1. Sir Edmund Hillary (1919)

Mountain Climber

Adventurer and philanthropist who became one of the first people to reach the top of Everest with the help of his guide, Tensing Norgay.

2. Viridiana Alvarez (1984)

Mountain Climber

Internationally renowned mountain climber who is predominantly recognized for having been the first Latin American woman to summit the world's second largest mountain, K2. In 2017, she became the seventh...

3. James Hooper (1987)

Mountain Climber

British mountain climber who became one of the youngest Britons to climb Mount Everest in 2006. In 2014, he joined the TV program Non-Summit as a panelist. 

4. Colin O'Brady (1985)

Mountain Climber

Colin O'Brady is a famous Mountain Climber, who was born on March 16, 1985 in United States. Professional mountain climber and endurance athlete who set Seven Summits and Explorers Grand...

5. Juliane Wurm (1990)

Mountain Climber

German professional mountain climber or Sportkletterin who is known for specializing in bouldering, lead, and speed climbing. She has won multiple World Championships in each division including the Bouldering World...

6. Tyler Armstrong (2004)

Mountain Climber

Famed mountain climber who became famous for being the youngest person ever to climb to the top of Argentina's Mount Aconcagua. He was just nine years old when he accomplished...

7. Tazio Il Biondo (1983)

Mountain Climber

Tazio Il Biondo is a famous Mountain Climber, who was born on March 5, 1983 in Italy. Also known as “The Italian Butterfly”. He is a mountain climber, athlete, and...

8. Colin O'Brady (1985)

Mountain Climber

9. Carlos Soria Fontán (1939)

Mountain Climber

Carlos Soria Fontán is a Spanish mountain climber who at more than 70 years of age has taken up the challenge of becoming the oldest person in the world to...

10. Andrea Cardona (1982)

Mountain Climber

Andrea Cardona is a Guatemalan mountaineer the first Central American woman and the Caribbean to reach the world's highest peak on Mount Everest 8848 metres above sea level and the...

11. Robert Steiner (writer) (1976)

Mountain Climber

Robert Steiner is a German mountain-climber and writer. Steiner was born in Stuttgart Germany and grew up in Ostelsheim in the Black Forest. After finishing his Abitur he studied Geography...

12. Valery Babanov (1964)

Mountain Climber

Valery Babanov is a Russian mountaineer who is especially known for altitude mountain tours higher than 7000 m as well as for his severe-grade climbing tours. Babanov was born in...

13. Um Hong-gil (1960)

Mountain Climber

Um Hong-gil is a South Korean climber. He has led many South Korean summer expeditions to Mt Aconcagua in Argentina where he has successfully climbed South America's highest mountain many...

14. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (1970)

Mountain Climber

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is an Austrian mountaineer. In August 2011 she became the second woman to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders and the first woman to do so without the use of...

15. Garrett Madison (1978)

Mountain Climber

Garrett Madison is an American mountaineer and is one of the world's top high altitude mountaineering guides having personally guided 27 clients to the summit of Mt Everest in the...

16. Lucy Creamer (1971)

Mountain Climber

Lucy Creamer is a British professional climber. Creamer was born in Taunton Somerset but now lives in Sheffield - a city known for its large climbing community. After working as...

17. Chhanda Gayen (1979)

Mountain Climber

Chhanda Gayen is a mountaineer martial artist explorer teacher of self-defense best known for being first civilian women from West Bengal to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. She...

18. M. Magendran (1963)

Mountain Climber

M. Magendran is the first Malaysian mountain climber and first Tamil to conquer the summit of Mount Everest. Magendran's party ascended the South Col on the southeast ridge. He stepped...

19. Go Mi-young (1967)

Mountain Climber

Go Mi-Young was a South Korean female mountaineer.

20. Park Young-seok (1963)

Mountain Climber

Park Young-Seok was a South Korean mountaineer. He is the first person in the world who completed a True Explorers Grand Slam. He has climbed the world's 14 Eight-thousanders the...