List of Climbers and Mountaineers - P

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• Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757–1827) France. First ascent Mont Blanc (1786).
• Bachendri Pal (born 1954) First Indian female ascent (and fifth female ascent) Everest.
• Tsewang Paljor (1968–1996) India. Died on Everest in 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
• Marie Paradis (1757–1827) France. First female ascent Mont Blanc (1809).
• Young-seok Park (born 1963) South Korea. First grand slam of mountaineering (2005).
• Elizabeth Parker (1856–1944) Canada. Journalist and mountaineer.
• Chris Webb Parsons (born 1985) England/Australia. Notable rock climber and boulderer.
• Edurne Pasaban (born 1973) Spain. First woman to climb all eight-thousanders.
• Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (1961–1993) First Nepali woman to summit Everest, died on descent (1993).
• Tom Patey (1932–1970) UK. First ascent Muztagh Tower (1956), Am Buachaille (1968). Killed in abseilling accident. Author of One Man's Mountains.
• Julius Payer (1841–1915) Czech-Austrian polar explorer who made many first ascents in the Adamello and Ortler mountains in the 1860s.
• Annie Smith Peck (1850–1935) USA. Mountaineer.
• William Penhall (1858–1882) UK. First ascent Matterhorn west face.
• Kevin Perez (born 1983) USA. Rock climber, first ascents, boulder.
• Jim Perrin (born 1947) UK. Over 200 first/free ascents in Britain.
• Oliver Perry-Smith (1884–1969) USA. Rock climber in Saxon Switzerland and the Dolomites.
• Petrarch (1304–1374) Italy. Climbed Mont Ventoux (1336).
• Elfrida Pigou (1911–1960) Canadian female climber, discovered crash site of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, died on Mount Waddington.
• Burçak Özoğlu Poçan (born 1970) Turkey. First Turkish female over 8,000 m (2005).
• Klára Poláčková (born 1978) First Czech female ascent Everest.
• Dean Potter (born 1972) USA. Speed soloed El Cap in 4:17; speed soloed El Cap and Half Dome in one day.
• Paul Preuss (1886–1913) Austria. Early promoter of free climbing. Climbed 1200 peaks in his short life.
• Paul Pritchard (born 1967) UK. Rock climber.
• Hristo Prodanov (1943–1984) Bulgaria. Soloed Lhotse (1981) and Everest (1984), died on descent.
• Bonnie Prudden (born 1914). Pioneering USA rock climber and exercise advocate. 30 documented first ascents in the Gunks.
• Karl Prusik (1896–1961) Austria. Introduced widely used Prusik knot.
• Ramón Julián Puigblanque (born 1981) Spain. Rock climber.
• Ludwig Purtscheller (1849–1900) First ascent Kilimanjaro (1889).