12 June

Born on this day

1944 Doytchin Vassilev, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1995, Everest in 1997, Makalu in 1998 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1952 Daniel George Culver, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 1990 and K2 in 1993, where he died on descent, aged 41.
1955 Mayuri Toyo, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1988 and Dhaulagiri I in 1990.
1956 Petr Oczko, Czech climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1966 Markus Blanchebarbe, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1966 Josef (Sepp) Bachmaier, Austrian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2006 and Nanga Parbat 2009.
1969 Susan (Sue) Nott, American lady climber, who ascended Kamet in 2005. She died in 2006 on Foraker, aged 36.
1970 Yuki Karasawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1971 Irivan Gustavo Burda, Brazilian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002, Everest in 2005 and Makalu in 2008.
1971 Katty Guzman, Colombian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1973 Andrei Molotov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Everest in 1997.
1974 Michele Enzio, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2006 and Everest in 2010.
1976 Gregory (Greg) Vadasdi, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1978 Christopher Mellor (Chris) Warner, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2013.
1980 Sabrina Filzmoser, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1982 Marie-Kristelle Ross, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1984 Modh Iqbal Khan, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1986 Lan Ou-Yang, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1988 Jack Sutcliffe, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1990 Karma Gyaljen/Geljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (in 2019 twice and in 2021 and 2022), Manaslu RP in 2021, Lhotse in 2022, K2 twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M in 2022 and Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Cho Oyu in 2023.
1993 Anna Barbara Samolej, Australian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1907 Trisul I (7120 m) by a British party.
1930 Chorten Nyima Ri I (6927 m) by an international party led by G. O. Dyhrenfurth.
2007 Pumari Chhish South East (7297 m) by a French party.

Gone on this day

2007 Sir Walter William (Wally) Herbert, British pioneer, who in 1969 achieved the first undisputed arrival at the North Pole, died, aged 72. He and his companions did a unique 463 days-crossing of the Arctic Ocean from Alaska to Svalbard.