• Chris Jones (November 24, 1939 – September 17, 2024) was a British–American rock climber, photographer, climbing historian, author, and alpinist. He is...
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  • medalist in the 1920 Olympics Chris Jones (mountain climber) (1939–2024), British-American mountain climber Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain) (c. 1570–1622)...
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    George Henry Lowe III (born August 16, 1944) is an American rock climber and alpinist, noted for his alpine style ascents of difficult and infrequently...
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    Everest. Over 200 bodies remain on the mountain and have not been removed due to the dangerous conditions. Climbers typically ascend only part of Mount Everest's...
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    Yvon Chouinard (category American mountain climbers)
    route (The Californian Route, 3rd overall ascent of the mountain) with Dick Dorworth, Chris Jones, Lito Tejada-Flores, and Douglas Tompkins. Chouinard has...
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    John Higgins (November 7, 1944 – March 21, 2018) was an American rock climber with many first and first free ascents primarily in the western United...
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    youngest climber on the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest on which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to ascend the mountain. In 1955...
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    Eiger (category Mountains of the Alps)
    summit of the Eiger can be reached by experienced climbers only, a railway tunnel runs inside the mountain, and two internal stations provide easy access...
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  • Alan Rouse (category English mountain climbers)
    1951 – 10 August 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...
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  • Cliffhanger (film) (category Films scored by Trevor Jones)
    and Janine Turner. Based on a concept by climber John Long, the film follows Gabe (Stallone), a mountain climber who becomes embroiled in a heist of a U...
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  • with Chris Bonington aborted his only attempt at the North face (arriving ahead of a large rescue team) to rescue Brian Nally, a British climber whose...
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  • Mick Fowler (category English mountain climbers)
    Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer and climbing author. He is internationally noted for his alpine climbing...
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  • Summits are the highest mountains on each of the seven traditional continents. On 30 April 1985, Richard Bass became the first climber to reach the summit...
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    El Capitan (category Mountains of Mariposa County, California)
    ISBN 0-87156-292-8. Jones, Chris (1976). Climbing in North America. Berkeley, CA, USA: U of Cal Press. p. 360. ISBN 0-520-02976-3. Jones, Chris (1976). Climbing...
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    three sub-disciplines. Leading climbers such as Wolfgang Güllich, Jerry Moffatt, Alexander Huber, Fred Nicole, Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra, and Tommy Caldwell...
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  • RMI Mountain Guide". "Dave Hahn Reflects on his Everest Summit Streak". Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-07-27. "Climber Dave...
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    Chuck Pratt (category American rock climbers)
    American rock climber known for big wall climbing first ascents in Yosemite Valley. He was also a long-time climbing instructor and mountain guide with Exum...
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  • Henry Snow Hall Jr. (category American mountain climbers)
    north from Vancouver and climbers had made no significant explorations in the area. Even in the 2020s aproaches to the mountain areas of the Coast Range...
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    species, it is a sure-footed climber commonly seen on sheer rock faces, near-vertical cliffs and icy passages. Mountain goats generally avoid venturing...
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    Tom Frost (category American mountain climbers)
    (June 30, 1936[citation needed] – August 24, 2018) was an American rock climber known for big wall climbing first ascents in Yosemite Valley. He was also...
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    Horn (29 April 1996). "No Mountain Too High For Her : Junko Tabei defied Japanese views of women to become an expert climber". Sports Illustrated. Archived...
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    American rock climber, mountaineer, antiquarian bookseller, publisher and environmentalist. His father, Ernest Dawson (1882–1947), was also a climber, antiquarian...
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    Royal Robbins (category American mountain climbers)
    now famous Open Book route up Tahquitz. In 1957, he was among a trio of climbers who ascended the Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome at Yosemite National...
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    Mount Logan (category Saint Elias Mountains)
    send a team to the mountain to reach the summit for the first time. An international team of Canadian, British and American climbers was assembled the...
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    limit on the number of climbers who could be on Everest at any one time, to prevent 'traffic jams' of climbers on the mountain. During the season, there...
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    Pat Ament (category American rock climbers)
    Pat Ament (born September 3, 1946) is an American rock climber, filmmaker, musician, and artist who lives in Fruita, Colorado. Noted for first ascents...
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  • and climber-filmmaker Mike Call was second-unit cameraman. Peter Croft, a well-known Canadian climber and soloist, was hired as a backup climber and a...
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    using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the climber from falling or to assist progress in aid climbing. Pitons are equipped...
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    daughter called Lily. Moose Roberts is a famous mountain climber from Canada. He owns and runs the Mountain Activity Centre. Gareth Griffiths is the father...
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    Fred Beckey (category Mountain climbers from Seattle)
    January 1923 – 30 October 2017), known as Fred Beckey, was an American rock climber, mountaineer and book author, who in seven decades of climbing achieved...
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