ...

(1826–1898) Switzerland, numerous first ascents, including Eiger *

Ashraf Aman Ashraf Aman ( ur, اشرف امان , born 15 January 1938) is a Pakistani mountaineer, adventurer, and engineer. In 1977, he became the first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2. He operates the travel and tourism-based company "Adventure T ...

(born 1943) Pakistan, first Pakistani ascent of K2 * Luigi Amedeo, Duke of Abruzzi (1873–1933) Italy, first ascent of

Mount Saint Elias Mount Saint Elias (also designated Boundary Peak 186), the second-highest mountain in both Canada and the United States, stands on the Yukon and Alaska border about southwest of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada. The Canadian side of ...

of the

Rwenzori Mountains The Ruwenzori, also spelled Rwenzori and Rwenjura, are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest peak of the Ruwenzori reaches , and the range ...

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 ...

(born 1946) US, rock climber and pioneer boulderer *

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 ...

(1827–1912) Switzerland, guide, with numerous first ascents, including new routes on

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and i ...

Conrad Anker Conrad Anker (born November 27, 1962) is an American rock climber, mountaineer, and author. He was the team leader of The North Face climbing team for 26 years until 2018. In 1999, he located George Mallory's body on Everest as a member of a sear ...

(born 1963) US, discovered

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

's body on Everest in 1999 *

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 ...

(born 2004) US, in 2013, at age 9, the youngest to climb

Aconcagua Aconcagua () is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the List of highest mountains on Earth, highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in the ...

Melissa Arnot Melissa Arnot Reid (born December 18, 1983) is an American mountaineer. She has climbed to the summit of Mount Everest six times. Life and career Arnot was raised just outside Glacier National Park in Whitefish, Montana. After college, she began ...

(born 1983) US, six ascents of Everest *

Bernd Arnold Bernd Arnold (born 28 February 1947) is a German rock climber and mountaineer. He is known for more than 900 first ascents in the East German Saxon Switzerland climbing region. During the 1970s and 1980s, he established most of the hardest routes ...

(born 1947) Germany, more than 900 first ascents in

Saxon Switzerland Saxon Switzerland (german: Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sands ...

* Armando Aste (1926–2017) Italy, first Italian ascent of Eiger north face *

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 ...

(born 1957) US, seven ascents of Mount Everest *

Peter Aufschnaiter Peter Aufschnaiter (2 November 1899 – 12 October 1973) was an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer. His experiences with fellow climber Heinrich Harrer during World War II were depicted in the 1997 film ' ...

(1899–1973) Austria, mountaineer and companion of

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 ...

(as described in ''

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 ...

, Pakistani mountaineer and the former military officer of the

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 ...

B

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 ...

, 3rd Pakistani and only Pakistani woman to climb

John Bachar John Bachar (March 23, 1957 – July 5, 2009) was an American rock climber. Noted for his skill at free soloing, he ultimately died during a free solo climb. A fitness fanatic, he was the creator of the climbing training device known as the Bac ...

(1957–2009) US, noted for climbs in

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 ...

and

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 individua ...

* John Ball (1818–1889)

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 ...

, naturalist and climber, Alps guidebooks author, first president of

Alpine Club The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club. It was once described as: :"a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which ...

in 1857 *

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 o ...

(1762–1834)

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 ...

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

-based guide, first ascent Mont Blanc (1786) *

George Band George Christopher Band (2 February 1929 – 26 August 2011) was an English mountaineer. He was the youngest climber on the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest on which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of the mountai ...

(1929–2011) UK, Everest expedition (1953), first ascent on 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition * Kinga Baranowska (born 1975), Poland, first Polish woman to have climbed

Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world at above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal). It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition. Annapurna I () is ...

Manaslu Manaslu ( ne, मनास्लु, also known as Kutang; muh-NAA-slu) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Mana ...

and

Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', which is bounded in the west by the T ...

