Climbers from USA

American rock climber, mountaineer, artist and filmmaker, best known for the 2011 first ascent of the Shark's Fin on Meru with Conrad Anker and Jimmy Chin. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renan_Ozturk

American businessman and mountaineer. After a very successful business career he took up guided mountaineering in his early 50s along with Disney President Frank Wells. He became the first known person to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each continent.

References

[1] Cockrell, Will. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World. United States: Gallery Books, 2024.

[2] Interview with John Meek (2002) https://archive.org/details/DickBassJohnMeekInterview2002

Not to be confused with the British climber of the same name.

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/culture-climbing/yosemite-climber-stonemasterrichard-harrison/

[2] http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2516872/Richard-Harrison-has-passed-away

References

[1] https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2013/02/18/everest-2013-interview-with-richard-salisbury-behind-the-summit-numbers/

American mountaineer, author and teacher (1911–2007), remembered for the first ascent of Mount Lucania and the 1938 and 1953 American K2 expeditions. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bates_(mountaineer)

References

[1] https://www.mountainfilm.org/people/rob-frost/

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/community/ron-olevsky/

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/places/competitive-free-soloing-gunks-1985/

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/79aUzApplSUwt1x7kK19rG?

[3] Interview with climbing.com, 2024 https://www.climbing.com/people/russ-clune-aging-climber/