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- This is a list of Austrian mountaineers. On 5 of the 14 Eight-thousanders Austrians have made the first ascent, more than any other nation can claim. Out of the total of 9 Austrian mountaineers who made first ascents of Eight-thousanders, 3 have been members of the , an association of mountaineers founded in Salzburg in 1881 Eight-thousanders Austrian First Ascent
* Hermann Buhl (1924-1957), first ascent solo and without oxygen of Nanga Parbat (1953) on the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)
* Kurt Diemberger (born 1932), first ascents of Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960)
* Fritz Moravec (1922-1997), first ascent of Gasherbrum II together with and
* Marcus Schmuck (1925-2005), first ascent of Broad Peak (1957), initiator and leader of the OEAV Karakoram Expedition
* Herbert Tichy (1912-1987), geologist, writer and mountaineer (first ascent of Cho Oyu, together with Sepp Jöchler)
* Fritz Wintersteller (1927-2018), first ascent of Broad Peak (1957) Other Austrian mountaineers
* Hansjörg Auer(1984-2019) Marmolada "Way of the Fish" free solo, Lupghar Sar West in the Karakoram-solo, Howse Peak with David Lama and Jess Roskelley
* Peter Aufschnaiter (1899-1973), mountaineer and co-traveller of Heinrich Harrer (Seven Years in Tibet)
* Karl Blodig (1859-1956), mountaineer (first to climb all alpine mountains above 4000m)
* Paul Grohmann (1838-1908), first ascent of the four highest Dolomites
* Peter Habeler (born 1942), first ascent of Mount Everest without oxygen (together with Reinhold Messner)
* Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006), mountaineer (first ascent of the Carstensz Pyramid and the Eiger north face) and writer (Seven Years in Tibet)
* Conrad Kain (1883-1934), first ascent of Mount Robson
* Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 1970), first woman to ascend all Eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen (2011)
* Fritz Kasparek (1910-1954), many first ascents, including the Eiger north face
* Markus Kronthaler (1967-2006), Tyrolean mountaineer, ice climber
* Moriz von Kuffner(1854-1939) first descent of the Mittellegi Ridge on the Eiger & first ascent of the Arête Kuffner of Mont Maudit
* David Lama (1990- 2019) Cerro Torre free climb of the compressor route, Lunag Ri solo climb, Howse Peak climbed but party lost in descent
* Paul Preuss (1886-1913), premier rock climber of his time
* Ludwig Purtscheller (1849-1900), first ascent of Kilimanjaro in 1889
* (1906-1987) Pik Lenin, Jongsong Peak, Siula Grande & Huascaran all first known ascents
* Christian Stangl (born 1966), speed climber
* Luis Trenker (1892-1990), mountaineer, film director and writer (born in Tyrol, Austria-Hungary) (en)
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