15 December

Born on this day

1936 Yukihiro Ichikawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1974.
1940 Uwe Schmitz, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1944 Nikolai Shevtchenko, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1997 and died on descent, aged 52.
1954 Maria (Mimi) Vadasz, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1956 Lothar Edel, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1960 Bok Jin-Young, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1990.
1960 Ole-Petter Thunes, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1962 Stéphane Vetter, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1962 Yang Dong-Zhu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1966 Lorenzo Mazzoleni, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988, Everest in 1992 and K2 in 1996, where he died by a fall on descent, aged 29.
1968 Kim Sang-Bong, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1969 Matthias Robl, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004. He died in the Alps in 2008, aged 38.
1970 Biplab Baidya, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2014 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1971 Saulius Vilius, Lithuanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2003, Gasherbrum II in 2006 and Broad Peak in 2007.
1972 Xing Zhi-Yuan, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013 and Everest in 2014.
1974 Mohammad Mohammadi, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1974 Dhiren Dinesh Chandra Doshi, Indian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2017.
1974 Agnieszka Magdalena Maszewska, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1977 Shehla Sheikh, American lady climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1978 Justin Hewitt, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1978 Hajari Lal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2013 and 2016).
1981 Axel de la Forest Divonne, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1982 Anand Shivling Mali, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1984 Danielle Fisher, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2005 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007. She also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits with Everest in 2005.
1985 Tendu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1994 Narender Singh Yadav, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2022).