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Marc-André Leclerc (October 10, 1992 – March 5, 2018) was a Canadian rock climber, ice and mixed climber, and alpinist.He is known for his solo ascents–often in winter–of major ice and alpine climbing routes.
Albert R. Ellingwood (22 June 1887 – 12 May 1934) pioneer of climbing peaks in the Rocky Mountains and Colorado in particular; Zsolt Erőss (1968–2013) Hungary, ten eight-thousanders, two with a prosthetic leg, died on descent from Kangchenjunga; Susan Ershler (born 1956) US, climbed Seven Summits
Emerson was a frequent visitor, and made the mountain the subject of "Monadnoc", [8] one of his most famous poems. Thoreau visited the mountain four times between 1844 and 1860, and spent a great deal of time observing and cataloging natural phenomena. He is regarded as having written one of the first serious naturalist inventories of the mountain.
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James W. Whittaker (born February 10, 1929), also known as Jim Whittaker, is an American climber and mountain guide. [1] [2] Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, on May 1, 1963, he became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest as a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, alongside the Sherpa Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay.
Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount Rainier, the ...
Mallory, climbing solo, established the first ascent of The Slab Climb on the East Buttress of Lliwedd, [162] now known as Mallory's Slab, at 220 ft (67 m), and graded 5.5. [161] [163] The ascent of The Slab Climb occurred due to Mallory scaling it to retrieve his pipe, which he had left behind on a ledge known as Bowling Green. [164]