List of Climbers and Mountaineers

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).