List of climbers

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This list of climbers includes both mountaineers and rock climbers, since many (though not all) climbers engage in both types of activities. The list also includes boulderers and ice climbers.

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  • John Jackson United Kingdom. First ascent of Jackson's Route
  • Ray "Pirate" Jenet - First winter ascent of Denali with Art Davidson Died in avalanche while skiing.
  • Sepp Jöchler Austria. First ascent Cho Oyo (1954) with Herbert Tichy and Pasang Dawa Lama.

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  • Alexander Odintsov (born 1957). Russian. Leader of the Project "Big Wall - Russian Way". New routes on the Troll Wall, Bhagirathi North Face, Trango Tower West Face, Great Sail Peak, and Jannu North Face. The latter was awarded the 2005 Piolet d'Or.
  • Cathy O'Dowd South African First woman in the world to climb Everest from both north and south sides (1999). Fourth woman in the world to climb Lhotse, the world's fourth highest mountain (2000).
  • Juan Oiarzabal (born 1956). All eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen. Record 21 ascents of eight-thousanders.
  • Dan Osman - United States, famous for dangerous solos. Killed whilst attempting his new sport of rope jumping.
  • James Outram - Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine
  • Attila Ozsvath (alpine climber) (1956-2002) Hungarian. First ascents: east face of Kedarnath Dome 1989, north face of Thalay Sagar, Spaltnik Golden Pillar 2000. Disappeared in 2002 in the K6 group of Karakorum. First successful Hungarian eight-thousander ascent in 1986, Shisha Pangma.

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  • Michel-Gabriel Paccard - first ascent of Mont Blanc (1786)
  • Dogan Palut - One of the most skilled climbers in Turkey.
  • Marie Paradis. France. First woman to ascend Mont Blanc, 1809
  • Young-seok Park South Korea. First grand slam of mountaineering in 2005
  • Edurne Pasaban (born 1973). Spain. Eight 8,000 m peaks. One of only three women alive that have climbed K2.
  • Tom Patey (1932-1970) Scotland. First ascent Muztagh Tower 1956. First ascent Am Buachaille 1968. Killed in abseilling accident. Author of One Man's Mountains
  • Julius Payer (1841-1915). Czech-Austrian polar explorer who made many first ascents in the Adamello and Ortler mountains in the 1860s.
  • Jim Perrin (born 1947) Over 200 notable first/free ascents in Britain. Winner of the Boardman Tasker prize for mountain literature.
  • William Perrin (1980 - 2004). Several new routes across the United Kingdom; redpointed several climbs in North Wales.
  • Oliver Perry-Smith (1884-1969). United States rockclimber active in Saxon Switzerland and the Dolomites before World War I
  • Petrarch (1304-1374), Italy. Climbed, with his brother, Mont Ventoux on April 26, 1336. As this is the first recorded "touristic" ascent, Petrach is often considered the first mountaineer.
  • Avadhut Phatarpekar (1982-), India. Shillong Climbing Association Amateur; Climbs include Doom Dooma, Kanheri, and Naya Kanga (2004-05).
  • Burçak Özoglu Poçan (1970) - climbed over 8,000 m along with her team mate Eylem Elif Mavis as the first Turkish female mountaineers in 2005. One of the four Turkish female summiters of Mt. Everest (2006). Married to Serhan Poçan.
  • Dean Potter United States. Innovated fast and free climbing style; speed soloed El Cap in 4:17; speed soloed El Cap and Half Dome in one day. Married to climber Steph Davis.
  • Eneko Pou (1974-) and Iker Pou (1977-). Basque brothers. Top rock climbers, have several difficult and speed ascents. Working in their project "7 Walls, 7 continents", free climbing seven emblematic walls in the seven continents.
  • Chuck Pratt (1939-2000) United States. Rock climber. Yosemite pioneer.
  • Paul Preuss (1886-1913) Austria. Early promoter of free climbing. Climbed 1200 peaks in his short life.
  • Hristo Prodanov (1943-1984) Bulgaria. Lhotse unassisted 1981. Died on descent from unassisted climb of Everest in 1984.
  • Bonnie Prudden - (born 1914) - Pioneering United States rock climber and exercise advocate. 30 documented first ascents in the Gunks.
  • Karl Prusik - Austrian mountaineer. Introduced the widely used Prusik knot.
  • Ramón Julián Puigblanque (1981-) Spain. Rock climber
  • Ludwig Purtscheller, first ascent of Kilimanjaro in 1889
  • Adam Ondra - the youngest climber who climbed 5.14d

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