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Mountaineering
Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, backpacking and climbing mountains. In Europe it is also referred to as alpinism, while in the Americas the term refers to a particular style of mountain climbing, that involves a mixture of ice climbing, rock climbing, mixed...
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Willi Unsoeld
Willi Unsoeld (October 5, 1926 - March 4, 1979) was an American climber who, along with Tom Hornbein, were members of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963. Unsoeld and Hornbein's legendary climb was the first ascent...
Date of birth:
- Oct 5, 1926
Date of death:
- Mar 4, 1979 (age 52 years)
John Hopkinson
John Hopkinson, FRS, (27 July 1849 – 27 August 1898) was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE twice in 1890 and 1896. He invented the three-wire (three-phase) system for the distribution of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 27, 1849
Date of death:
- Aug 27, 1898 (age 49 years)
Hermann Buhl
Hermann Buhl (September 21, 1924 – June 27, 1957) is considered one of the best post-World War II Austrian climbers and one of the best climbers of all time. He was particularly innovative in applying alpine style to Himalayan climbing. His...
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1924
Date of death:
- Jun 27, 1957 (age 32 years)
George Mallory
George Herbert Leigh Mallory (June 18, 1886 – June 8/June 9, 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. On the third expedition, in June 1924, Mallory and his climbing...
Date of birth:
- Jun 18, 1886
Date of death:
- 1924 (age 37 years)
Göran Kropp
Göran Kropp (December 11, 1966 – September 30, 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, born in Eskilstuna in south Sweden. He is most famous for his May 23, 1996 solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support.
In 1972,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 11, 1966
Date of death:
- Sep 30, 2002 (age 35 years)
Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev, Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Букре́ев, (January 16, 1958 - December 25, 1997) was a Russian (USSR/Kazakhstan) climber who made seven ascents of 8,000 metre peaks without supplemental oxygen. In total he made 18...
Date of birth:
- Jan 16, 1958
Date of death:
- Dec 25, 1997 (age 39 years)
Scott Fischer
Scott E Fischer (December 24, 1955 – May 11, 1996) was an American climber and guide, and the first American to summit 27,940-foot (8,516 m) Lhotse, fourth highest mountain in the world.
Fischer spent his early life in Michigan and New Jersey and...
Date of birth:
- Dec 24, 1955
Date of death:
- May 11, 1996 (age 40 years)
Arne Næss Jr.
Arne Næss, Jr. (8 December 1937 – 13 January 2004) was a Norwegian businessman and mountaineer. He had been married to Diana Ross since 1985, by whom he had two sons, but the couple was long separated at the time of his sudden death.
Næss was born...
Date of birth:
- Dec 8, 1937
Date of death:
- Jan 13, 2004 (age 66 years)
Ginette Harrison
Ginette Harrison (28 February 1958-24 October 1999) was a professional climber of British origin. She also lived in Australia and the United States.
She studied medicine at the University of Bristol and later specialized in high altitude medicine....
Date of birth:
- Feb 28, 1958
Date of death:
- Oct 24, 1999 (age 41 years)
Peter Boardman
Peter Boardman (25 December 1950 – 17 May 1982) was a British climber, Everest summiteer, and author of several mountaineering books. Born in Stockport, England, he began climbing in his teens, and at the age of 16 made his first visit to the Alps....
Date of birth:
- Dec 25, 1950
Date of death:
- May 17, 1982 (age 31 years)
Andrew Irvine
Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine (born 8 April 1902; died 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the third British Expedition to the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, in 1924. While attempting the first ascent of Mount...
Date of birth:
- 1902
Date of death:
- 1924 (age 22 years)
Dougal Haston
Dougal Haston, (19 April 1940-17 January 1977), was a Scottish mountaineer born in Currie, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Early in his career he was to climb several new Scottish routes with Robin Smith (climber). Climbs such as The Bat on the Carn...
Date of birth:
- Apr 19, 1940
Date of death:
- Jan 17, 1977 (age 36 years)
Tom Patey
Tom Patey (20 February 1932 — 25 May 1970) was a Scottish climber, mountaineer and writer. Although he was a leading Scottish climber of his day, particularly excelling on winter routes, he his probably best known for his humorous songs and prose...
Date of birth:
- 1932
Date of death:
- May 25, 1970 (age 38 years)
Jerzy Kukuczka
Jerzy Kukuczka (24 March 1948 – 24 October 1989), born in Katowice, Poland, was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. On 18 September 1987, he became the second man, after Reinhold Messner, to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world....
