14 August

Born on this day

1914 Adolf Göttner, German pioneer, who died in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat in 1936, aged 21.
1936 Sherman Bull, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 2001, where he finished also the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1939 Hilmar Sturm, Austrian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1976 and Gasherbrum II in 1979. He died on Grossvenediger in 1982, aged 42.
1952 Jang Bong-Wan, Korean climber, who ascended K2 in 1986 and Everest in 1988.
1954 Armando Antolá, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2000 and Gasherbrum II in 2003.
1956 Jan (Jano) Dolezal, Slovak climber of Czech origin, who ascended Broad Peak in 2010.
1962 Alex Schlönvogt, German climber, who ascended K2 in 1994 and Nuptse in 1996.
1962 Bruno Gouvy, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988, where he was the first climber, who descended by snowboard. He died during the attempt to snowboard down from the Green Needle near Mont Blanc in 1990, aged 27.
1966 Shinji Tamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest four times (2002, 2009, 2011 and 2013), Cho Oyu twice (2003 and 2006) and Manaslu RP three times (2012, 2013 and 2014).
1966 Patrick Robert Lucien Sequin, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1971 Sergejs Belovs, Latvian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1973 Robert Karl (Rob) Springer, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1973 Andrew Karl Walbyoff, British climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2026.
1977 Attila Jelinkó, Hungarian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1977 Richard David (Rich) Parks, British (Welsh) climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1977 Jiang Shao-Yong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1977 Paul Charles Marshall, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1977 Xie Xue-Mei, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1980 Krishna Prasad Gurung, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012 and Dhaulagiri I in 2017.
1980 Paul Thomas Spackman, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1984 Ang Dorje VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1988 Yi Miao, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1989 Lenka Poláčková, Slovak lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024, K2 in 2025 and Lhotse in 2026.
1990 Ashish Sharad Mane, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012, Lhotse in 2013, Makalu in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2017 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1990 Yan Li, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1991 Teodor Glomnes Johansen, Norwegian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1995 Ngima Nuru II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2026), Annapurna I, Makalu and Nanga Parbat in 2023, Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025), Lhotse twice in 2024, Gasherbrum I in 2025 and Dhaulagiri I in 2026.
1997 Wang Si-Yi, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2000 Venkatesh Maheshwari Indla, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
2002 Li Jun-Cai, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
2003 Dawa Jambu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1946 Pik Patkhor (6080 m) by a Soviet party.
1955 Pik Edinstvo (6673 m) by a Sino-Soviet party.
1971 Kohe Hillal (6281 m) by an Italian party.
1986 Shani (5887 m) by a British party.
1989 Cholpanglik (6540 m) by a Japanese party (not sure, that they reached the highest point, a question mark in Japanese peak list!)
1989 Chogam (c. 6250 m) by an Indian party.
1993 Mamostong Kangri I West-Peak II (7025 m) by an Indo-Austrian party.
2002 Tashi Kang (6386 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1987 Anders Bolinder, Swedish born pioneer, who achieved first ascents of 6000ers in Peru in 1952 and in the Puna de Atacama in 1956 and 1965. He was an excellent Himalayan chronicler and was Honorary member of the Himalayan Club. He became Swiss citizen in the end of his life and died there, aged 63.
1996 Igor Benkin, Russian climber, who died on descent after being on top of K2, aged 38.
2016 Natalia Tsvetova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014, died in the Pamir in Tajikistan, aged 27.