List of Climbers and Mountaineers - R

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• Aron Ralston (born 1975) USA. Gained fame after amputating his right arm to free himself after a canyoneering incident.
• Lisa Rands (born 1975) USA. Rock climber and boulderer.
• Michael Reardon (1974–2007) USA. Freesoloist and film producer.
• Dave Rearick (born 1934) USA. Rock climber, first ascent of Diamond on Longs Peak (1960).
• Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985) France. 1950 Annapurna expedition, first to climb all six great north faces of the Alps, Alpine guide and author.
• Ernst Reiss (born 1920) Swiss. First ascent of Lhotse (1956).
• Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894–1986) UK. Wrote Climbing Days (1935).
• Katharine Richardson (1854–1927) UK. Mountaineer in the Alps in 1880s.
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003) Germany. Filmmaker, actress and mountaineer.
• Rick Ridgeway (born 1950) USA. Author, filmmaker, photographer, member of first American team to summit K2.
• Ang Rita (born 1948) Sherpa. Climbed Everest ten times without supplemental oxygen.
• Alain Robert (born 1962) France. Climber and builderer.
• David Roberts (born ?) USA. Author, first ascents of Wickersham Wall (Mount McKinley) and other Alaskan peaks.
• Royal Robbins (born 1935) USA. Rock climber, pioneer of modern Yosemite climbing in 1950s.
• Paul Robinson (born 1987) USA. Rock climber and boulderer.
• André Roch (1906–2002), Switzerland. Everest 1952 attempt, many first ascents in Alps and Asia
• Beth Rodden (born 1980) USA. Rock climber.
• Jordan Romero (born 1996) USA. Became the youngest person to climb Everest on May 22, 2010. He was 13 years 10 months 10 days.
• Steve Roper (born ?) Guidebook writer, Editor of Ascent.
• Fred Rouhling (born 1970) France. Rock climber, notable for 1995 proposal of grade 9b (5.15b) for his unrepeated climb Akira.
• Alan Rouse (1951–1986) UK. Soloed many of hardest routes of day. Died on descent from K2 (1986).
• Galen Rowell (1940–2002) USA. Photographer and mountaineer, first one-day ascents of Denali and Kilimanjaro, first ascent Great Trango Tower.
• Henry Russell (1834–1909) France/Ireland. Prolific first ascentionist in Pyrenees.
• Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943–1992) Poland. 8,000m-peak veteran, died attempting Kanchenjunga.