Date of birth:
- Mar 24, 1948
Date of death:
- Oct 24, 1989 (age 41 years)
Wanda Rutkiewicz
Wanda Rutkiewicz (pron. IPA: /ˈvanda rutˈkievitʂ/, van-dah root-kie-vitch) was born on February 4, 1943 in Plungė, Lithuania). She died either on May 12 or May 13, 1992, while climbing Kangchenjunga. She was last seen at a height of 8200m.
After...
Date of birth:
- 1943
Date of death:
- 1992 (age 49 years)
Hristo Prodanov
Hristo Prodanov (Bulgarian: Христо Проданов) (February 24, 1943 - April 22, 1984) was a Bulgarian mountaineer. He was the first Bulgarian to climb Mount Everest but died on the way back.
Prodanov was still a student when he became involved in...
Date of birth:
- Feb 24, 1943
Date of death:
- Apr 22, 1984 (age 41 years)
Jean-Christophe Lafaille
Jean-Christophe Lafaille (31 March 1965 – 27 January 2006 [presumed]) was a French mountaineer noted for a number of difficult ascents in the Alps and Himalaya, and for what has been described as "perhaps the finest self-rescue ever performed in the...
Date of birth:
- Mar 31, 1965
Date of death:
- Jan 27, 2006 (age 40 years)
Lionel Terray
Lionel Terray (25 July 1921, Grenoble, Isère – 23 September 1965) was a French climber who made many first ascents, including Makalu in the Himalaya (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and Cerro Fitzroy in the Patagonian Andes (with Guido Magnone in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1921
Date of death:
- Sep 23, 1965 (age 44 years)
Emilios T. Harlaftis
Emilios T. Harlaftis (Greek: Αιμίλιος Χαρλάφτης; 29 March 1965, Kiato – 13 February 2005 Menalo) was an astrophysicist.
Harlaftis obtained an undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Athens in 1987, and a Ph.D. degree at the University...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1965
Date of death:
- Feb 13, 2005 (age 39 years)
Chantal Mauduit
Chantal Mauduit (March 24, 1964-May 13, 1998) was a noted female French alpinist. Born on 24 March 1964 in Paris, she arrived in the French Alps at age five and started climbing at the age of 15. After several difficult routes in the Alps, she...
Date of birth:
- Mar 24, 1964
Date of death:
- May 13, 1998 (age 34 years)
Yasuko Namba
Yasuko Namba (難波 康子, Namba Yasuko, February 2, 1949–May 10, 1996) was famous in her native Japan for becoming only the second Japanese woman (after Junko Tabei ) to reach all of the Seven Summits including Everest, where she died. Namba worked as a...
Date of birth:
- 1941
Date of death:
- May 10, 1996 (age 55 years)
Lino Lacedelli
Lino Lacedelli (4 December 1925 – 20 November 2009) was an Italian mountaineer.
Lacedelli was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Province of Belluno).
His climbing career began as a young teenager when he followed a mountain guide up a local summit....
Date of birth:
- Dec 4, 1925
Date of death:
- Nov 20, 2009 (age 84 years)
Ian Clough
Ian Clough (1937-1970) was a British mountaineer who was killed on an expedition to climb the south face of the Himalayan massif Annapurna.
Clough was born in the Yorkshire town of Baildon, near Bradford, and grew up to become one of the best...
Date of birth:
- 1937
Date of death:
- 1970 (age 33 years)
Rob Hall
Rob Hall (January 14, 1961 - May 11, 1996), New Zealander, was a mountaineer best known for being head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition in which he, a fellow guide, and two clients perished. A best-selling account of the expedition was given...
Date of birth:
- Jan 14, 1961
Date of death:
- May 11, 1996 (age 35 years)
Hans Christian Doseth
Hans Christian Doseth (December 10, 1958 in Romsdal, Norway – August 6, 1984 in Pakistan) was a Norwegian climber. Doseth followed the standards of modern big wall climbing through many first ascents in Europe and the Himalayas. Among his...
Date of birth:
- Dec 10, 1958
Date of death:
- Aug 6, 1984 (age 25 years)
Alison Hargreaves
Alison Hargreaves (February 17, 1963 – August 13, 1995) was an English (from Derbyshire) female mountain climber. She was educated in Derbyshire at Belper School. Her accomplishments included being the second person to scale Mount Everest solo...
Date of birth:
- Feb 17, 1963
Date of death:
- Aug 13, 1995 (age 32 years)
John Harlin
John Elvis Harlin II (June 30, 1935–March 22, 1966) was an American mountaineer and US Air Force pilot who was killed while making an ascent of the north face of the Eiger. Harlin graduated from Sequoia High School and Stanford University, and after...
