List of female climbers

list of female climbers includes both mountaineers and rock climbers, since many (though not all) climbers engage in both types of activities. The list also includes boulderers and ice climbers. For male and female climbers, see List of climbers. It is evident from the presence of many female climbers in the top elite of mountaineering achievements that there is no distinction in the capability of either gender in this sport. As such, this separate listing of female climbers should not be taken to suggest a different category of skill or effort - either greater or less than male climbers. The aim of this list is to increase the visibility of female climbers.

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A

* Tori Allen
* Stacy Allison
* Henriette d'Angeville (1794-1871) French, second woman to climb Mont Blanc in 1838
* Lizzy Asher
* Mia Axon

B

* Lilliane Barrard (1948-1986). Gasherbrum II (1982), Nanga Parbat (1984). Summited K2 1986 without oxygen, killed on descent
* Gertrude Bell, (1868–1926); British explorer, mountaineer and spy; was instrumental in shaping modern Iraq
* Gertrude Bentham (1867-1938)
* Bobbi Bensman
* Josune Bereziartu (born 1972); Basque rock climber; as of 2005, she is the only female to have climbed the grade 9a/5.14d
* Isabella Bird
* Arlene Blum
* Christine Boskoff (1967–2006) United States Alpinist; first North American woman to summit Lhotse
* Loulou Boulaz (1909–1991) - Early Alpinist
* Lydia Bradey First female ascent of Mt Everest without oxygen, solo, November 14 1988
* Meta Brevoort (1825 - ?) Alpinist. Aunt of W. A. B. Coolidge.
* Lily Bristow
* Katie Brown (born 1987); American boulderer and competitive sport climber

C

* Una Cameron
* Tiffany Campbell
* Isabella Charlet-Straton - British mountaineer in 1870s
* Lucy Creamer
* Anna Czerwińska
* Kim Czismazia
* Renata Chlumska (born 1973) Shisha Pangma. First Swedish woman to climb Mount Everest.

D

*Stephanie Davis, Steph became the second woman to free climb El Capitan in one day.
* Catherine Destivelle (1960-) -Born Algeria raised in Paris, famous for sport climbing and free solo climbing, also an accomplished mountaineer
* Dicky Dolma (born 1974), Indian, Youngest female to climb Everest in 1993 (at age 19).
* Patience Donahue
* Joyce Dunsheath

E

* Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
* Robyn Erbesfield
* Erdenetogtokh Dorjpalam (b.1974)the first Mongolian woman to summit Mount Everest from Tibet. 14.May.2006.

F

* Freda du Faur Australian, first female ascent of Mount Cook
* Nancy Feagin
* Sue Fear (1963 - 2006) - first Australian woman to summit Mount Everest from Tibet, died descending Manaslu.
* Margaret Fleming (1901-1999)
* Jacqueline Florine
* Steph Forte
* Charlotte Fox
* Eric Kahrs

G

* Lene Gammelgard
* Katie Gardner
* Lillian Gest
* Lisa Gnade
* Susi Good
* Anne Gray (born 1961) Australian rock climber and orthopedic surgeon.

H

* Alison Hargreaves (1963-1995) First female unassisted climb of Everest (1995), died on descent from K2 summit.
* Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed (1860-1934) also known as Elizabeth Le Blond
* Ginette Harrison - first and only woman to summit Kanchenjunga (1998), died in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri in 1999.
* Emily Hornby
* Heidi Howkins Gasherbrum II Summit, 8586m on Kangchenjunga , 7000m on K2.
* Lynn Hill
* Marty Hoey
* Michelle Hurni

I

* Jeanne Immink (1853-1929), Dutch rock climber. One of the earliest female rock climbers. Several Dolomite peaks have been named after her.

