List of Climbers and Mountaineers - G

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  • Patrick Gabarrou (born 1951) France. First ascents in Mont Blanc massif.
  • Will Gadd (born ?) Canada. Various hard mixed routes including the first M12.
  • Lene Gammelgaard (born ?) Denmark. Author of Climbing High. First female Scandinavian ascent of Everest.
  • João Garcia (born 1967) Portugal. First Portuguese to climb Everest and 10th to climb all 8,000m summits (1993–2010).
  • Rolando Garibotti (born 1971) Argentina/USA. Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre traverse.
  • Lakpa Gelu (born 1967) Nepal. 12 Everest ascents.
  • Lester Germer (1896–1971) USA. Physicist, World War I fighter pilot and rock climber.
  • Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) Switzerland. Naturalist and early mountaineer in the Alps.
  • John Gill (born 1937) USA. Father of modern bouldering. Introduced chalk and modern dynamics in 1950s.
  • Stefan Glowacz (born 1965) Germany. Professional rock climber.
  • Dan Goodwin (born 1955) USA. Rock/building climber, climbed World Trade Center, Sears Tower, John Hancock Center and CN Tower.
  • Dave Graham (born 1981) USA. Rock climber and boulderer.
  • Tormod Granheim (born 1974) Norway. Climber and extreme skier. First ski descent Everest north face (2006).
  • Chloé Graftiaux (1987–2010) Belgium. Rock and sport climber and mountaineer.
  • William Spotswood Green (1847–1919) New Zealand. Selkirks.
  • Paul Grohmann (1838–1908) Austria. Numerous first ascents in 19th century.
  • Gerfried Göschl (1972-2012) Austria. Multiple 8000er summits.
  • Michael Groom (born 1959) Australia. Ascents of Lhotse, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Everest without bottled oxygen.
  • Bear Grylls (born 1974) in 1998, at age 23, was the youngest Briton to summit Mount Everest
  • Wolfgang Güllich (1960–1992) Germany. Rock climber and boulderer. First 5.14d - Action Directe (1991).
  • Jesse Guthrie - One of the pioneers of sport climbing in the USA.
  • Paul Güssfeldt (1840–1920) Germany. First ascent Peuterey ridge and Piz Scerscen. First European attempt on Aconcagua (1883).
  • Veikka Gustafsson (born 1968) Finland. All 8,000m summits (1993–2009).

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