Kurt Diemberger Austria Satu-satunya orang yang masih hidup yang melakukan pendakian pertama pada dua gunung di atas 8.000 m: Broad Peak (1957) dan Dhaulagiri (1960).
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Kurt Diemberger Austria British rock climber and alpinist — the first Briton to free-climb a new route on El Capitan, "The Prophet".
Lhakpa Sherpa Nepal Wanita pemegang rekor pendakian Everest terbanyak — 11 kali (2000–2022); juga berhasil mendaki K2 pada Juli 2023. Kisah hidupnya diangkat dalam dokumenter Netflix 'Mountain Queen' (2024).
Pendaki Australia yang selamat bermalam di 8.700 m Everest (2006) setelah sempat dinyatakan tewas.
French alpinist; led the first ascents of Makalu (1955) and Cerro Fitz Roy (1952).
Indian Border Security Force officer who has summited Everest seven times.
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Lydia Bradey New Zealand First woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen (1988).
Lynn Hill United States Orang pertama yang melakukan free climb jalur The Nose di El Capitan, Yosemite (1993) — capaian yang dianggap mustahil selama puluhan tahun.
Perempuan termuda yang mencapai puncak Everest, pada usia 13 tahun (2014).
Alpinis Kanada yang dikenal karena pendakian solo musim dingin pada jalur-jalur es dan alpine besar; subjek film dokumenter "The Alpinist".
Perempuan pertama di dunia yang menuntaskan jalur panjat tebing sport bergrade 9a+ (5.15a).
Mariano Galván Argentina Argentine alpinist and guide who summited seven of the fourteen 8,000 m peaks without supplemental oxygen; died on Nanga Parbat (2017).
Marin Minamiya Japan Youngest Japanese to complete the Seven Summits and youngest person in the world to finish the Explorers Grand Slam (age 20).
Pendaki amputee ganda pertama di dunia yang mencapai puncak Everest (15 Mei 2006), mendaki dengan kaki prostesis serat karbon setelah kehilangan kedua kaki akibat radang beku di Aoraki/Mount Cook.
Marko Prezelj Slovenia Slovenian alpinist with four Piolet d'Or awards, including the inaugural 1992 prize for a new route on Kangchenjunga South.
One of two Indonesian women who completed the Seven Summits through the Indonesian Women's Seven Summits Expedition (Mahitala Unpar).
Matteo Della Bordella Italy Renowned Italian alpinist and president of the Ragni di Lecco, known for minimalist 'by fair means' expeditions in Patagonia, Greenland, and the Karakoram.
Led the 1950 Annapurna expedition and reached its summit — the first ascent of any peak above 8,000 m.
Second American woman to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen — and the first to survive the descent (2016).
Mingma Gyabu "David" Sherpa Nepal Former record-holder as the youngest to climb all fourteen 8,000-metre peaks, and a team leader on the first winter ascent of K2 (16 January 2021).
Member of the team behind the first winter ascent of K2 (16 January 2021); 13 of 14 eight-thousanders.
Mingma Sherpa Nepal First Nepali and first South Asian to climb all 14 eight-thousanders — every one of them on the first attempt.
Mostafa Salameh Jordan Jordanian-Palestinian mountaineer who completed the Seven Summits and became the first Arab and Muslim to finish the Explorers Grand Slam.
Muhammad Ali Sadpara Pakistan Pendaki Pakistan legendaris yang mendaki 8 dari 14 delapan-ribuan; menghilang dalam upaya pendakian musim dingin K2 pertama tanpa oksigen (Februari 2021) — diumumkan sebagai Pahlawan Nasional Pakistan.