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.

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 Carbonnières - 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 Næss 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