* Anna Barańska (born 1976) Poland, first Polish woman on the North Face of

* Henry Barber (born 1953) US, leading US rock climber in the 1970s * Andrzej Bargiel Current record holder in speed to get

Snow Leopard award The Snow Leopard award () was a Soviet mountaineering award, given to highly skilled mountain climbers. It is still recognized in the Commonwealth of Independent States. To receive this award, a climber was required to summit all five peaks withi ...

and current record holder Elbrus Race * Lilliane and Maurice Barrard (1948–1986 and 1941?–1986 respectively) France,

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 ...

(1982), Nanga Parbat (1984, first female ascent), both killed on K2 * Charles Barrington (1834–1901) UK, first ascent Eiger (1858) *

Richard Bass Richard Daniel "Dick" Bass (December 21, 1929 – July 26, 2015) was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer. He was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each con ...

(1929–2015) US, businessman and amateur mountaineer, first to complete Seven Summits (1985) * Robert Hicks Bates (1911–2007) US, first ascent

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 ...

(1937), on US attempts on K2 (1938 and 1953) *

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 fact ...

(1764–1827) UK, fourth ascent Mont Blanc (1787) *

Fred Beckey Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey (14 January 1923 – 30 October 2017), known as Fred Beckey, was an American rock climber, mountaineer and book author, who in seven decades of climbing achieved hundreds of first ascents of the tallest peaks and best ro ...

(Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey) (1923-2017) Germany/US, 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 ...

s in US and Canada * Bentley Beetham (1886–1963) UK, on 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 ...

(

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 ...

) rock climbing *

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 ...

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 Ka ...

(1960), rescued on K2 (1953) *

Gertrude Bell Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly ...

(1868–1926) UK, many ascents in Alps and further afield *

Maciej Berbeka Maciej Berbeka (17 October 1954 – 6 March 2013) was a Polish mountaineer and mountain guide. He and Tomasz Kowalski went missing on 6 March 2013 as they were descending from Broad Peak. They were declared dead two days later. Berbeka's a ...

(1954–2013) first winter ascents of eight-thousanders:

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 Broad Peak ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It was first ascended in June 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, ...

* Josune Bereziartu (born 1972)

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

(Spain), rock climber; first female climber at

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, , 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 ...

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

and

* 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 ...

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 Karl Blodig (16 October 1859 – 7 September 1956) was an Austrian mountaineer, optician, and writer. Blodig was the first to successfully climb all Alpine peaks of over 4000 meters, completing his final summit around 1911. He wrote about these c ...

(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 ...

and

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 Arlene Blum (born March 1, 1945Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life, page 34Chapter 24 /ref>) is an American mountaineer, writer, and environmental health scientist. She is best known for leading the first successful American ascent of Annapurna (I), ...

(born 1945) US, first US female attempt on Everest, led first all-woman ascent of

Annapurna Annapurna (; ne, अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the difficu ...

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 Changabang is a mountain in the Garhwal Division, Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, India. It is part of a group of peaks that form the northeast wall of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. It is a particularly steep and rocky peak, and all routes on it ar ...

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 ...

* Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau (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 mountaineering, mountaineer, extreme skiing, extreme skier, hang gliding, hang glider and paragliding, paraglider pilot, Speleology, speleologist, BASE jumping, BASE jumper, filmmak ...

(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 The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm, Matterhorn) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the ...

* Sir

Chris Bonington Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL (born 6 August 1934) is a British mountaineer. His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest. Early life and expeditions Bonington's father, w ...

(born 1934) UK, first ascent Central Pillar of Freney (1961),

Annapurna II Annapurna II is part of the Annapurna mountain range located in Nepal, and is the eastern anchor of the range. In terms of elevation, isolation (distance to a higher summit, namely Annapurna I East Peak, ) and prominence (), Annapurna II does ...

