List of Climbers and Mountaineers

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).