Date of birth:
- Jun 30, 1935
Date of death:
- Mar 22, 1966 (age 30 years)
Tomaž Humar
Tomaž Humar (February 18, 1969 – c. November 10, 2009), nicknamed Gozdni Joža (akin to Hillbilly), was a Slovenian mountaineer. A father of two, Humar lived in Kamnik, Slovenia. He completed over 1500 ascents, and won a number of mountaineering and...
Date of birth:
- Feb 18, 1969
Date of death:
- Nov 10, 2009 (age 40 years)
Alan Rouse
Alan Paul Rouse (December 19, 1951 - August 10, 1986) was the first British climber to reach the summit of the second highest mountain in the world, K2, but died on the descent.
Rouse was born in Wallasey and began climbing at the age of 15, soon...
Date of birth:
- Dec 19, 1951
Date of death:
- Aug 10, 1986 (age 34 years)
Albert F. Mummery
Albert Frederick Mummery (10 September 1855, Dover – August 24, 1895, Nanga Parbat), was a British mountaineer and author. He was one of the first climbers to attempt the first ascent of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan but died in an avalanche while...
Date of birth:
- Sep 10, 1855
Date of death:
- Aug 24, 1895 (age 39 years)
Owen Glynne Jones
Owen Glynne Jones (2 November 1867 – 28 August 1899) was a Welsh rock-climber and mountaineer. He established many new routes in the Lake District and elsewhere, often climbing with George and Ashley Abraham, brothers who photographed the climbs for...
Date of birth:
- Nov 2, 1867
Date of death:
- Aug 28, 1899 (age 31 years)
Toni Kurz
Toni Kurz (January 13, 1913 – July 22, 1936) was a German mountain climber of the early 20th century who died in tragic circumstances in 1936 as one of the four-man team making the second attempt to scale the North Face of the Eiger.
In ascent, his...
Date of birth:
- Jan 13, 1913
Date of death:
- Jul 22, 1936 (age 23 years)
Alex Lowe
Stuart Alexander "Alex" Lowe (December 24, 1958-October 5, 1999), was widely considered one of his generation's finest all-around mountaineers prior to his October 5, 1999 death in a massive slab avalanche on Shishapangma (Xixabangma) in Tibet. The...
Date of birth:
- Dec 24, 1958
Date of death:
- Oct 5, 1999 (age 40 years)
Vitor Negrete
Vitor Negrete (November 13, 1967 - May 19, 2006) was a prominent mountaineer and the first Brazilian to reach the summit of Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak outside Asia and one of the Seven Summits, from its south face.
Negrete was also a...
Date of birth:
- Nov 13, 1967
Date of death:
- May 19, 2006 (age 38 years)
Uğur Uluocak
Yaşar Uğur Uluocak (1962-2003) was a Turkish multi-talented outdoor sportsman, photographer and editor. He was one of the most famous Turkish mountaineers known for climbing high mountains.
He was born in 1962 in Ankara, Turkey. After finishing...
Date of birth:
- 1962
Date of death:
- 2003 (age 41 years)
Sue Fear
Susan Erica Fear (18 March 1963 – 28 May 2006) was an Australian mountain climber, passionate supporter of the Fred Hollows Foundation and a 2005 recipient of the Order of Australia medal in the Queen's birthday honours. Her life and climbing career...
Date of birth:
- Mar 18, 1963
Date of death:
- May 28, 2006 (age 43 years)
Charles Hudson
Charles Hudson (4 October 1828 – 14 July 1865) was an Anglican chaplain and mountain climber from Skillington, Lincolnshire, England.
Hudson was one of the most important climbers of the golden age of alpinism. An immensely strong walker, he is...
Date of birth:
- Oct 4, 1828
Date of death:
- Jul 14, 1865 (age 36 years)
Paul Preuss
Paul Preuss (19 August 1886 – 3 October 1913) was an Austrian climber who achieved recognition for his bold solo ascents and for the purity of his climbing style. Born in Altaussee, he attended Gymnasium in Vienna and, later, studied at the...
Date of birth:
- Aug 19, 1886
Date of death:
- Oct 3, 1913 (age 27 years)
Joe Tasker
Joe Tasker (May 12, 1948, Hull – May 17, 1982) was one of the most talented British climbers during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Born into a traditional Roman Catholic family, he was one of ten children and spent his early childhood in Port...