(1960),

Nuptse Nuptse or Nubtse ( Sherpa: नुबचे, Wylie: Nub rtse, ) is a mountain in the Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, in the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies two kilometres WSW of Mount Everest. Nubtse is Tibetan for "west peak", as it is the ...

(1961), Central Tower of Paine (1962–3), ascent of Everest (1985) *

Thomas George Bonney Thomas George Bonney (27 July 1833 – 10 December 1923) was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London. Career Bonney was born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend Thomas Bonney, headma ...

(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 (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 (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 age ...

(1924–1956) UK,

(1952), British Everest expeditions (1951, 1952 and 1953), South Summit of Everest (1953), died on the Jägihorn *

Stipe Božić Stipe Božić (born 2 January 1951) is a Croatian mountaineer, documentary filmmaker, photographer and writer. He is the most successful Croatian Himalayan climber. Božić completed the Seven Summits and is the second European, after Reinhold ...

(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 (1898–2001) Switzerland, politician and mountain guide; first ascent of Mittellegigrat (northeast ridge of Eiger) (1921) *

David Breashears David Finlay Breashears (born December 20, 1955) is an American mountaineer, filmmaker, author, and motivational speaker. In 1985, he reached the summit of Mount Everest a second time, becoming the first American to reach the summit of Mount Evere ...

(born 1956) US, Everest twice, directed

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film ''

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 heigh ...

'' *

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 *

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

and

Ama Dablam Ama Dablam is a mountain in the eastern Himalayan range of Province No. 1, Nepal. The main peak is , the lower western peak is . Ama Dablam means "Mother's necklace"; the long ridges on each side like the arms of a mother (''ama'') protecting he ...

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 clim ...

(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 ...

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 ...

climber * Joe Brown (1930-2020) UK, rock climber, first ascent Aiguille de Blaitière west face,

(1955),

Mustagh Tower Muztagh Tower ( ur, ), also: Mustagh Tower; ''Muztagh'': ice tower), is a mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh, part of the Karakoram range in Baltistan on the border of the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re ...

* 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 Hermann Buhl (21 September 1924 – 27 June 1957) was an Austrian mountaineer. He was innovative in applying Alpine style to Himalayan climbing. His accomplishments include the first ascents of Nanga Parbat in 1953 and Broad Peak in 1957. Ear ...

(1924–1957) Austria, first ascent

Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat ( ur, ) (; ), known locally as Diamer () which means “king of the mountains”, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in ...

(1953) and

(1957), died on

Chogolisa Chogolisa ( ur, from ''Chogo Ling Sa''; literally "Great Hunt") is a trapezoidal mountain in the Karakoram range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It lies near the Baltoro Glacier in the Concordia region, which is home to some of th ...

Alexander Burgener Alexander Burgener Alexander Burgener (10 January 1845, Saas Fee – 8 July 1910, near the Berglihütte) was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many mountains and new routes in the western Alps during the silver age of alpinis ...

(1845–1910) Switzerland, first ascent

Zmuttgrat, Grands Charmoz,

Aiguille du Grépon The Aiguille du Grépon (literally the ''Needle of Grépon''), informally known as The Grepon, is a mountain in the Mont Blanc Massif in Haute-Savoie, France. The Grepon has a Southern (3,482 m) and Northern (3,478 m) peak, which are the highest p ...

Lenzspitze The Lenzspitze is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the southernmost peak on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south, north of Dom in the Mischabel range, above the resort of Saas Fee to the east, ...

, Grand Dru *

Jean Buridan Jean Buridan (; Latin: ''Johannes Buridanus''; – ) was an influential 14th-century French people, French Philosophy, philosopher. Buridan was a teacher in the Faculty (division)#Faculty of Art, faculty of arts at the University of Paris for hi ...

(c. 1300–1358) France, climbed

Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest m ...

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 Tommy Caldwell (born August 11, 1978) is an American rock climber who has set records in sport climbing, traditional climbing, and in big-wall climbing. Caldwell made the first free ascents of several major routes on El Capitan in Yosemite Natio ...

