28 August

Born on this day

1859 Vittorio Sella, Italian pioneer, who made the first ascents of St. Elias (5489 m) in 1897 and Ruwenzori (5109 m, Point Margherita) in 1906 accompanied by Luigi di Savoia, the Duke of the Abruzzi. He was also a member of the expedition that circumnavigated Kangchenjunga in 1899 and a major expedition to K2 in 1909. First and foremost he was famous for his mountain photographs. He died in 1943, aged 83.
1942 Dan Percival, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1945 John H. (Brummie) Stokes, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1976. He died in 2016, aged 70.
1948 Justin Adams, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1951 Urs Braschler, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1955 Agostino da Polenza, Italian climber, who ascended K2 in 1983 and Gasherbrum I in 1985.
1956 Milan Smilka, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998.
1958 Hamish Robertson, Australian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1999.
1959 Aziz Ahdileilidaghi, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1960 Franz Stark, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1962 Toshiyuki Kitamura, Japanese climber, who traversed Broad Peak Central and Main in 1995 and ascended Dhaulagiri I and Gasherbrum I in 1997, Nanga Parbat in 1998, Cho Oyu in 1999, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2003 and Manaslu RP twice (2013 and 2014).
1962 Hong Kyung-Pyo, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1989.
1962 Kami I (aka Kame), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest thirteen times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013), Lhotse in 1998, Cho Oyu in 2001 and Dhaulagiri I in 2003.
1962 Robert Richard (Rob) Lucas, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016 and K2 in 2021.
1963 Youn Heon-Mo, Korean climber, who ascended Gyachung Kang in 1988 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1969 Christine Dubé, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1971 David Charles (Dave) Morton, American climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2024) and Cho Oyu twice (2004 and 2005).
1971 Yang Zhong-Yi, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1973 Pema I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2007, 2009, 2016, 2022 and 2026), Cho Oyu in 2011, Manaslu RP three times (2014, 2019 and 2021), Lhotse in 2018, Annapurna I twice (2021 and 2024), Manaslu M four times (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Makalu in 2025.
1975 Debashish (Debdas) Nandy, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1976 Andreas Abegglen, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2004.
1976 Brook Alongi, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1976 Viking Bhanoo, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1979 Topchen (Tapchen Lama) Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest five times (2006, twice in 2007, 2011 and 2012).
1979 Michał Piotr Zajączkowski, Polish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2017.
1979 Enrique Martin (Quique) Clausen Krammer, Uruguayan climber, ascended Lhotse in 2018 and Everest twice (2019 and 2023).
1982 Zlatko Jakjovski, Macedonian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Lhotse in 2024.
1983 Wiktor Jan Mazur, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2010.
1983 Xu Xiu-Ping, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1985 Pema II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022) and Manaslu M in 2022.
1987 Calen Lee Mims, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1989 Sona (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2024.
1991 Zeng Xiao-Yun (Vincere), Chinese-born Singaporean lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021, Everest, Lhotse and K2 in 2023, Annapurna I and Makalu in 2025 and Kangchenjunga in 2026.
1991 Shankar Kunwar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1994 Rajat Boktapa, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1994 Jitendra Karki, Nepalese climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.
1995 Lakpa Dorji Thapa Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest four times (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024).
2009 Liu Yi-Shi, Chinese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1953 Nun (7135 m) by a Franco-Swiss party. One of the first ascenders was French lady climber Claude Kogan.
1962 Kohe Tez (6995 m) by a Polish party.
1965 Kohe Uparisana (6260 m) by a Czechoslovak party.
1967 Chhateboi Sar (6150 m) by a German party.
1977 Latok II (7108 m) by an Italian party.
2002 Aklangm Tagh (6978 m) by a Russian party.