Ed Viesturs

Ed Viesturs

male, 50 years old
Ed Viesturs (born June 22, 1959) is one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers. He is the first American, and 12th person overall, to...
Jean-Christophe Lafaille

Jean-Christophe Lafaille

male, deceased (2006)
Jean-Christophe Lafaille (born March 31, 1965 in Gap, France – missing presumed dead on January 27, 2006 on Makalu) is a French climber who made nu...
Chris Bonington

Chris Bonington

male, 75 years old
Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CBE (born 6 August 1934 in Hampstead, London) is an English mountaineer. He was educated at University College...
Arlene Blum

Arlene Blum

female, 64 years old
Arlene Blum (born 1945) is an American mountaineer. She is best known for her all-woman ascent of Annapurna (I), a climb that was also the first...
Louis Lachenal

Louis Lachenal

male, deceased (1955)
Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921-25 November 1955), a French climber born in Annecy, was one of the first to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters....
Lionel Terray

Lionel Terray

male, deceased (1965)
Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including Makalu in the Himalaya (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and Cerro Fitzroy...
Don Whillans

Don Whillans

male, deceased (1985)
Don Whillans (18 May 1933 - 4 August1985) was an English rock-climber and mountaineer. Born and raised in a two-up two-down house in Salford,...
Jean Couzy

Jean Couzy

male
Jean Couzy was a French mountaineer. He studied aeronautical engineering at the École Polytechnique. At age 27, he was a member of Maurice H...
Ian Clough

Ian Clough

male, deceased (1970)
Ian Clough (1937-1970) was a British mountaineer who was killed on an expedition to climb the south face of the Himalayan massif Annapurna.
Maciej Berbeka

Maciej Berbeka

male
Maciej Berbeka (b. 1954) is a Polish mountaineer. On January 14, 1984, together with Ryszard Gajewski he made the first winter ascent of Manaslu....