15 March

Born on this day

1939 Julie Tullis, British lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1984 and K2 in 1986, where she died on descent, aged 47.
1940 Makoto Ogawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2006.
1944 Mario Conti, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1949 Yasuji Kato, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1978. He died while attempting Annapurna I South Face in 1981, aged 32.
1950 Arne Sarapuu, Estonian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1950 Shigenori Tamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Himalchuli in 1978.
1951 Rajab Shah, Pakistani climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1989, Gasherbrum I twice (1990 and 1992), Broad Peak in 1993, K2 in 1995 and Gasherbrum II in 1998. He was the first Pakistani climber, who ascended all five 8000ers in Pakistan. He died in 2015, aged 64.
1958 Vladimir Loutsenko, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1961 Sergei Kirillov, Russian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2005.
1961 Terry Schuck, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2007.
1962 Hirofumi Konishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1982, Broad Peak in 1991, Gasherbrum II in 1993, Cho Oyu in 1995 and Dhaulagiri I and Gasherbrum I in 1997.
1963 Yukiko Nagashima, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1966 François Langlois, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1966 Philip Sanderson, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1966 Samuel Stacey, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Gasherbrum II in 1998.
1966 Baek Ho-Ki, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1967 Suzanne Katharina Hüsser, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2011, Lhotse and Gasherbrum II in 2013, Makalu in 2014 and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1972 Irina Alaeva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1973 Brenda Lucy Walsh, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1974 Gyan Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1974 Ying Ming, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1976 Mark Jonathan Fisher, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1976 Oksana (Roxanne) Litynska, Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019 and K2 in 2021.
1977 Richard Luke Millard, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1978 Primož Pišek, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1978 Christiano Pinheiro Muller, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1980 Binaya Dhakal, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1980 Rakesh Singh Rana, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1983 Aleš Bilek, Czech climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1984 Phurtse (aka Pubu Tsering), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2003 and 2006) and Everest nine times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017).
1986 Virendra Prasad, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1989 Ivan Starodubtsev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1990 Shabaz Khan, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2023.
1993 Kevin Joseph Kayl, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and Lhotse in 2021.
1996 Dipen Nuppa Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest twice (2017 and 2025), Manaslu RP in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1996 Dawa Gelje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025).