26 December

Born on this day

1946 Steve Boyer, American climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1988.
1950 Stipe Božić, Croatian climber, who ascended Everest twice (1979 and 1989), Manaslu RP in 1984, Kangchenjunga in 1991 and K2 in 1993. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2000. (passport date 02.01.1951 is wrong)
1954 Peter Hillary, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 2002). He also travelled to the South Pole in the season 1998/1999 and finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008. He is the son of Sir Edmund Hillary.
1961 Andrew Lock, Australian climber, who ascended K2 in 1993, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1994, Dhaulagiri I and Broad Peak in 1997, Nanga Parbat in 1998, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 1999, Everest twice (2000 and 2004), Manaslu RP and Lhotse in 2002, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak twice (2003 and 2005), Cho Oyu twice (2004 and 2005), Kangchenjunga in 2006, Annapurna I in 2007, Makalu in 2008 and Shisha Pangma in 2009.
1964 Mikael Reuterswärd, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 1990 and Lhotse in 1994. He was found dead at his home in 2010, aged 45.
1964 Norbert Ludwig, German climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2019.
1965 Janko Meglič, Slovenian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1998.
1965 Li Jiang-Hong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest, Lhotse, K2 and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1966 Alla Mishina, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1966 Nikolai Kirillov, Cypriot climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1969 Sebastian Figliolini, French climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2001 and Everest in 2003.
1969 Tommy Steinsland, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1975 Ranveer Singh Jamwal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest three times (2012, 2013 and 2016).
1976 Afsaneh Hesami Fard, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Everest, K2 and Broad Peak in 2022, Annapurna I, Lhotse, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2023 and Makalu, Manaslu M and Shisha Pangma in 2024.
1981 Pemba Rinji III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023).
1987 Daya (Deeva) Pun, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2022.
1990 Umung Bhote (aka Umabang Bhote), Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1990 David Schuchter, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1991 John Robert (Johnny) Strange, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009. He died in 2015 while base jumping in Switzerland, aged 23.
1994 Pasang Bhote VI, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest four times (2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1996 Ming Dorchi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2024).

Gone on this day

2012 Haruhisa Watanabe, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2004, died in an accident in Russia, aged 31.