(born 1978) US, rock climber, free climbed the Dawn Wall on El Capitan * Una Cameron (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 Kim Carrigan (born in 1958) was Australia's leading exponent of rockclimbing during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carrigan put up several hundred new routes on crags around the country, in particular at Mount Arapiles, Victoria, where he was b ...

(born 1958) Australia, leading technical rock climber of the 1980s *

Carlos Carsolio Carlos Carsolio Larrea (born 4 October 1962 in Mexico City) is a Mexican mountain climber. Carsolio is known for being the fourth man (first non-European) and the second youngest to climb the world's 14 eight-thousander mountain peaks, all of ...

(born 1962) Mexico, 14 8,000m summits (1985–1996) *

Riccardo Cassin Riccardo Cassin (2 January 19096 August 2009) was an Italian mountaineer, developer of mountaineering equipment and author, and an important figure in the history of rock climbing. Life Born into a peasant family at San Vito al Tagliamento in Fr ...

(1909–2009) Italy, first ascent

Piz Badile Piz Badile (3,308 m) is a mountain of the Bregaglia range in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Italian region of Lombardy. The border between the two countries runs along the summit ridge. Its north-east face, overlooking the Swiss Val Bre ...

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 (1977–2009) Italy, first Italian female ascent Makalu * Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz (1942–1978) Britain, first ascent Gasherbrum III * Ludwik Chałubiński (1860–1933) Poland, first ascent Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Wielki * Armand Charlet (1900–1975) France, many first ascents in Mont Blanc massif * Isabella Charlet-Straton (1838–1918) UK, first ascents in Alps, first winter ascent Mont Blanc (1876) * Maxime Chaya (born 1961) Lebanon, Everest (2006), Seven Summits and Three Poles Challenge * Chhurim (born 1984) Nepal, first woman to reach Everest summit twice in a week * Renata Chlumska (born 1973) Sweden, first Swedish female ascent Everest (1999) * Yvon Chouinard (born 1938) US, pioneer of

climbing, founder of Black Diamond Equipment, Chouinard Equipment and Patagonia (clothing), Patagonia * Leszek Cichy (born 1951) Poland, first winter ascent Everest * John Clarke (mountaineer), John Clarke (1945–2003) Canada, explorer and wilderness educator, over 600 first ascents in Coast Mountains, Coast Range of British Columbia * Vern Clevenger (born 1955) US, first ascent Cholatse (1982), numerous first routes ascents in Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada * Ian Clough (1939–1970) UK, first ascent Am Buachaille (1968), first UK ascent Eiger north face (1962), died on Annapurna * Norman Clyde (1886–1972) US, pioneer of California's Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada * Johann Coaz (1822–1918) Switzerland, first ascent of Piz Bernina * J. Norman Collie (1859–1942) UK, first ascent Ben Nevis Tower Ridge,

expedition (1895) * Emilio Comici (1901–1940) Italy, first ascent Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Cima Grande di Lavaredo north face (1933) with Angelo and Giuseppe Dimai, died in accident in Val Gardena * Achille Compagnoni (1914–2009) Italy, 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2, first ascent K2 (1954) with Lino Lacedelli *Kyra Condie (born 1996) US, member of the 2020 US Olympic climbing team * Herb and Jan Conn (Herb: 1921–2012) US, early pioneers of climbing in areas like Carderock Recreation Area, Carderock in Maryland, Seneca Rocks in West Virginia, and Black Hills of South Dakota * William Martin Conway (1856–1937) UK, surveyor and explorer (Karakoram, Spitsbergen, Andes & Alps) * Kenton Cool (born 1973) UK, sixteen-time Everest summiter * W. A. B. Coolidge (1850–1926) US, 1,700 expeditions in Alps, Alpine historian * Janne Corax (born 1967) Sweden, adventurer and climber * Henri Cordier (mountaineer), Henri Cordier (1856–1877) France, first ascents Aiguille du Plat de la Selle, Les Droites (east summit) (1876) died in accident on Le Plaret * Patrick Cordier (alpinist), 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 * Jean Couzy (1923–1958) France, first ascent Makalu with Lionel Terray, Terray on the 1955 French Makalu expedition * Lucy Creamer (born 1971) British champion climber * Peter Croft (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

