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Alison Hargreaves

1962 - 1995

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Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alison Hargreaves has received more than 840,556 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alison Hargreaves is the 48th most popular mountaineer, the 6,491st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,235th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Mountaineer.

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  • 36.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Alison Hargreaves ranks 48 out of 56. Before her are Oh Eun-sun, Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Joe Simpson, Ang Rita, and Nirmal Purja. After her are Dean Potter, David Lama, Erik Weihenmayer, Arunima Sinha, Jordan Romero, and Lhakpa Sherpa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Alison Hargreaves ranks 747. Before her are Jon Rønningen, William Castro, Steffi Martin, Lee Aaron, Adrián Chávez, and Robert B. Spencer. After her are Miroslav Mentel, Mark Linkous, James Sie, Terence Blanchard, Scott Davis, and Jeff Flake. Among people deceased in 1995, Alison Hargreaves ranks 334. Before her are Chuck Stevenson, James Merrill, Genevieve Tobin, Gale Gordon, Kay Aldridge, and Jeffrey Lynn. After her are Bill Rowling, Eddie Clamp, Andrea Fortunato, Oveta Culp Hobby, Wilfred Jacobs, and Davie Cooper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alison Hargreaves ranks 6,491 out of 8,785. Before her are Robert Glenister (1960), Ella Henderson (1996), Shirley Williams (1930), Warren Ellis (1968), Samantha Bentley (1987), and Lynne Ramsay (1969). After her are Louise Brealey (1979), Stuart Adamson (1958), John Disley (1928), Bill Steer (1969), Diane Morgan (1975), and James Key (1972).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In United Kingdom

Among mountaineers born in United Kingdom, Alison Hargreaves ranks 7. Before her are George Mallory (1886), Edward Whymper (1840), John Muir (1838), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Andrew Irvine (1902), and Verney Lovett Cameron (1844).

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