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List of climbers
This list of climbers includes both mountaineers and rock climbers, since many (though not all) climbers engage in both types of activities.
- Jean Agassiz[?] - Alps glaciology
- Christian Almer[?] - Grindelwald[?] guide, many first ascents in Alps
- Luigi Amedeo[?], Duke of the Abruzzi - worldwide, first ascent of Mount St Elias[?] in Alaska
- Melchior Anderegg[?] - Meiringen[?] guide, many first ascents in Alps
- John Ball - Alps, first president of Alpine Club[?]
- Jacques Balmat[?] - Chamonix guide, first ascent of Mont Blanc
- George Band[?] - 1953 Everest expedition, first ascent of Kanchenjunga
- Fred Beckey - Cascades
- Chris Bonington[?]
- Thomas George Bonney[?] - Alps
- Marguerite Brevoort[?]
- Joe Brown[?] - British rock climbing pioneer, first ascent of Kanchenjunga
- Hermann Buhl[?] - first ascent (solo!) of Nanga Parbat[?], 1953
- Ramond de Carbonnières[?] - Pyrenees
- Yvon Chouinard[?]
- John Norman Collie[?] - Scotland
- Achille Compagnoni[?] - first ascent of K2, 1954
- Martin Conway[?] - worldwide, early guidebook writer
- William Coolidge[?] - 1,700 expeditions in Alps, greatest Alpine historian
- Michel Croz[?] - Chamonix guide, killed on Matterhorn[?]
- Thomas Clinton Dent[?] - Caucausus[?], Alps, first ascent of Aiguille du Dru[?] 1878
- Ardito Desio[?] - leader of K2 first ascent expedition
- Charles Evans[?] - Alps, Wales, leader of Kanchenjunga first ascent expedition
- George Ingle Finch[?] - led 1922 Everest expedition to 27,300 ft
- Scott Fischer[?] - Everest victim 1996
- Hans Florine - US Speed Climber, World Record Holder
- James David Forbes - early, first British ascent of Jungfrau[?]
- Douglas Freshfield[?] - Alps, Scotland, Himalayas, Pyrenees
- Douglas Hadow[?] - killed on first ascent of Matterhorn[?]
- Rob Hall[?] - Everest victim 1996
- John Harlin[?]
- John M. Hartog[?] - first ascent of Muztagh Tower in Himalayas
- Dougal Haston[?]
- Maurice Herzog[?] - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950
- Edmund Hillary - first ascent of Mount Everest
- Charles Hudson[?] - highest point of Monte Rosa[?], 1855
- Francois-Joseph Hugi[?] - geologist, unsuccessful attempts in 1828 of Jungfrau[?] and Finsteraarhorn[?]
- Alexander von Humboldt - Chimborazo[?]
- John Hunt[?] - leader of 1953 Everest expedition
- Clarence King[?] - Sierra Nevada (USA)
- Jon Krakauer[?] - writer
- Louis Lachenal[?] - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950
- Thomas Mallory[?] - Wales, Alps, lost on Everest 1924
- Charles Edward Mathews[?] - Alps, Snowdonia
- Willi Merkl[?]
- Reinhold Messner - studliest
- Johann Rudolf Meyer[?] - first ascents of Jungfrau[?] and Finsteraarhorn[?]
- Hieronymus Meyer[?] - first ascents of Jungfrau[?] and Finsteraarhorn[?]
- John Muir - summits in California and Alaska
- Albert Mummery[?]
- Tenzing Norgay - Sherpa, first ascent of Mount Everest
- James Outram[?] - Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine[?]
- Maria Paradis[?] - first woman to ascend Mont Blanc, 1809
- Tom Patey[?]
- Chuck Pratt[?]
- Sherpa Ang Rita - Mount Everest
- Royal Robbins[?] - Yosemite
- John Roskelley[?]
- Galen Rowell - photographer
- Henri Benedict de Saussure[?] - third ascent of Mont Blanc, funded first ascent
- Dick Schockley[?]
- Vittorio Sella[?] - early photographs
- Pemba Dorjie Sherpa[?], fastest ascent of Mount Everest, 23 May 2003
- Eric Shipton[?] - Africa, Himalayas
- William Bradford Shockley
- William Cecil Slingsby[?] - Norway
- Frank Smythe[?]
- Leslie Stephen - Alps
- Harold Tilman[?] - Africa, Himalayas
- Francis Fox Tuckett[?] - Alps
- John Tyndall - Alps, scientist, first ascent of Weisshorn[?]
- Antoine de Ville[?] - climbed Mont Aiguille[?] in 1492
- Lucy Walker[?] - first woman to summit Matterhorn[?], 1871
- Don Whillans[?]
- Jim Whittaker - first American on Mount Everest
- Edward Whymper[?] - first ascent of Matterhorn[?], 1865
- Jim Wickwire
- Fritz Wiessner[?]
- Geoffrey Winthrop Young[?] - rock climbing in Wales
- Matthias Zurbriggen[?] - first ascent of Aconcagua
- Lynn Hill[?] - first free ascent of The Nose[?] on El Capitan[?], Yosemite in 1993
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