* Michel Croz (1830–1865) France, numerous first ascents, died on descent after first ascent of

* John Cunningham (climber), John Cunningham (1927–1980) Scotland, pioneered new techniques of ice climbing * Bronisław Czech (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 (1948–1986), Poland first winter ascent of

and first ascent of

through South Pillar

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* Kalpana Dash (born 1966) India, first from Odisha, India to climb Mount Everest (2008) *Sophia Danenberg (born 1972) US, first African American and first black woman to ascend

* Steph Davis (born 1973) US, second female one-day free climb El Capitan * Johnny Dawes (born 1964) UK, a rock climber, introduced two new grades in Grade (climbing), British grading system * José Antonio Delgado (1965–2006) Venezuela, five 8,000m summits (1994–2006), died on

* Clinton Thomas Dent (1850–1912) UK, Caucasus, Alps, first ascent

(1870),

(1878) * Ardito Desio (1897–2001) Italy, geologist and mountaineer, leader of 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2, K2 first-ascent expeditionbonatt (1954) * Catherine Destivelle (born 1960) France, first woman to solo the Eiger North Face in winter * Kurt Diemberger (born 1932) Austria, first ascent

(1957) and

(1960), climbed K2 (1986 K2 disaster) * Sasha DiGiulian (born 1992) US, first woman to free climb Magic Mushroom, Eiger * Jan Długosz (mountaineer), 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 (1943) US, first ascent of Torre Egger, noted mountaineer * Hans Christian Doseth (1958–1984) Norway, climbed Great Trango Tower east face (1984), died during descent * Lord Francis Douglas (1847–1865) Scotland, died on the descent after the first ascent of

* Lonnie Dupre (born 1961) US, Solo climb of Denali in winter * Hans Dülfer (1892–1915) Germany, rock climber killed in World War I * Hayatullah Khan Durrani (born 1962) Pakistan, mountaineer, and rock climber * Günther Dyhrenfurth (1886–1975) Germany/Switzerland, Himalayan explorer, led German expeditions to

(1930, 1931)

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* James Eccles (1838–1915) UK, first ascents in Mont Blanc massif * Oscar Eckenstein (1859–1921) UK, alpinist, rock climber and boulderer * Patrick Edlinger (1960–2012) France, award-winning rock climber, featured in several rock climbing movies * Angela Eiter (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 (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 (1968–2013) Hungary, ten eight-thousanders, two with prosthetic leg, died on descent from

summit * Susan Ershler (born 1956) US, first married couple to climb the Seven Summits, together (with Phil Ershler) * Leila Esfandyari (1970–2011) Iran, first Iranian woman to climb

; died on

* Jens Esmark (1763–1839) Norway, first ascent Snøhetta (1798) and Gaustatoppen, Mount Gaustatoppen, led first expedition to Bitihorn * Nick Estcourt (1942–1978) UK, killed on K2 by avalanche * Charles Evans (mountaineer), Charles Evans (1918–1995) UK, Alps, Wales, leader of

first ascent 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition * John Ewbank (climber), John Ewbank (1948–2013) Australia, pioneer of Australian rock climbing, invented Grade (climbing)#Ewbank, 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 (1963–2006) Australia, five 8,000ers, killed in crevasse fall on

