Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (born 1963)

Alison Hargreaves

20th-century British mountain climber (1962–1995)

Alison Jane Hargreaves was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995. She soloed all the great north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber. This feat…