List of climbers and mountaineers

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

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B[edit]

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

C[edit]

Yvon Chouinard
Chhurim
Johann Coaz
Emilio Comici
Michel Croz

D[edit]

Clinton Thomas Dent
Kurt Diemberger

E[edit]

F[edit]

Douglas Freshfield
Tom Frost

G[edit]

Conrad Gessner
John Gill
Stefan Glowacz
Paul Güssfeldt

H[edit]

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

I[edit]

J[edit]

Margaret Jackson

K[edit]

Dora Keen
Jerzy Kukuczka
Jaan Künnap

L[edit]

M[edit]

Reinhold Messner
Thomas Middlemore
Albert F. Mummery

N[edit]

Tenzing Norgay

O[edit]

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

P[edit]

Michel-Gabriel Paccard
Paul Preuss

R[edit]

Monique Richard
Wanda Rutkiewicz

S[edit]

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

T[edit]

Sheikha Asma Al Thani
Bill Tilman
Francis Fox Tuckett

U[edit]

Karl Unterkircher

V[edit]

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

W[edit]

Edward Whymper
Krzysztof Wielicki

Y[edit]

Z[edit]

Andrzej Zawada

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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

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