* Rudolf Fehrmann (1886–1947) Germany, pioneer rock climber in Elbsandsteingebirge * Darby Field (1610–1649) Ireland?, first European to climb Mount Washington (New Hampshire) (1642) * George Finch (chemist), George Ingle Finch (1888–1970) Australia, reached 8,300 m on 1922 Everest expedition; Dent d'Hérens north face * Hazel Findlay (born 1989) UK, first British woman to climb E9 * Scott Fischer (1955–1996) US, Lhotse 1990, K2 1992, Everest 1994; died in 1996 Mount Everest disaster * Hans Florine (born 1964) US, speed climber, ascent The Nose El Capitan (2012) in 2:36:45 * James David Forbes (1809–1868) UK, first British ascent Jungfrau * Charlie Fowler (1954–2006) US, free solo rock climber and high-altitude mountaineer * Mick Fowler (born 1956) UK, explorer and mountaineer, winner of three Piolet d'Ors (2003, 2013, 2016) * Douglas Freshfield (1845–1934) UK, Alps, Scotland, Himalayas, Pyrenees * Tom Frost US, rock climber, first ascents of big walls in Yosemite Valley * Fritiof Fryxell (1900-1986) US, geologist and park ranger, first ascents in the Teton Range * Wang Fuzhou (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 * Will Gadd (born 1967) Canada, various hard mixed routes including the first M12 * Ryszard Gajewski (born 1954) Poland, first winter ascent of

* Lene Gammelgaard Denmark, author of ''Climbing High'', first female Scandinavian ascent of Everest * João Garcia (born 1967) Portugal, first Portuguese to climb Everest and all the 14 8,000mt summits without supplementary oxygen (1993–2010) * Rolando Garibotti (born 1971) Argentina/US, Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre traverse *

(1834–1915) France, first ascent

with his son and Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau * Chanda Gayen (1979–2014) India, the first woman from West Bengal to climb Everest, killed on

western side * Lakpa Gelu (born 1967) Nepal, 12 Everest ascents * Lester Germer (1896–1971) US, physicist, World War I fighter plane, fighter pilot and rock climber * Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) Switzerland, natural history, naturalist and early mountaineer in the Alps * Azim Gheychisaz (born 1981), Iranian mountain climber who climbed all 14 Eight-thousanders * John Gill (climber), John Gill (born 1937) US, father of modern bouldering, introduced chalk and modern dynamics in the 1950s * Stefan Glowacz (born 1965) Germany, professional rock climber * Alessandro Gogna (born 1946) Italy, Mountaineering, mountaineer, adventurer and mountain guide from * Dan Goodwin (born 1955) US, rock/building climber, climbed World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center, Sears Tower, John Hancock Center and CN Tower * Dave Graham (climber), Dave Graham (born 1981) US, rock climber and boulderer * Tormod Granheim (born 1974) Norway, climber and extreme skiing, extreme skier, first ski descent Everest north face (2006) * Chloé Graftiaux (1987–2010) Belgium, rock and sport climber and mountaineer * William Spotswood Green (1847–1919) New Zealand, Selkirks * Paul Grohmann (1838–1908) Austria, numerous first ascents in the 19th century * Michael Groom (climber), Michael Groom (born 1959) Australia, ascents of Lhotse,

, 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 (1960–1992) Germany, rock climber (including free solo climber), first with ''Action Directe (climb), Action Directe'' (1991) * Paul Güssfeldt (1840–1920) Germany, first ascent Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, Peuterey ridge and Piz Scerscen, first European attempt on

(1883) * Veikka Gustafsson (born 1968) Finland, all 8,000m summits (1993–2009)

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* Peter Habeler (born 1942) Austria, first ascent without supplementary oxygen Everest (1978) with Reinhold Messner * Douglas Robert Hadow (1846–1865) UK, died on first ascent

