19 August

Born on this day

1949 Minko Zankovski, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1990.
1957 Máximo Henostroza, Peruvian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1957 Rolando Nicco, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1966 Lhakpa Ongyal (Lhakpa Wangel), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu three times (2009, 2011 and 2014), Manaslu RP in 2002, Everest twice (2004 and 2013), Annapurna II in 2008 (first winter ascent!) and Kangchenjunga South-Peak (8476 m, first winter ascent!) in 2011. He died on Makalu in 2016, aged 49.
1967 David Alfred Gottlieb, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2021.
1968 Miguel Ángel Pérez, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Everest in 2006, Cho Oyu in 2007, Broad Peak in 2008, Manaslu RP in 2010, Lhotse in 2011, Dhaulagiri I in 2012 and K2 in 2014, where he died on descent, aged 45.
1970 Karl Debuisson, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1971 Sandrine de Choudens (nee Olagnier), French lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Broad Peak in 2006 and Makalu in 2010.
1971 Sabino Korta, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999.
1972 Cristina Piolini, Italian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1974 Gregory Scott Jack, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1978 Viktoriia Klimenko, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1979 Vikrant Uniyal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1981 Victor Koval, Russian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2013.
1981 Vladimir Vladimirov Pavlov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1984 Courtney Anne Reardon, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1988 Stanislav Minaev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1995 Narbin Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2022) and Manaslu RP in 2021.
2000 Dorchi VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2025).
2000 Dhanu Kumar Shrestha, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
2004 Dawa Nuru VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1939 Langpo South (6857 m) by a Swiss-German party.
1947 Pik Mayakovski (6096 m) by a Soviet party.
1964 Udren Zom (7108 m) by an Austrian party.
1965 Kohe Hevad (6849 m) by a Czechoslovakian party.
1974 Tirich Mir NW II (c. 7450 m) by an Italian party.
1975 Shiva (6142 m) by a Japanese party.
1985 Geladaindong (6621 m) by a Japanese party.
1989 Altun Shan (appr. 5830 m) by a Sino-Japanese party.
1990 Xuelian Feng (6627 m) by another Japanese party.

Gone on this day

2002 Jean-Noël Roche, French climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1983, Dhaulagiri I in 1984 and Everest in 1990. He died in 2002, aged 52.
2004 Manel de la Matta, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1993. He died on K2 one day before his 41st birthday.