List of Climbers and Mountaineers - W

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• Horace Walker (1838–1908) UK. First ascent Mount Elbrus, Grandes Jorasses, Barre des Ecrins, Obergabelhorn.
• Lucy Walker (1836–1916) UK. First female ascent Matterhorn (1871).
• Bradford Washburn (1910–2007) USA. Third ascent Denali, pioneered west buttress route.
• Barbara Washburn (born ?) USA. First ascent Mount Bertha, first female ascent Denali (1947).
• Don Whillans (1933–1985) UK. First ascent Annapurna south face (1970).
• Rick White (1946–2004) Australia. Rock climber, developed Frog Buttress (1968).
• Jim Whittaker (born 1929) USA. First US ascent Everest (1963).
• Lou Whittaker (born 1929) USA. Rainier guide.
• Edward Whymper (1840–1911) UK. First ascent Matterhorn (1865), first ascent Chimborazo (1880).
• Jim Wickwire (born 1940) USA. K2 (1978) (bivouacked near summit).
• Krzysztof Wielicki (born 1950) Poland. First winter ascent Everest; 5th person to climb all eight-thousanders.
• Karl Wien (1906–1937) Germany. Leader of unsuccessful Nanga Parbat expedition (1937).
• Fritz Wiessner (1900–1988) USA. Born Dresden, emigrated to US; pioneer of free climbing; K2 expedition (1939).
• Walter Wilcox (1869–1949) Nationality? Canadian Rockies explorer.
• George Willig (born 1949) USA. Climbed South Tower of World Trade Center.
• Fritz Wintersteller (born 1927) Austria. First ascent Broad Peak (1957) and Skil Brum (1957).
• Ian Woodall (born 1956) UK. Climbed Everest several times.
• Fanny Bullock Workman (1859–1925) USA. Geographer, cartographer and mountaineer, notably in the Himalayas.