(1865) * Dave Hahn - US, 11 Everest ascents, 26 Vinson Massif ascents, 19 Denali ascents * Artur Hajzer (1962–2013) Poland, first winter ascent of

with Jerzy Kukuczka (1987) * Lincoln Hall (climber), Lincoln Hall (1956–2012) Australia, rescued at 8,700m on descent from Everest (2006) * Rob Hall (1960–1996) New Zealand, Seven Summits in seven months, died in 1996 Mount Everest disaster * Peter Harding (climber), Peter Harding (1924–2007) UK, prominent climber of the 1940s * Warren J. Harding (1924–2002) first ascent El Capitan * Alison Hargreaves (1963–1995) UK, first female unassisted Everest (1995), died on descent from K2 summit * John Harlin (1934–1966) US, direct route pioneer, killed on Eiger north face *

(1912–2006) Austria, first ascent Eiger north face (1938) and Carstensz Pyramid (1962), author of ''

'' * Brette Harrington (born 1992) US, first free solo of Chiaro di Luna (5.11a), Patagonia * Ginette Harrison (1958–1999) UK, Seven Summits, first female ascent

(1998), killed on

* Dougal Haston (1940–1977) Scotland, first ascent 1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition, Annapurna south face (1970), killed in avalanche near Leysin * Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed (1860–1934) UK, pioneer of mountaineering, mountain photographer, author * Margo Hayes (born 1998), US, first woman to climb 5.15a (La Rambla, Spain) * Andreas Heckmair (1906–2005) Germany, first ascent Eiger north face (1938) * Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich (1937–1989) Poland, several eight-thousander ascents * Gary Hemming (1934–1969) US, first ascent south face Aiguille du Fou * Siegfried Herford (1891–1916) UK, first ascent Scafell Central Buttress (1914) * Derek Hersey (1956–1993) UK, many free solo routes in the US * Maurice Herzog (1919–2012) France, led 1950 French Annapurna expedition (first 8,000m peak climbed) * Tom Higgins (rock climber), Tom Higgins (1944–2018) US, first and first free ascents in US, also in France outside Chamonix * Lynn Hill (born 1961) US, first free ascent The Nose on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite (1993) * Sandy Hill (mountaineer), Sandy Hill (born 1955) US, Seven Summits * Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) New Zealand, first ascent Everest (1953) with Tenzing Norgay * Alan Hinkes 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, both died during the retreat * Yuji Hirayama (born 1969) Japan, World Champion 1998, 2000 * Marty Hoey (1951–1982) US, died on Everest * Charles F. Hoffmann (1838–1913) US, surveyor and mountaineer, several first ascents in Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada * Jim Holloway (climber), Jim Holloway (born 1954) US, perhaps first to achieve Grade (bouldering), V11+ levels * Alex Honnold (born 1985) US, free solo of Half Dome northwest face (2008), Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park (2008), and Freerider on El Capitan (2017) * Tom Hornbein (born 1930) US, first ascent Everest west ridge (1963) * Steve House (climber), Steve House (born 1970) US, solo ascent K7 (2004), first ascent Nanga Parbat Rupal face (2005) * Charles Snead Houston, Charles Houston (1913–2009) US, first ascent Mount Foraker (1934), attempts on K2 in 1938, 1953 * Alexander Huber, Alexander and Thomas Huber (born 1968 and 1966 respectively) Germany, free ascents

, speed record El Capitan * Charles Hudson (climber), Charles Hudson (1828–1865) UK, first ascent Monte Rosa (1855),

(1865), died on descent of Matterhorn * Tomaž Humar (1969–2009) Slovenia, Piolet d'Or (1996) for new route

, solo

south wall * Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) Germany, Chimborazo (volcano), Chimborazo * John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine, John Hunt (1910–1998) UK, leader, 1953 Everest expedition

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* Marcel Ichac (1906–1994) France, filmed first French expedition in Himalaya Karakoram (1936) and 1950 French Annapurna expedition * Dimitar Ilievski (1953–1989) Macedonia, first Macedonian to climb Everest, died on the way back * Ulrich Inderbinen (1900–2004) Switzerland, guide, 371 Matterhorn ascents, the last at 90 years old * Alberto Iñurrategi (born 1968) Basque, Spain, youngest person to climb all eight-thousanders (33 years old) (4th without supplemental oxygen) * Andrew Irvine (mountaineer), Andrew Irvine (1902–1924) UK, died on Everest with George Mallory (1924) * Robert Lock Graham Irving, R. L. G. Irving (1877–1969) UK, Alpine pedagogue and author

