in mountaineering circles

  • 1Ben Nevis — Infobox Mountain Name = Ben Nevis Photo = BenNevis2005.jpg Photo size = 300px Caption = Ben Nevis from Banavie. The summit is beyond and to the left of the apparent highest point. Location = Lochaber, flag|Scotland Elevation = convert|1344|m|ft|0 …

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  • 2Hugh Munro — Sir Hugh Thomas Munro (1856–1919) was a Scottish mountaineer who is best known for his list of mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet (914.4 m), known as the Munros.Munro was born in London but was brought up in Scotland on the family estate of… …

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  • 3Green Boots — is the name given to the dead body of an Indian climber on the North face route of Mount Everest. The body of the climber, presumably Tsewang Paljor, [cite news | first=Ed | last=Douglas | coauthors= | title=Over the Top | date=2006 09 |… …

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  • 4Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) — Infobox Person name = Andrew Comyn Irvine imagesize = 172px birth date = birth date|1902|4|8|df=y birth place = Birkenhead, Cheshire, England death date = 8 or 9 June 1924 death place = North face of Mount Everest, Tibet occupation = Student at… …

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  • 5Khan Tengri — Infobox Mountain Name = Khan Tengri Photo = Peak of Khan Tengri at sunset.jpg| Caption=Khan Tengri at sunset Elevation = convert|7010|m|ft|0|lk=on Location = flag|Kyrgyzstan flag|Kazakhstan Range = Tian Shan Prominence = convert|1685|m|ft|abbr=on …

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  • 6The Moose's Tooth — Elevation 10,335 ft (3,150 m) Location Location …

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  • 7Höllentalspitzen — Height 2,743 m (8,999 ft) Location Bavaria …

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  • 8Aleister Crowley — Crowley in 1906 Born Edward Alexander Crowley 12 October 1875(1875 10 12) Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England …

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  • 9Charles Ernest Fay — Professor Charles Ernest Fay (1846 – 1931) was an American Alpinist, born at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1868 at Tufts College and became instructor in mathematics there in 1869, and professor of modern languages in 1871. He was… …

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  • 10Julius Kugy — (19 July 1858 5 February 1944) was a Slovene mountaineer and writer. Biography Julius Kugy was born in Gorizia, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Italy) to Slovene parents. His father was a Carinthian Slovene whose original surname was… …

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