Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary

male, deceased (2008) (New Zealand)
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing...
Bradford Washburn

Bradford Washburn

male, deceased (2007)
Henry Bradford Washburn Jr. was an explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer extraordinaire. He was the director of the Boston Museum...
Conrad Anker

Conrad Anker

male, 46 years old
Conrad Anker (born in 1963) is an American rock climber, mountaineer, and author famous for his challenging ascents in the high Himalaya and...

David Roberts

male
David Roberts is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books "The Mountain of...
Doug Scott

Doug Scott

male, 68 years old
Douglas Keith Scott CBE, known as Doug Scott (born 29 May 1941) is a British mountaineer famous for the first ascent of the Southwest Face of Mount...

Elizabeth Hawley

female
Elizabeth Hawley (born 9 November 1923 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former journalist and chronicler of Himalayan expeditions. She traveled...
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,...
Lincoln Hall

Lincoln Hall

male, 53 years old
Lincoln Hall (born 1956) is a veteran Australian mountain climber and author. Hall is the author of "White Limbo", the story of the first...
Aron Ralston

Aron Ralston

male, 34 years old
Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountain climber who became famous in May 2003 because he was forced to amputate his lower...
Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls

male, 35 years old
Bear Grylls (born Edward Michael Bear Grylls on 7 June 1974) is a British mountaineer and adventurer as well as best-selling author, television...