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* John Angelo Jackson, John Jackson (1921–2005) UK, first ascent of Jackson's Route * Margaret Jackson (climber), Margaret Jackson (1843–1906) UK, pioneer female mountaineer in the Alps * Nicolas Jaeger (1946–1980) France, first French ascent of Mount Everest * Ray Jardine (born 1944) US, inventor of spring-loaded camming device, "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

s in

, 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 (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 (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, 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2, first ascent K2 (1954) with Achille Compagnoni * Louis Lachenal (1921–1955) France, 1950 French Annapurna expedition, first ascent of Annapurna 1950, with Maurice Herzog; died skiing in

* 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, 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, in 1956

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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

first ascent * Tashi and Nungshi Malik (born 1991) India, many world first female twins records * George Mallory (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

* 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,

'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 (U.S.), Sierra Nevada * Richard "Dick" McGowan (1933–2007) US, first US successful ascent of Everest, International Himalayan Expedition (1955) * Ammon McNeely (born 1970) US, noteworthy first one-day ascents and speed records on El Capitan,

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 (1970) with Ricardo Arzela, pioneered routes in Bolivia * Reinhold Messner (born 1944) Italy, first to climb all eight-thousanders (1970–1986) and without supplementary oxygen, first ascent without supplementary oxygen of Everest with Peter Habeler (1978), first solo Everest (1980) * John Middendorf (born 1959) US, big-wall rock climber, first ascent East Wall Great Trango Tower (1992) * Thomas Middlemore (1842–1923) UK, first ascents in Mont Blanc and Bernina massifs, and Bernese Alps * Gwen Moffat (born 1924) UK, author of ''Space Below My Feet'' (1961) * Jerry Moffatt (born 1963) UK, sport climber and boulderer * Silvio Mondinelli (born 1968) Italy, 13th to climb all eight-thousanders (sixth without supplementary oxygen) * Ben Moon (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

(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,

, and

* 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

* 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

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 (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 * 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

* 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

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 *

(1304–1374) Italy, climbed

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

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

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 * 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

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* Nazir Sabir

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

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

, first ascent Skil Brum * Peter Schoening (1927–2004) US, first ascent

and Vinson Massif, 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, 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 *

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

, 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,

time world record * Lionel Terray (1921–1965) France, first ascents Fitz Roy, Chakrarahu, Jannu and Makalu on the 1955 French Makalu expedition; second ascent Eiger north face (1947) * Vladislav Terzyul (1953–2004) Ukraine, disputed claim to have climbed all eight-thousanders * Kevin Thaw (born 1967) UK, ascents in Himalayas and

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

(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,

(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

, 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

(1979) * Karl Unterkircher (1970–2008) Italy, Everest and K2 in the same year without oxygen, died on

* Denis Urubko (born 1973) Kazakhstan, 14x8000er; first winter ascents of Makalu and

winner

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* Arjun Vajpai (born 1993) India, climbed Everest 2010, Lhotse 2011 and

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,

, Barre des Ecrins, Obergabelhorn * Lucy Walker (climber), Lucy Walker (1836–1916) UK, first female ascent

(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 1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition, 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

(1865), first ascent Chimborazo (volcano), Chimborazo (1880) * Jim Wickwire (born 1940) US, K2 (1978) (bivouacked near summit) * Krzysztof Wielicki (born 1950) Poland, first winter ascent Everest; fifth person to climb all eight-thousanders * Karl Wien (1906–1937) Germany, leader of unsuccessful

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 World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center * Fritz Wintersteller (1927–2018) Austria, first ascent

(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,

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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

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