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