15 August

Born on this day

1898 Alexander Graven, Swiss pioneer, who made the first ascent of Satopanth (7075 m) in 1947 with three companions. He died in 1977, aged 78.
1948 James Douglas (Doug) Ingram, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1953 Roberto Santaeufemia, Spanish Galician climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1990.
1961 Toru Masuda, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1961 Jaume Gibernau, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and Shisha Pangma in 2010.
1964 Kevin Adams, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1964 Renzo Corona, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1965 Dipankar Ghosh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, Lhotse in 2012, Kangchenjunga in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2016, Dhaulagiri I in 2017, Cho Oyu in 2018 and Makalu in 2019, where he died on descent, aged 53.
1965 Liu Yong-Quan, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1969 Jacek Masełko, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and II in 1997 and Everest in 1999.
1969 La Ji (Laji, Lhagyi), Tibetan lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Cho Oyu in 2002 and Everest twice (2004 and 2005). In 2004 she ascended Everest without supplementary oxygen!
1969 Mahavir Singh Chauhan, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2004.
1969 Lu Ming-Yong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1969 Kris Kosciarz, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024 and Everest in 2026.
1975 Jennifer Peedom, Australian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1976 Aleksandr Logachev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and K2 in 2021.
1977 Benedikt Böhm, German climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II twice in 2006, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2009, Manaslu RP in 2012 and Cho Oyu in 2023.
1977 Dawa Norbu, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1978 Anne Mari Hyrylainen, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, Manaslu RP in 2011 and Lhotse in 2013.
1978 Pooja Nautiyal, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1979 Wilfred Cyril Moshi, Tanzanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1979 Zhao Yi-Yi, Chinese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2025.
1980 Roman Horodechnyy, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Tenpa Tashi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1982 Phoebe Rossiter, British lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1983 Krishna Bahadur Kuwar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1984 Leong Peng-Chio, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1985 Norbu ("Big"), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest twice (2011 and 2013).
1986 Catherine LeBlanc, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1986 Brett Michael Patrontasch, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1989 Anamaria-Delia Bozga, Romanian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1993 Miho Toyama, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1995 Matej Bernat, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1995 Evan Charles Miller, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024 and Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1997 Asad Ali Memon, Pakistani climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1999 Suraj Devrao Aade, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
2003 Andrés Pérez Maillard, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

First ascents on this day

1952 Ausangate Central-Peak (c. 6150 m) by an Italo-Austro-Swedish party.
1952 Pik Cvernik (6135 m) by a Soviet party.
1955 Pik Oktobrskyi (6780 m) by a Russian party.
1965 Pik Vojennich Topografov (6873 m) by a Kazakh party.
1967 Chiantar Sar (6416 m) by a German party.
1989 Stos (6005 m) by an Indian party.
2000 Chung Muztagh West-Peak (Qong Muztag West-Peak, ca. 6950 m) by a Japanese party. The Main-Peak (6962 m) is still unclimbed.
2004 Mazeno (7120 m) by an American party.
2005 Tomurty (aka Karlik Shan, 4886 m) by a Sino-Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1982 Yukihiro Yanagisawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1981 and K2 one day before he died by a fall on descent, aged 27.
2001 Philippe Perlia, climber from Luxembourg, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1996 and 1998) and Everest earlier in 2001, died in the Alps, aged 45.