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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
Konrad von Gesner
-
16th century
Alps
William Spotswood Green[?]
-
New Zealand
,
Selkirks[?]
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[?]
James Ramsey Ullman[?]
Willi Unsoeld
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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