page_title: List of climbers and mountaineers
section_title: K
hierarchical_section_title: List of climbers and mountaineers / K
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Dora Keen taken circa 1913, early 20th century mountain climber and adventurer.
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: Conrad Kain (1883–1934) Austria/Canada, over 50 first ascents in the Canadian Rockies, amongst which was Mount Robson
  Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner  (born 1970) Austria, first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen
  Bob Kamps (1931–2005) US, pioneer of golden age of Yosemite climbing and 5.10 & 5.11 routes in America
  Harish Kapadia (born 1945) India, Himalayan veteran
  Mieczysław Karłowicz
  Fritz Kasparek (1910–1954) Austria, first ascent of Eiger north face
  Peter Kaufmann (1858–1924) Switzerland, guide in Alps and Canadian Rockies
  Ron Kauk (born 1957) US, rock climber, many first ascents in Yosemite, stunt work for Hollywood climbing movies
  Robert Kayen (born 1959) US, rock climber, professor, scientist, first solo ascent of West Buttress of El Capitan
  Dora Keen (1871–1963) US, 8 ascents of first-class peaks in the Alps, member of Royal Geographical Society, 1914
  Pat Kelly (died 1922) UK, rock climber and founder of Pinnacle Club
  E. S. Kennedy (1817–1898) UK, first ascent Monte Disgrazia, Mont Blanc du Tacul
  Mikhail Khergiani (1932-1969), Svan mountaineer of Soviet Georgia, known as the Tiger of the Rocks
  Clarence King (1842–1901) US, geologist and climber, first director of USGS, first ascent Mount Tyndall
  Andy Kirkpatrick (born 1971) UK, rock and ice climber, motivational speaker
  Colin Kirkus (1910–1942) UK, rock climber and alpinist
  Zygmunt Klemensiewicz
  Christian Klucker (1853–1928) Switzerland, guide, prolific first ascentionist in Bernina Range and Bregaglia
  M.S. Kohli (born 1931) India, leader of the Indian Everest expedition (1965)
  Layton Kor (born 1938) US, rock climber and mountaineer, author of Beyond the Vertical
  Dai Koyamada (born 1976) Japan, sport climber and boulderer
  Jon Krakauer (born 1954) US, author and mountaineer, summited Everest (1996), wrote Eiger Dreams, Into The Wild and Into Thin Air
  Hans Kraus (1905–1995) Austria, pioneering rock climber and one of fathers of sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation
  Göran Kropp (1966–2002) Sweden, rode bike from Sweden, soloed Everest without oxygen and rode home (1996)
  Moriz von Kuffner (1854–1939) Austria, a number of first ascents, including Eiger Northeast Face and Kuffner Ridge Mount Maudit
  Julius Kugy (1858–1944) Austria-Slovenia, considered the father of modern mountaineering in the Julian Alps
  Jerzy Kukuczka (1948–1989) Poland, second man to climb all 8,000m peaks (9 new route), ascent in the winter four eight-thousanders, the only man in the world to ascent in one winter two eight-thousanders
  Władysław Kulczyński
  Colonel Narendra Kumar (born 1933) India, Siachen Glacier and Himalayan veteran
  Jaan Künnap (born 1948) Estonia, mountaineer and photographer
  Janusz Kurczab
  Wojciech Kurtyka (born 1947) Poland, pioneer of alpine style in high mountains
  Toni Kurz (1913–1936) Germany, attempted Eiger north face in 1936, died during the retreat
caption: Dora Keen
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