01 August

Born on this day

1907 Eric Earle Shipton, British pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Kamet (7756 m) in 1931. He died in 1977, aged 69.
1947 Magda Nos, Spanish Catalan lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1989 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992.
1949 Joseph Leroy, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1952 Vyacheslav Skripko, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991 and Everest in 2004.
1953 Vladimir Zakharov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1992. He died in 2005, aged 51.
1954 Sven Gangdal, Norwegian climber (Jon's twin brother), who ascended Everest in 1996, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999, Manaslu RP in 2002, Makalu in 2004 and Lhotse in 2006. He died in 2009 in a boat accident in Norway, aged 55.
1954 Jon Gangdal, Norwegian climber (Sven's twin brother), who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999, Manaslu RP in 2002, Everest in 2005 and Kangchenjunga in 2009.
1960 Joan Casoliva, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1962 Enrique (Quico) Ruiz de la Peña, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1962 Toshihiro Tsukihara, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990.
1967 Philip Drowley, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2008.
1968 Surender Singh Bodh, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2004 and Everest in 2009.
1968 Zhou Yan, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1970 Mingma Tshering I (aka Mingma Tsiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twenty times (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, twice in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2021), K2 in 1997, Cho Oyu three times (1998, 2001 and 2009) and Manaslu RP three times (2012, 2013 and 2019) and Manaslu M in 2021.
1970 Joaquim Bretcha, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1997.
1970 Pemba Dorje III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2003, 2016 and 2018), Cho Oyu in 2007 and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1970 Mario Casanova, Italian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2017 and Lhotse in 2024.
1970 Xu Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1970 Takayuki Inokuma, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1971 Hedayet Ali, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1972 Aleksandr Baimokhanov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1995.
1973 Edurne Pasaban, Spanish Basque lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2001, Makalu and Cho Oyu in 2002, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2003, K2 in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Broad Peak in 2007, Dhaulagiri I (WRF) and Manaslu RP in 2008, Kangchenjunga in 2009 and Annapurna I and Shisha Pangma in 2010, where she finished the 14 8000ers (LT 19/1).
1973 Matthew Bradley Howell, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1974 Nima Wangchu II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2018).
1977 Miha Habjan, Slovenian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2004.
1977 Tshiring Jangbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse three times (2003, 2008 and 2012), Everest three times (2006, 2007 and 2019), Shisha Pangma in 2007, Cho Oyu in 2009, Manaslu RP in 2014, Makalu in 2016, Kangchenjunga in 2022 and Annapurna I in 2023.
1977 Noriyuki Ishikawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1978 Mohammad Mehdi Nasootifard, Iranian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019 and Everest in 2024.
1986 Thunang Lhomi Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Manaslu RP three times (2017, 2018 and 2019), Lhotse in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1986 Pi Yuan, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2021.
1989 Jit Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest twice (2023 and 2024).
1991 Arjun Karki Dholi, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1992 Asher Perez, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1993 Alina Pekova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Annapuna I, Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, K2, Manaslu M, Dhaulagiri I and Cho Oyu in 2023 and Kangchenjunga, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where she finished the 14 8K Main-Peaks.
1994 Mingma Nuru XII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022 and Everest in 2023.
1998 Santaman Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1947 Satopanth (7075 m) by a Swiss party.
1957 Chaupi Orco (aka Salluyo, 6044 m) by a German party.
1975 Garmush Zom II (6244 m) by an Austrian party.
1978 Gasherbrum V East-Peak (7006 m) by a Japanese party.
1979 Choricho (6769 m) by a British-American party.
1985 Rakaposhi East-Peak (7010 m) by an Austrian party.
1986 Pamri Sar II (6572 m) by an Italian party.
2005 Yume Muztagh (6345 m) by a Japanese party.
2008 Beka Brakai Chhok South (~6810 m) by an Italian party.

Gone on this day

1998 Japanese climbers Kazunori Kutama, Takashi Watanabe, Yoshiume Hayoshida and Kazutoshi Naito died in an avalanche on Gasherbrum I.
2008 Rolf Bae, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, died on K2, aged 33.
2008 Jumik Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2007), Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2007 and Lhotse and K2 in 2008. He died on descent of the latter, aged 30.
2008 Dren Mandić, Serbian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007, died on K2, aged 31.
2008 Pasang Bhote a, Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008, died on K2, aged 25.
2008 Jahan Baig, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2004 and Gasherbrum II in 2006, died on K2.