List of Climbers and Mountaineers

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.