15 April

Born on this day

1944 Georges Dombes, French climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2005.
1949 Michel Metzger, French climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1983, Gasherbrum II in 1985 and Everest in 1988.
1950 Roger Cook, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2018.
1952 Jernej Zaplotnik, Slovenian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1975, Gasherbrum I in 1977 and Everest in 1979. He died in an avalanche on Manaslu in 1983, aged 31.
1956 Jerome Devlin, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP (?) in 2002.
1956 Gao Lian-Wen, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1957 Stephan Knorr, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998.
1959 Harald Kaiser, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1959 Top Bahadur Khatri, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 1990.
1960 Iman Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1991 and 1997), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992 and Everest twice (2001 and 2005). He died in autumn 2005 in an avalanche on Kang Guru (6981 m), aged 45.
1960 Andrew McKinlay, Canadian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1995 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1960 Roger Skirrow, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1967 Mia Martina Graeffe, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2012 and Everest in 2014.
1970 Milan Radović, Montenegrin climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008. He died in 2019 by a fall on Khan Tangiri Shyngy, aged 49.
1972 Dmitri Ryzhikov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Ang Tshering IV (Lama), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022) and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1974 Andrey Kazakov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1975 Nadia Lausselet, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1975 Iryna Karagan, Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and Annapurna I in 2024.
1976 Stephen David (Steve) Williams, British climber, who ascneded Everest in 2011.
1977 Lhakpa Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2017 and 2019), Manaslu RP in 2018 and K2 and Broad Peak in 2022.
1979 Michael Kobold, American climber of German origin, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2010).
1982 Phurita, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014, Everest five times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023) and Makalu in 2022.
1983 Mingma Nuru VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1983 Tashi Stanba, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1984 Christopher James Cobb, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1986 Gyalzen V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2015 and 2018), Makalu twice (2016 and 2023), Everest three times (2017, 2019 and 2024) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1986 Pasang Dawa X, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2019 and Everest twice (2021 and 2023).
1986 Bakari Gelashvili, Georgian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2022.
1987 Temba V (aka Tembe), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Cho Oyu in 2012 and Everest twice (2013 and 2017).
1987 Tenjin Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Lhotse three times (2019, 2021 and 2024) and Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2024).
1987 Hardeep Kaur, Indian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1989 Alexander Holleis, Austrian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2013.
1989 John Michael Gill, Canadian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1991 Ashwani Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1995 Parth Updahyaya, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1995 Savita Kanswal, Indian lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2021 and Everest and Makalu in 2022.
1997 Namja/Namgya Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2021), Manaslu RP three times (2019, 2020 and 2021), Kangchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu in 2022 and Manaslu M in 2023.

First ascent on this day

1974 Tobuche (aka Taweche, 6495 m) by a French party.

Gone on this day

2020 Joe Brown, British pioneer, who made the first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955 together with George Band, died, aged 89.