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Notable mountaineers of our time
Mountaineers of the Eight-thousanders and more
These are the exceptional men and women braving the tallest mountains on the planet. Learn about their unique skills, accomplishments, broken records, and the driving force behind them.
The more infamous have climbed all fourteen eight-thousanders, the highest mountains in the world, over 8,000 meters. Featured in the photo is Reinhold Messner, the first to climb all fourteen of the Giant rocks. See all 14 at:
www.RockGiantsOfHwy50.com/himalayan-mountains
Only a handful of these Himalayan jocks have climbed the highest mountains of the western hemisphere, as they pale in comparison to the eight-thousanders but, that does not make them any less dangerous to climb. In fact, Cerro Fitz Roy in Argentina's Patagonia is considered the deadliest climb in the world.
www.RockGiantsOfHwy50.com/andes-mountains
Ed Viesturs
First American to climb the fourteen eight-thousanders.
Wikipedia photo link.
Alex Honnold
Setting multiple records for climbs at Yosemite valley and for successfully traversing the Fitz Roys, one of the most dangerous climbs on the planet.
Wikipedia photo link.
Dierdre Wolownick
The mother of famous climber, Alex Honnold, has climbed El Capitan at 60 years old.
Facebook photo link.
Sophia Danenberg
The first African American as well as first black woman to climb mount Everest.
Abenteuer-Berg photo link.
Steph Davis
First woman to summit all peaks of the Fifzroy range in Patagonia, considered to be the most deadly climbs on the planet.
Wikipedia photo link.
Conrad Anker
This infamous mountaineer grew up climbing Alaska's Rock Giants. Climbed the Ellsworth range and Vincent Massif in Antarctica, as well as the deadly monoliths in Patagonia.
Conrad has retired from climbing due to a heart condition but, remains close to his favorite sport.
Wikipedia photo link.
Catherine Destivelle
Considered the most important and one of the greatest female mountaineers/rock climbers of our time.
Scaled the world's tallest wall of 20,623 vertical feet, to the top of Great Trango Tower, in the Karakoram mountain areas of Pakistan.
PerformingArtists photo link.
East face of the Great Trango Tower in Pakistan
This 20,623 foot nearly vertical big-wall climb is considered the highest vertical drop on our planet.
AmericanAlpineClub photo link.
Chris Sharma
World famous sports climber and record breaker. Owns climbing gyms worldwide.
Wikipedia photo link.
At Rock Giants, we specialise in great photos of mountains around the world, and recognition to the great mountaineers who have mastered so many of them.
You will learn a great deal more about these and other badass mountaineers at one of the following magazines:
https://alpinist.com/
https://www.mountaineers.org/mountaineer-magazine
https://www.summitjournal.com/
https://armchairmountaineer.com/top-climbing-magazines