15 February

Born on this day

1939 Adolf Huber, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri II in 1971. He died in 2015, aged 76.
1943 Kim Myung-Joon, American climber of Korean origin, who ascended Everest in 2006, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits. Later that year he finished the Carstensz-version as well.
1947 Bohdan Nowaczyk, Polish climber, who participated in the first ascent of Broad Peak Central in 1975 and died on descent, aged 28.
1948 Pertemba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (1975, 1979 and 1985) and Manaslu RP in 1997.
1950 Roger Mear, British climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1991 and Cho Oyu in 1993.
1955 Stéphane Albasini, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994.
1956 Aleksei Kharaldin, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1993. He died on K2 in 1994, aged 38.
1956 David Larson, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits. Later that year he finished the Carstensz-version as well.
1960 Bruno Hufschmid, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2017.
1961 Christophe Profit, French climber, who ascended K2 in 1991.
1962 Kusang Dorjee, Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (1993, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2003) and Makalu in 2009.
1966 Aleksandar Rašin, Serbian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008.
1967 Borislav Dimitrov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991 and Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1967 Dawa Gyalzen I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2003, Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest three times (2005, 2006 and 2012).
1968 Andrew Stuart (Andy) Chapman, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2011.
1968 Leila Albogachieva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013). She died on Elbrus in 2014, aged 46.
1971 Brian Prax, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1971 Leila Esfandiary Kajoryrad, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2008 and Gasherbrum II in 2011, where she died on descent, aged 40.
1972 David Sharp, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002. He died in 2006 on Everest, aged 34.
1973 Nestor Goikoetxea, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2009.
1976 Konstantin Simon, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1978 Gregory Paul Lesperance, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1979 Bibek Pandey, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2018.
1984 Pasang Angchuk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2010 and 2013).
1984 Konstyantyn Martynyuk-Lototskyy, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2019.
1984 Kirsty Joan Mack, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and K2 in 2025.
1984 Huang Jing-Lin, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1985 Andrii Ushakov, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1986 Daniel Mizera, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1986 Naila Kiani, Pakistani lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2021, K2 and Gasherbrum I in 2022, Annapurna I, Everest, Lhotse, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, Manaslu M and Cho Oyu in 2023, Makalu in 2024 and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1987 Xaverius Frans, Indonesian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1988 Atsushi Taguchi, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015 and K2 in 2018.
1991 Chhoki, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1998 Pemba Chhewang, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2023 and Everest twice (2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2025.
2001 Pasang Phurba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.