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

• Jean 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
• 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
• 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 - 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 - Everest victim 1996
• John Harlin
• 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
• Karl Herligkoffer - first attempt of Broad Peak (1954)
• Maurice Herzog - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950
• Lynn Hill - first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan, Yosemite in 1993
• Edmund Hillary - first ascent of Mount Everest, 1953
• 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

I

• Toshio Imanishi - first ascent of Manaslu, 1956

J

K

• Clarence King - Sierra Nevada (US)
• Jon Krakauer - writer

L

• Louis Lachenal - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950
• Fritz Luchsinger - first ascent of Lhotse (1956)

M

• George 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

N

• Tenzing Norgay - Sherpa, first ascent of Mount Everest

O

• James Outram - Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine

P

• Maria Paradis - first woman to ascend Mont Blanc, 1809
• Tom Patey
• Chuck Pratt

Q

R

• Ernst Reiss - first ascent of Lhotse (1956)
• Sherpa Ang Rita - Mount Everest
• Royal Robbins - Yosemite
• John Roskelley
• 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 - third ascent of Mont Blanc, funded first ascent
• Albin Schelbert - first ascent of Dhaulagiri (1960)
• Dick Schockley
• Marcus Schmuck - first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)
• Vittorio Sella - early photographs
• Pemba Dorjie Sherpa, fastest ascent of Mount Everest, May 23, 2003
• Eric Shipton - Africa, Himalayas
• William Bradford Shockley
• Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to summit Mount Everest (1982).
• William Cecil Slingsby - Norway
• Frank Smythe
• Leslie Stephen - Alps

T

• Lionel Terray - first ascent of Makalu (1955)
• Harold Tilman - Africa, Himalayas
• Francis Fox Tuckett - Alps
• John Tyndall - Alps, scientist, first ascent of Weisshorn

U

• James Ramsey Ullman
• 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
• Fritz Wintersteller - first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)
• Edward Whymper - first ascent of Matterhorn, 1865
• Jim Wickwire
• Fritz Wiessner

X

Y

• Geoffrey Winthrop Young - rock climbing in Wales

Z

• Matthias Zurbriggen - first ascent of Aconcagua

See also

• first ascent
• List of mountains

External links

• Mountaineering Who's Who