swap_horiz Guy Cotter Alternatives

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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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Alex Honnold

Alex Honnold is an American rock climber known for free-solo climbing, in which a climber ascends without ropes or prote...

American Contemporary Mountaineering North America

8.76 Great

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Ueli Steck

Ueli Steck was a Swiss alpinist and speed climber known for rapid ascents of technically demanding routes in the Alps an...

Swiss Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Alps

8.32 Great

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Tommy Caldwell

Tommy Caldwell is an American rock climber known for difficult free climbs, big-wall routes, and sustained climbing on Y...

American Contemporary Mountaineering North America

8.31 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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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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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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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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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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Lhakpa Sherpa

Lhakpa Sherpa is a Nepali-born mountaineer who later settled in the United States and is known for repeated ascents of M...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Nepali

7.54 Good

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Conrad Anker

Conrad Anker is an American mountaineer known for expeditions in the Himalaya, Antarctica, and other remote mountain reg...

American Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Antarctic

7.52 Good

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Apa Sherpa

Apa Sherpa is a Nepali mountaineer from the Khumbu region who set a world record by summiting Mount Everest 21 times bet...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Nepali

7.36 Good

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Phurba Tashi Sherpa

Phurba Tashi Sherpa is a Nepali mountaineer known for his extensive high-altitude climbing career. He was a climbing She...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Nepali

7.28 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

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Babu Chiri Sherpa

Babu Chiri Sherpa was a Nepali mountaineer renowned for his extraordinary high-altitude endurance and record-breaking cl...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Nepali

7.12 Good

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Ralf Dujmovits

Ralf Dujmovits is a prominent German mountaineer known for his extensive high-altitude climbing achievements. In 2009, h...

German Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya

7.11 Good

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Piotr Pustelnik

Piotr Pustelnik is a Polish mountaineer and chemical engineer known for climbing the world's fourteen mountains higher t...

Polish Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya

7.08 Good

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Peter Hillary

Peter Hillary is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer, and the son of Edmund Hillary, one of the first climbers to rea...

Contemporary Mountaineering Himalaya Everest

6.61 Fair