Hans Meyer

male, deceased (1929)
Hans Meyer (March 22, 1858 -- July 5, 1929) was an Austrian geology professor from Leipzig, who is credited with being the first European to reach...

Alan Walton

male
Alan Walton (born 1936) is an American businessman and member of 20 Boards of Directors and presently is Chairman of Oxford Bioscience Corporation,...
Harry Johnston

Harry Johnston

male, deceased (1927)
Sir Henry (Harry) Hamilton Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. (12 June 1858 - 31 August 1927), was a British explorer, botanist and colonial administrator,...

Oscar Baumann

male, deceased (1899)
Oscar Baumann (June 25, 1864 - October 12, 1899was an Austrian cartographer with a keen interest in ethnography. He attended classes on natural...
Jake Meyer

Jake Meyer

male, 25 years old
Jake Meyer At the age of 14, Jake Meyer set himself the challenge of becoming the youngest person to climb the 7 Summits; the highest mountain on...
Simon Thomas

Simon Thomas

male, 36 years old
Simon Thomas (born January 26, 1973 in Cromer, Norfolk) is a British television presenter. Thomas started life in Norfolk and then moved to Surrey,...

Karl Klaus von der Decken

male, deceased (1865)
Baron Karl Klaus (Carl Claus) von der Decken (born August 8, 1833 in Kotzen, Brandenburg, Germany; died October 2, 1865 near Bardera, Somalia) was...
Naomi Uemura

Naomi Uemura

male, deceased (1984)
was a Japanese adventurer. He was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams. For example, he...
Patrick Morrow

Patrick Morrow

male, 57 years old
Patrick Allan Morrow, CM, (born October 18, 1952 in Invermere, British Columbia) is a Canadian photographer and mountain climber who was first...
Kit Deslauriers

Kit Deslauriers

female, 40 years old
Kit DesLauriers (b 1969) is a champion American skier. DesLauriers graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in environmental...