10 Greatest Mountaineers in the World

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#1

Reinhold MessnerFirst to Summit all the Fourteen 8,000ers without the support of Bottled O2 (First ever to Summit Everst without Bottled O2)!

Reinhold Messner (Italian), an adven-turer and explorer became the first ever to summit all the 14 Eight-Thousandeers in the World (without bottled oxygen).Despite suffering the loss of his younger brother (Günther Messner) during the Nanga Parbat expedition in 1970, Mess-ner took the challenge and completed the gigantic task of climbing remaining 13 Eight-Thousanders.With great enthusiasm and efforts, Messner (and Habeler) became the first to summit Mount Everest without bottled O2. In 1980, he accomplished the simi-lar feat during the solo climb of Everest from the Northern (Tibet) side.

#2

Erhard LoretanSecond to Summit all the Fourteen 8,000ers without the support of Bottled O2 .

Erhard Loretan (Swiss) became the 3rd person to summit all the 14 Eight-Thousan-deers, and 2nd to summit without bottled Oxygen.He made a revolutionary ascent of Mount Everest in only 43 hours, climbing by night and without the use of bottled O2.

Alex Lowe “The White Knight”Notable for exploring new routes up the mountain and leading rescue missions.

#3

Alex Lowe (American), nicknamed “The White Knight,” was the finest all-round moutaineer the world had ever seen.His notable feats include exploring new and more difficult routes, first ascents of two of the mountains and numerous other climbs and skiing.

Second person to Summit all the Fourteen 8,000ers.

Jerzy Kukuczka

#4

Jerzy Kukuczka (Polish) was the second person in the mountaineering history to summit all of the 14 Eight-Thousandeers (except Mt. Everest, where he used bottled O2), and 3 of them during the Winter.He achieved all of his 14 summits within 8 years, and established 10 new routes.

#5

Edmund HillaryFirst Person ever to Summit Mount Everest.

Sir. Edmund Hillary (Kiwi) was the first person ever to summit Mount Everest (along with Tenzing Sherpa).He is also the first person to reach both the North and South Pole along with climbing Everest.He devoted most of his life helping needy community of ‘Sherpa’ in Nepal through Himalayan Trust (founded by Hillary), and helped open many schools and hospitals in the rural regions.

Gerlinde KaltenbrunnerFirst woman to Summit all of the Fourteen 8,000ers without bottled O2.#6

Gerlinde kaltenbrunner (Austrian) is the first woman to summit all of the 14 Eight-Thousandeers without the support of bottled O2, and second to summit all of Eight-Thousandeers.

Park Young-SeokFirst Person to undertake the climb of all Fourteen 8,000ers, Seven Summits and visits to North and South Poles.

#7

Park Young-Seok (S.Korean) is the first person ever to undertake the summits of 14 Eight-Thousandeers and Seven Summits, along with visits to North and South Poles.He holds the world’s second fastest time for ascending the 14 Eight-thou-sanders, the Guinness World Record for climbing six of the 8,000-meter Himalayan peaks within one year.

First woman to Summit all of Fourteen 8,000ers (with bottled O2).

#8

Edurne Pasaban

Edurne Pasaban (Spanish) is the first woman to summit all of the 14 Eight-Thousandeers (with the support of Bottled O2).

#9 Apa Sherpa “Super Sherpa”

First to Summit Mount Everest for the total of 21 times.

Apa Sherpa (Nepalese), nicknamed “Su-per Sherpa” is a mountaineer and expe-dition leader. He has climbed the Everest 21 Times as of May 2013.He started his career in the mountains in 1985 (he worked as a kitchen boy and porter for various groups). It wasn’t until 1990, when he made his first ascent of the Everest.

#10

Ueli SteckNumerous Summits of Eiger Mountains and 8,000ers.

Ueli Steck (Swiss) is known for attempting nu-merous successful summits of Eiger Mountains at the shortest period of time, along with summits of 8,000ersW in the Himalaya.

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