08 May

Born on this day

1938 Karl Hub, German climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1979, Broad Peak in 1984, Cho Oyu in 1995 and Shisha Pangma in 1997.
1941 Mieko Mori, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 1974 during the first ever 8000er ascent by women.
1943 Jens Erik Bojen, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1945 Eugene Elwood (Gene) Rehfeld, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2009). He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2005 and the Kosciuszko-version in 2006.
1946 Antonio Tapiador, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1992 and Gasherbrum II in 1994.
1955 Astrid Gessler, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1956 Josep Pujante, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990 and Everest in 1993. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1995 and the Kosciuszko-version in 1996.
1956 Mark Rabold, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1993. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1995.
1957 Anthony James Caine, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1961 Vicente (Tente) Lagunilla, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001, K2 in 2004 and Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1961 Surendra Chavan, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 1998.
1963 Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou, American lady free-climber.
1965 Jesús (Josu) Feijoo, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Everest in 2006. He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2010.
1965 Fabio Meraldi, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1995.
1965 Jia Lin-Chang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1968 Alexander (Alex) Lugger, Austrian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2001.
1968 Partha Dey, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1969 Ciprian P. (Chip) Popoviciu, Romanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1970 Kirk Wheatley, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1970 Ritemba I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2010).
1970 Barak Matalon, Israeli climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1971 Mustafa Cihan, Turkish climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1972 Gong Shu-Jie, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1973 Hans Jürgen Honold, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1977 Jason Rodi, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2002. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2004.
1978 Lindley Morris Zerbe, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2005.
1979 Atsushi Yamada, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001 and Everest in 2002, where he also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1981 Takeshi Watanabe, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1982 Tsewang Morup, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1983 Tomothy William Walker, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1985 Kevin Daniel Cagney, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2023.
1986 Anna Permilovskaya, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1987 Chen Si-Ya, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1987 Rama Thakur, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1990 Tashi Tshering II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019 and 2025), Manaslu RP five times (2010, 2011, 2014, 2019 and 2021), Makalu twice (2012 and 2014), Broad Peak in 2012, Lhotse in 2013 and Dhaulagiri I and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1990 Pemba Thenduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1990 Kenneth Eddie Taylor, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1995 Dhenduba Lama Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1997 Griffin Beck Mims, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1998 Gabriella Nicola Nel, South African lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1998 Michal Ryszard Wensierski, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1999 Ngima Tashi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Cho Oyu twice (2024 and 2025).

First ascents on this day

1962 Hongde (6556 m) by a Japanese party.
1979 Gaurishankar (7135 m) by American climber John Roskelley and Nepalese Sherpa climber Mingma Dorje.
1979 Ngadi Chuli (7871 m, aka "Peak 29") by a Polish party. After an unrecognized Japanese ascent in 1970 this was the recognized first ascent.
1986 Nyainqentanglha I (7162 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1995 David Hume, Australian climber, who ascended Makalu on that day and died on descent, aged 33.
1997 Peter Kowalzik, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992 and Gasherbrum II in 1993, disappeared on the North East Ridge of Everest, aged 29.
1999 Vasili Kopytko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 1999, where he disappeared descending the North East Ridge, aged 34.

Historical event today

1978 Austrian climber Peter Habeler and South Tyrolean climber Reinhold Messner are successful in climbing Everest for the first time without supplementary oxygen.