page_title: List of climbers and mountaineers
section_title: R
hierarchical_section_title: List of climbers and mountaineers / R
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Wanda Rutkiewicz na Krzywej Turni w Sokolikach
context_page_description: This list of climbers and mountaineers is a list of people notable for the activities of mountaineering, rock climbing and ice climbing.
context_section_description: Brooke Raboutou (born 2001) US, member of the 2020 American Olympic climbing team
  Aron Ralston (born 1975) US, gained fame after amputating his right arm to free himself after a canyoneering incident
  Lisa Rands (born 1975) US, rock climber and boulderer
  Michael Reardon (1974–2007) US, freesoloist and film producer
  Dave Rearick (born 1934) US, rock climber, first ascent of Diamond on Longs Peak (1960)
  Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985) France, 1950 Annapurna expedition, first to climb all six great north faces of the Alps, Alpine guide and author
  Ernst Reiss (born 1920) Swiss, first ascent of Lhotse (1956)
  Monique Richard (born 1975) Canada, first woman to solo climb Mount Logan, first Canadian woman to summit Mt Makalu, Seven Summits in 32 months
  Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894–1986) UK, wrote Climbing Days (1935)
  Katharine Richardson (1854–1927) UK, mountaineer in the Alps in the 1880s
  Rick Ridgeway (born 1950) US, author, filmmaker, photographer, member of first American team to summit K2
  Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003) Germany, filmmaker, actress and mountaineer
  Ang Rita (born 1948) Sherpa, climbed Everest ten times without supplemental oxygen
  Royal Robbins (1935–2017) US, rock climber, pioneer of modern Yosemite climbing in the 1950s
  Alain Robert (born 1962) France, climber and builderer
  David Roberts US, author, first ascents of Wickersham Wall (Mount McKinley) and other Alaskan peaks
  Paul Robinson (born 1987) US, rock climber and boulderer
  André Roch (1906–2002) Switzerland, Everest 1952 attempt, many first ascents in Alps and Asia
  Beth Rodden (born 1980) US, rock climber
  Jordan Romero (born 1996) US, became the youngest person to climb Everest on May 22, 2010, aged 13 years, 10 months, 10 days
  Steve Roper guidebook writer, editor of Ascent
  John Roskelley (born 1948) US, author, alpinist, Himalayan climber notable for technical first ascents of 7000 and 8000 m peaks
  Fred Rouhling (born 1970) France, rock climber, notable for 1995 proposal of grade 9b (5.15b) for his unrepeated climb Akira
  Alan Rouse (1951–1986) UK, soloed many of hardest routes of day, died on descent from K2 (1986)
  Galen Rowell (1940–2002) US, photographer and mountaineer, first one-day ascents of Denali and Kilimanjaro, first ascent Great Trango Tower
  Henry Russell (1834–1909) France/Ireland, prolific first ascentionist in Pyrenees
  Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943–1992) Poland, first woman on K2, 8,000m-peak veteran, died attempting Kanchenjunga
caption: Wanda Rutkiewicz
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