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British climber Doug Scott wrote in his 1974 book Big Walls that Bonatti was perhaps the finest alpinist there has ever been, while in 2010 Reinhold Messner described him as one of the greatest climbers of all time and a marvellous person. [9] The legendary Chris Bonington said about Bonatti: He was a complex person and a sensitive one too. K2 ...
Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 2,900-foot route Freerider at 5.13a, the first-ever at that grade), [3] a climb described in The New York Times as "one of the great ...
By the time Reinhold and Günther were in their early twenties, they were among Europe's best climbers. [8] Since the 1960s, Messner, inspired by Hermann Buhl, was one of the first and most enthusiastic supporters of alpine style mountaineering in the Himalayas, which consisted of climbing with very light equipment and a minimum of external help.
Pierre Mazeaud (born 1929) France, Walter Bonatti 's climbing partner, first French ascent of Everest (1978) Daniel Mazur (born 1960) US, numerous ascents in the Himalayas and America. Steve McClure (born 1970) UK, first Briton to climb 9a twice. Duncan McDuffie (1877–1951) US, summits in the Sierra Nevada.
Kukuczka is widely considered within the mountaineering community to be one of the best high-altitude climbers in history. [7] He ascended all fourteen eight-thousanders in seven years, 11 months and 14 days; he held the world record for shortest time span to summit the eight-thousanders for nearly 27 years until May 2014, when Kim Chang-ho beat his mark by one month and eight days. [8]
In 2003, the LA Times called him the "greatest natural rock climber in the world". [10] In 2007, Melissa Block on NPR's All Things Considered, introduced him saying "Chris Sharma is hailed as the world's best rock climber, a pioneer who has mastered some of the most spectacular and difficult routes in the history of the sport". [2]
“This dog climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza knows something we don’t. He/she is the greatest dog of all time,” a third added. “None of his friends are gonna believe him,” somebody else ...
Marc-André Leclerc. 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. In 2016, he completed the first winter solo ascents of both Torre Egger in Patagonia and of the Emperor Face ...