06 August

Born on this day

1928 Kazimierz Olech, Polish climber, who participated in the first ascents of Kangbachen (7903 m) in 1974 and Kangchenjunga Central-Peak (8482 m) in 1978. He died in 2016, aged 87.
1934 Christian John Storey (Chris) Bonington, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1985. His most important first ascent-participations were Annapurna II (7937 m) in 1960, Nuptse (7861 m) in 1961, Changabang (6864 m) in 1974, Baintha Brakk (aka Ogre, 7285 m) in 1977, Kongur (7649 m) in 1981, Rangrik Rang (6553 m) in 1994 and Dangnog Ri (aka Drangnag Ri, 6751 m) in 1995. Additionally he led the successful expeditions that made the first ascents of the Annapurna I South Face in 1970 and of the Everest SW Face in 1975.
1952 Mohan Singh Gunjyal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 1992.
1953 Toshimi Sakuma, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1959 Roger James Owen, British climber, who asended Everest in 2012.
1959 Liliya Ianovskaia, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019, Manaslu RP in 2021, Everest, K2 and Gasherbrum II in 2022, Lhotse and Dhaulagiri I in 2023, Makalu in 2024, Annapurna I in 2025 and Kangchenjunga and Nanga Parbat in 2026.
1963 Xavier Georges, Belgian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1964 Alireza Behpour, Iranian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2013, Everest in 2016, Manaslu RP in 2018, Cho Oyu in 2019 and Makalu in 2024.
1966 Heidi Ann Richards, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000 and Everest in 2006.
1966 Kevin Moses, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1966 Randall James McGuire, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1966 Akihisa Suzuki, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1968 Steven Le Poole, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1971 Jeang Jae-Bok, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1972 Andrei Puchinin, Kazakh climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1976 Yasuhiro Hanatani, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1976 Phurbu Dhondup ("Big"), Tibetan climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2001, Everest seven times (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2017), Cho Oyu five times (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008) and K2 in 2004.
1978 Yoshio Nishikido, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1980 Sulaiman Hamood Mahfoodh Al Nabbi, Omani climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2022 and the Carstensz-version in 2025.
1980 Sun Yong-Kun, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2025.
1981 Karma (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1985 Cao Ting-Ting, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2020.
1986 Pemba Tshering V (Maila), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022), Manaslu RP three times (2016, 2018 and 2019), Kangchenjunga in 2018 and Broad Peak in 2019.
1986 Alexander Pancoe, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1986 Dmitrii Pilshchikov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1988 Wang Yuan-Tao, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1998 Mehaboob Ali, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2025.
2000 Jeong Tae-Yun, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2003 Pem Dorchi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
2004 Erich Walder, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1912 Kangchengyao (6889 m) by a British party.
1958 Gasherbrum IV (7932 m) by an Italian party.
1967 Tirich Mir North West IV (7338 m) by an Austrian party.
1988 Matho Kangri (aka Yan, 6230 m) by a Japanese party.
1993 Skyampoche Ri I (7016 m) by an Indo-Japanese party.
1995 Haramosh II (6666 m) by a British party.
2013 Uzun Brakk (6422 m) by a Czech party. UK 1980 attempt not on top!
2019 "Link Sar" (ca. 6980 m, former 7041 m) by an American party.

Gone on this day

1966 Camillo Pellissier, Italian pioneer, who made the first ascent of Kanjut Sar (7760 m) in 1959, died on Dent d'Herens, aged 41.
2009 Riccardo Cassin, Italian pioneer, who led the successful first ascent expedition to Gasherbrum IV in 1958, died, aged 100.
2010 Fredrik (Frippe) Ericsson, Swedish climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004 and Gasherbrum II in 2005. He skied down from both peaks. He died by a fall on K2, aged 35.