16 August

Born on this day

1936 Makato Hara, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1982.
1941 Ignaz Gruber, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Cho Oyu in 1996 and Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1941 Rolf Walter, Austrian climber, who ascended Lhotse Shar in 1970 (first ascent) and Yalung Kang in 1975. He died on Mont Blanc in 1985, aged 44.
1944 George Lowe, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1983 and Dhaulagiri I in 1990.
1949 Tore Sunde-Rasmussen, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Everest twice (2005 and 2010) and Manaslu RP in 2012. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008 and the Kosciuszko-version in 2009.
1955 Wolfgang Maier, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1956 Takashi Kodama, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1958 Gonçalo Velez, Portuguese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1991, Cho Oyu in 1997, Kangchenjunga in 2001 and Makalu in 2002.
1959 John T. Martersteck, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1960 Susan French, lady climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1960 Peter John Nicholas Cammell, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1962 Joaquin Oyarzun, Chilean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000.
1962 Andreas Wehlau, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021 and Everest in 2025.
1969 Kazi, Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013).
1970 Oh Hee-Jun, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999, Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2000, Lhotse and K2 in 2001, Annapurna I in 2002 and Everest, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Manaslu RP in 2006. He died in an avalanche on Everest in 2007, aged 36.
1970 Håkon Åsvang, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016, Annapurna I in 2019 and Dhaulagiri I and K2 in 2022.
1973 Atsushi Hayakawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2001 and Annapurna I in 2003.
1973 Karl Watschinger, Austrian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2001.
1975 Vassili Pivtsov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and II in 2001, Kangchenjunga and Shisha Pangma in 2002, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2003, Makalu in 2004, Cho Oyu in 2005, Dhaulagiri I (MPA) and Annapurna I (?) in 2006, Everest in 2007, Manaslu RP in 2008, Lhotse in 2010 and K2 in 2011, where he finished the 14 8000ers (LT 23). He also ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Gasherbrum I again in 2026.
1975 Li Huang-Ying, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1978 Tomasz Krypel, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1980 Nawang Pasang I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2004, 2005 and 2007) and Cho Oyu in 2005.
1981 Gabriel Franz Bassanesi, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1983 Don R. Wargowsky, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2021.
1988 Leo Le Wang, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1992 Lhakpa XII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1996 Tashi Laskit, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1996 Maria Andrea Dorantes, Mexican lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
2006 Ashish Udathanapalli, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1939 Durpata (6465 m) by a Swiss party.
1956 Kongur Jiubie (7530 m) by a Sino-Soviet party.
1986 Liushi Shan I (aka "Kunlun Goddess", 7167 m) by a Japanese party.