swap_horiz Eric Shipton Alternatives

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Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Messner is an Italian mountaineer, explorer, and author known for high-altitude climbing undertaken with minima...

Italian Mountaineering 20TH Century Himalaya

9.20 Excellent

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Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who, with the Sherpa climber Tenzing Norgay, reached the s...

Mountaineering 20TH Century Himalaya New Zealander

9.12 Excellent

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Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who, alongside Edmund Hillary, made the first confirmed ascent of...

Mountaineering 20TH Century Himalaya Nepali

9.08 Excellent

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Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer whose 1914–16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition became famous for his le...

20TH Century Endurance British Polar

9.04 Excellent

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Jerzy Kukuczka

Jerzy Kukuczka was a Polish mountaineer who in 1987 became the second person to climb all fourteen mountains higher than...

Polish Mountaineering 20TH Century Himalaya

8.88 Great

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Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is an Austrian mountaineer known for high-altitude climbing in the Himalaya and Karakoram. In 201...

Austrian Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya

8.21 Great

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Ed Viesturs

Ed Viesturs is an American high-altitude mountaineer known for climbing all fourteen mountains higher than 8,000 metres...

American Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya

8.18 Great

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Krzysztof Wielicki

Krzysztof Wielicki is a Polish mountaineer known for high-altitude climbing in the Himalaya and Karakoram. With Leszek C...

Polish Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya

8.13 Great

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Junko Tabei

Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountaineer who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1975. She late...

Mountaineering Japanese 20TH Century Himalaya

8.11 Great

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Denis Urubko

Denis Urubko is a Kazakh born mountaineer who has represented Kazakhstan, Russia, and Poland during different periods of...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Winter Eight Thousanders

8.03 Great

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Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger was a British explorer who between 1945 and 1950 made two crossings of the Arabian Empty Quarter, becom...

Desert 20TH Century British Terrestrial

8.02 Great

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Nirmal Purja

Nirmal Purja is a Nepal-born mountaineer and former member of the British armed forces who became known for rapid high-a...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Nepali British

8.02 Great

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Wanda Rutkiewicz

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943-1992) was a Polish mountaineer noted for major ascents in the Himalaya and Karakoram. In 1978 she...

Polish Mountaineering 20TH Century Himalaya

7.93 Good

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Edurne Pasaban

Edurne Pasaban is a Spanish mountaineer known for climbing all fourteen mountains higher than 8,000 metres. She complete...

Contemporary Spanish Mountaineering Himalaya

7.83 Good

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Anatoli Boukreev

Anatoli Boukreev was a Soviet and Kazakh mountaineer and high-altitude guide known for rapid ascents of major Himalayan...

Mountaineering 20TH Century Kazakh Himalaya

7.82 Good

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Freya Stark

Freya Stark was a British-Italian travel writer and explorer known for journeys through the Middle East, particularly du...

20TH Century Female British Middle East

7.76 Good

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Simone Moro

Simone Moro is an Italian mountaineer known particularly for winter climbing on the world's highest mountains. With Deni...

Italian Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya

7.76 Good

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Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer who led two Antarctic expeditions, reaching the South Pole in Janua...

20TH Century British Polar Antarctic

7.74 Good

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George Mallory

George Mallory was a British mountaineer who made three attempts on Mount Everest in the 1920s and died near the summit...

Mountaineering 20TH Century British Himalaya

7.63 Good

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Alan Hinkes

Alan Hinkes is a prominent British mountaineer renowned for his achievements in high-altitude climbing. In 2005, he beca...

Contemporary Mountaineering British Himalaya

7.19 Good