J

* Monica Jackson
* Margaret Anne Jackson British mountaineer
* Bev Johnson first female ascent of El Capitan 1979

K

* Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner Austrian climber, first woman to climb 9 of the 14 mountains of more than 8000 meters when reaching the summit of Kangchenjunga on 14 May 2006.
* Dora Keen
* Pat Kelly (1900? - 1922) Superb British rock climber. Founded the "Pinnacle Club".
* Elizabeth Knowlton
* Claude Kogan (1919-1959), France.
* Kay Kahrs

L

* Lauren Lee
* Lhakpa Sherpa - second female Sherpa to summit Everest in 2000

M

* Marie Marvingt (1875–1963) - between 1903 and 1910 she became the first woman to climb most of the peaks in the French and Swiss Alps.
* Chantal Mauduit (1964–1998) - first woman to summit Lhotse.
* Eylem Elif Maviş - first Turkish woman to climb Mount Everest (May 15, 2006).
* Nina Mazuchelli
* Marjorie McLeod Canadian
* Gwen Moffat Author of Space Below My Feet
* Nea Morin
* Brigitte Muir (born 1958) - first Australian to climb the Seven Summits and the first Australian woman to climb Mount Everest (1997).
* Phyllis Munday (1894–1990) - Canadian mountaineer and explorer, member of the Order of Canada, explored the region around Mount Waddington with Don Munday

N

* Yasuko Namba (1949 - 1996) Japan. Second Japanese woman to complete the Seven Summits including Everest. Oldest woman at 47 on May 10, 1996 to summit Everest, died on descent.
* Sari Nicoll
* Sue Nott (1970-2006) United States. Technical ice and rock climber.

O

* Cathy O'Dowd South African
* Alison Osius
* Elena Ovtchinnikova

P

* Mary Paillon - French mountaineer
* Bachendri Pal
* Marea Palmer
* Ines Papert
* Marie Paradis - first woman to ascend Mont Blanc, 1808
* Elizabeth Parker
* Anne Parmenter
* Betsy Cowles Partridge
* Edurne Pasaban - Spanish climber. Has climbed more 8000m peaks than any other living female climber (8, as of 2006).
* Pasang Lhamu Sherpa - first Nepali woman to summit Everest; died in descent 1993
* Annie Peck
* Anna Pigeon and Ellen Pigeon - sister climbers in 1870s
* Elfrida Pigou (1911-1960) - distinguished Canadian female climber, discovered crash site of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 and died on Mount Waddington
* Dorothy Pilley - Famous British climber. See Dorothy Pilley Richards.
* Burçak Özoğlu Poçan (1970) - climbed over 8,000 m along with her team mate Eylem Elif Maviş as the first Turkish female mountaineers in 2005.
* Polly Prescott
* Bonnie Prudden - (born 1914) - Pioneering United States rock climber

Q

R

* Lisa Rands - American rock climber and boulderer.
* Dorothy Pilley Richards - Famous British climber. Wrote "Climbing Days" (1935)
* Katharine Richardson - British mountaineer in the Alps in 1880s
* Leni Riefenstahl
* Beth Rodden - American rock climber. Married to Tommy Caldwell.
* Forestina Ross first woman in New Zealand Alpine Club
* Elizabeth Rummell Canadian
* Wanda Rutkiewicz - considered by many to be the best female climber in history, died in an attempt of Kanchenjunga in 1992.

S

* Liv Sansoz
* Muriel Sarkany
* Anne Sauvy
* Araceli Segarra - first Spanish woman to climb Everest
* Elvira Shatayeva
* Freya Stark

T

* Junko Tabei - Japanese. First woman to summit Everest in 1975.
* Aleksandra Taistra - Polish rock climber, the fourth woman in the world to have redpointed 8c.
* Elizabeth Tuckett
* Julie Tullis 1939-1986. Broad Peak (1984) and K2 (1986). Died on descent from K2.

U

* Miriam O'Brien Underhill

V

* Carmen Vassallo

W

* Mary Vaux Walcott
* Lucy Walker - first woman to summit Matterhorn, 1871
* Barbara Washburn
* Abbey Watkins
* Karla Wheelock
* Annie Whitehouse
* Heidi Wirtz
* Fanny Bullock Workman

X

Y

Santosh Yadav

Z

See also

* first ascent
* List of mountains

External links

* [http://www.simpkins57.freeserve.co.uk/mountain_lakes_books/whoswho/whoswho.html Mountaineering Who's Who]