Date of birth:
- May 12, 1948
Date of death:
- May 17, 1982 (age 34 years)
José Antonio Delgado
José Antonio Delgado Sucre (May 13, 1965 — July 22, 2006) was the first Venezuelan mountaineer to reach the summit of five eight-thousanders. He was one of the most experienced climbers in Latin America. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
Delgado,...
Date of birth:
- May 13, 1965
Date of death:
- Jul 22, 2006 (age 41 years)
Toni Kinshofer
Toni Kinshofer (February 16, 1931 – October 24, 1964) was a German mountain climber.
In 1961, on an expedition led by Toni Hiebeler, he undertook the first winter ascent of the Eiger North Face with Walter Almberger and Anderl Mannhardt. At 27,...
Date of birth:
- Feb 16, 1931
Date of death:
- Oct 24, 1964 (age 33 years)
Jean Couzy
Jean Couzy (1923 – 2 November 1958) was a French mountaineer. He studied aeronautical engineering at the École Polytechnique. At age 27, he was a member of Maurice Herzog's 1950 expedition to Annapurna. Prior to this, his usual climbing partner was...
Date of birth:
- 1923
Date of death:
- Nov 2, 1958 (age 35 years)
Lilliane and Maurice Barrard
Liliane Barrard (1948-86) and Maurice Barrard (1941?-86) were a French couple who made a brief celebrity career climbing at high altitude, mainly in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges, and emphasising 'Alpine', 'fast and light' style ascents.
The...
Date of death:
- 1986
Julie Tullis
Julie Tullis (15 March 1939 - 6 August/7 August 1986) was a British climber and film-maker who died on the descent of K2 during a storm along with four other climbers from several expeditions during the 'Black Summer' of 1986.
Born to parents Erica...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1939
Date of death:
- 1986 (age 46 years)
Markus Kronthaler
Markus Kronthaler (April 5, 1967 - July 8, 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer and climber. Kronthaler was born in Kufstein, Tyrol. He was an officer in the alpine section of Austria's Gendarmerie, which he left in 2003 to become a professional...
Date of birth:
- Apr 5, 1967
Date of death:
- Jul 8, 2006 (age 39 years)
Charles Snead Houston
Charles Snead Houston (August 24, 1913 – September 27, 2009) was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important and celebrated attempts to...
Date of birth:
- Aug 24, 1913
Date of death:
- Sep 27, 2009 (age 96 years)
Wawrzyniec Żuławski
Wawrzyniec Jerzy Żuławski (14 February 1916 in Zakopane – 18 August 1957 in Alps), also known as Wawa, was a Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist. He was a professor of Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Warsaw....
Date of birth:
- Feb 14, 1916
Date of death:
- Aug 18, 1957 (age 41 years)
Vladislav Terzyul
Vladislav Terzyul (June 18, 1953–May 18, 2004), born in Artyom, Siberia, was one of the world's premier high-altitude climber.
He is said to be one of the few people to have climbed all eight-thousander peaks and the first Ukrainian ever, but the...
Date of birth:
- Jun 18, 1953
Date of death:
- May 18, 2004 (age 50 years)
Lobsang Tshering
Lobsang Tshering Bhutia (1951/1952–10 May 1993) was a Sherpa mountaineer who died on Mount Everest.
He was a nephew of Tenzing Norgay who first climbed the mountain in 1953. He was part of an expedition to Everest led by his nephew Tashi Tenzing. He...
Date of death:
- 1993
Ger McDonnell
Gerard McDonnell (20 January 1971–2 August 2008) , mountaineer and engineer, was the first Irish person to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in August 2008. He lost his life along with ten other mountaineers following an...
Date of birth:
- Jan 20, 1971
Date of death:
- Aug 2, 2008 (age 37 years)
Rolf Bae
Rolf Bae (January 9, 1975 – August 1, 2008) was a Norwegian Arctic adventurer and mountaineer. Bae operated an adventure company called Fram, specializing in Arctic and Antarctic travel and survival courses.
He was married to Cecilie Skog, currently...
Date of birth:
- Jan 9, 1975
Date of death:
- Aug 1, 2008 (age 33 years)
Riccardo Cassin
Riccardo Cassin (2 January 1909 – 6 August 2009) was an Italian mountaineer, developer of mountaineering equipment and author.
Born at San Vito al Tagliamento, Friuli, Cassin was one of the leading mountaineers of the inter-war period; in all,...
Date of birth:
- 1909
Date of death:
- Aug 6, 2009 (age 100 years)
