Ginette Harrison (28 February 1958 – 24 October 1999) was a professional climber of British origin.

[citation needed] On 18 May 1998, she climbed Kangchenjunga by its north face, making her the first woman to have reached the summit of the world's third highest mountain.

Her obituary in The Guardian quotes her as "She watched in sorrow as other climbers she knew were lost – Alison Hargreaves, Chantal Mauduit – and wrote of her historic ascent: "Over the years four women had died while attempting to climb Kangchenjunga and it made me appreciate all the more how lucky I was to make the first female ascent and return safely.

[1] She died under an avalanche when climbing Dhaulagiri, the seventh highest mountain in the world.

[6] The event raises money for the Shiva Charity, which she supported, and which sponsors a school in Nepal, named in her honour.