Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This list of climbers includes both mountaineers and rock climbers, since many (though not all) climbers engage in both types of activities. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z A Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) - Alps glaciology Christian Almer - Grindelwald guide, many first ascents in Alps Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933) - first ascent of Mount St Elias in Alaska Melchior Anderegg (1828-1912) - Meiringen guide, many first ascents in Alps B John Ball - Alps, first president of Alpine Club Jacques Balmat (1762-1834) - Chamonix guide, first ascent of Mont Blanc George Band - 1953 Everest expedition, first ascent of Kanchenjunga Fred Beckey - Cascades Chris Bonington (b. 1934) - ascents of Nuptse, Annapurna, Mount Everest. Thomas George Bonney (1833-1923) - Alps geologist and mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev (1958-1997) - Russian climber with many 8,000m ascents without oxygen Marguerite Brevoort Joe Brown (b. 1930) - British rock climbing pioneer, first ascent of Kanchenjunga Hermann Buhl - first ascent (solo!) of Nanga Parbat, 1953; first ascent of Broad Peak C Ramond de Carbonničres - Pyrenees Yvon Chouinard John Norman Collie (1859-1942) - first ascent of Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis Achille Compagnoni (b. 1914) - first ascent of K2, 1954 William Martin Conway (1856-1937) - worldwide, early guidebook writer William Coolidge (1850-1926) - 1,700 expeditions in Alps, greatest Alpine historian Jean Couzy - first ascent of Makalu (1955) Michel Croz - Chamonix guide, killed on Matterhorn D Thomas Clinton Dent (1850-1912) - Caucausus, Alps, first ascent of Aiguille du Dru 1878 Ardito Desio (1897-2001) - leader of K2 first ascent expedition Kurt Diemberger - first ascents of Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960) Peter Diener - first ascent of Dhaulagiri (1960) E Charles Evans (b. 1912) - Alps, Wales, leader of Kanchenjunga first ascent expedition F George Ingle Finch (1888-1969) - led 1922 Everest expedition to 27,300 ft Scott Fischer (1956-1996) - Everest victim 1996 Hans Florine - US Speed Climber, World Record Holder James David Forbes (1809-1868) - early, first British ascent of Jungfrau Ernst Forrer - first ascent of Dhaulagiri (1960) Jean Franco - led expedition on first ascent of Makalu (1955) Douglas Freshfield (1845-1934) - Alps, Scotland, Himalayas, Pyrenees G Konrad von Gesner - 16th century Alps William Spotswood Green (1847-1919) - New Zealand, Selkirks John Gill - Bouldering H Douglas Hadow - killed on first ascent of Matterhorn Rob Hall (1960-1996) - Everest victim 1996 John Harlin Heinrich Harrer (born 1912) - Carstensz Pyramid Ginette Harrison - first and only woman to summit Kanchenjunga (1998). She died in an avalance on Dhaulagiri in 1999. John M. Hartog - first ascent of Muztagh Tower in Himalayas Dougal Haston (1940-1977) - killed by avalance while skiing in the Alps Karl Herligkoffer (b. 1917 Germany) - first attempt of Broad Peak (1954) Maurice Herzog (b. 1919 France) - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950 Lynn Hill (b. 1961 USA) - first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan, Yosemite in 1993 Edmund Hillary - first ascent of Mount Everest, 1953 Charles Hudson ((1828-1865) - highest point of Monte Rosa, 1855; died on Matterhorn Francois-Joseph Hugi - geologist, unsuccessful attempts in 1828 of Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn Alexander von Humboldt - Mount Chimborazo John Hunt (1910-1999) - leader of 1953 Everest expedition I Toshio Imanishi - first ascent of Manaslu, 1956 J K Clarence King - Sierra Nevada (US) Jerzy Kukuczka (1948-1989) - second man to climb all 8,000m peaks after Messner. Jon Krakauer - writer L Louis Lachenal - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950 Raymond Lambert - Mount Everest 1952 attempt Josef Larch - first ascent of Gasherbrum II Fritz Luchsinger - first ascent of Lhotse (1956) M George Mallory - Wales, Alps, lost on Everest 1924 Charles Edward Mathews (1834-1905) - Alps, Snowdonia Willi Merkl Reinhold Messner - arguably the most accomplished climber in history Johann Rudolf Meyer - first ascents of Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn Hieronymus Meyer - first ascents of Jungfrau and Finsteraarhorn Fritz Moravec - first ascent of Gasherbrum II John Muir - summits in California and Alaska Albert Mummery (1855-1895) - first ascents in the Alps, "lost" on Nanga Parbat N Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) - Sherpa, first ascent of Mount Everest Edward Felix Norton (1884-1954) - leader of 1924 Everest expedition with Mallory and Irvine Arne Nęss jr (1937-2004) - leader of 1985 Norwegian Everest expedition O James Outram - Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine P Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757-1827) - first ascent of Mont Blanc (1786) Maria Paradis - first woman to ascend Mont Blanc, 1809 Q R Ernst Reiss - first ascent of Lhotse (1956) Sherpa Ang Rita - Mount Everest Alain_Robert - French climber and builderer Royal Robbins - Yosemite Galen Rowell - photographer Wanda Rutkiewicz - considered by many to be the best female climber in history. She died on an attempt of Kanchenjunga in 1992. S Henri Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799) - third ascent of Mont Blanc (1787), funded first ascent Albin Schelbert - first ascent of Dhaulagiri (1960) Dick Schockley Marcus Schmuck - first ascent of Broad Peak (1957) Vittorio Sella - early photographs John Sherman - Boulderer, inventor of "V" grading system. Pemba Dorjie Sherpa, fastest ascent of Mount Everest, May 23, 2003 Eric Shipton (1907-1977) - Africa, Himalayas William Bradford Shockley Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to summit Mount Everest (1982). William Cecil Slingsby - Norway Frank Smythe (1900-1949) - author Leslie Stephen - Alps T Lionel Terray (1921-1965) - first ascent of Makalu (1955) Herbert Tichy (1912-1987) - first ascent of Cho Oyu (1954) Harold Tilman - Africa, Himalayas Francis Fox Tuckett (1834-1913) - first ascent of Aletschhorn (1859) John Tyndall (1820-1893) - Alps, scientist, first ascent of Weisshorn (1861) U James Ramsey Ullman (1908-1971) - noted author Willi Unsoeld V Antoine de Ville - climbed Mont Aiguille in 1492 W Lucy Walker - first woman to summit Matterhorn, 1871 Don Whillans Jim Whittaker - first American on Mount Everest Hans Willenpartan - first ascent of Gasherbrum II Fritz Wintersteller - first ascent of Broad Peak (1957) Edward Whymper (1840-1911) - first ascent of Matterhorn (1865) Walter Wilcox (1869-1949) - Canadian Rockies explorer Jim Wickwire - first American to summit K2 Fritz Wiessner X Y Geoffrey Winthrop Young - rock climbing in Wales Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) - early explorer of the Karakoram Z Matthias Zurbriggen - first ascent of Aconcagua See also first ascent List of mountains External links Mountaineering Who's Who This article is from Wikipedia. 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