In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or...

The first ascent of the Matterhorn was a mountaineering expedition made by Edward Whymper, Lord Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel...

In rock-climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, multi-pitch (or big wall), or boulder climbing route...

There are two claimants to the title of First ascent of Mount Everest. The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, consisting of George Mallory and Andrew...

U.S.A. Everest Expedition, Thomas Hornbein, who was on the first ascent. The first ascent of the couloir was made on 22 May 1963, by Tom Hornbein and...

became the subject of an international competition for the summit. The first ascent of the Matterhorn was in 1865 from Zermatt by a party led by Edward Whymper...

Alexander Kellas, early expeditions, the first ascent in 1955, the Indian Army ascent (1977), the second British ascent (1979), women climbers, the Tiger climbers...

Scheidegg at its base, on the eponymous pass connecting the two valleys. The first ascent of the Eiger was made by Swiss guides Christian Almer and Peter Bohren...

demanding and involve 2,200 metres (7,220 ft) of ascent on a 50-degree slope. Shishapangma was first climbed, via the Northern Route, on 2 May 1964 by...

the first to climb the Entropy Wall (2,300m, VI 5.9 A2 WI4+) on Mount Moffit, in 2006. In 2007, Haley and Kelly Cordes made the first complete ascent of...