26 June

Born on this day

1946 Kim Schmitz, American climber, who made the first ascents of Great Trango Tower in 1977 and Uli Biaho Tower in 1979. He died in 2016, aged 70.
1952 Jun'ichi Tanaka, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1982.
1956 Juan Agulló, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1988 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1959 Kevin Vann, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001 and Everest in 2003.
1960 Ian Wiper, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1961 Janet A. Pickett, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2008.
1963 Egon Netzer, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1963 Murad Lala, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1969 Luca Colli Tibaldi, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1970 Juraj Rebro, Slovak climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011.
1971 José Luis Gómez, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1971 Dinesh Singh Rawat, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1971 Allan Karl Cohrs, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, Lhotse in 2017 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1972 Rodolphe de Hemtinne, Belgian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1974 Eva Perglerová, Czech lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1975 Richard Pattison, British climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2003 and Everest in 2009, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1975 Meredith L. Mercer, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1976 Virender Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1977 Aitziber Ibarbia, Spanish Basque lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1977 Daniel Scott DeRue, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1977 Lucy Rachel Rivers Bulkeley, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Dawa Nurbu (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2011.
1982 Khangdu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026).
1984 Navneet Kaur Cheema, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1987 Hao Qian-Nan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2022.
1995 Christopher Niklas Mathis, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1996 Pasang Gyaljen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2023).
1998 Rita Dorje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1998 Pasang Tshering VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1952 Rubal Kang (6150 m) by a South African party.
1981 Kongur SW-Peak (aka Karayalak Peak, 7245 m) by a British party.
1984 Yukshin Gardan Sar (appr. 7530 m) by an Austrian party.
2007 Kangzhag Ri (6305 m) by a Swedish-Canadian party.