14 February

Born on this day

1898 Harold William (Bill) Tilman, British pioneer, who - with Noel Odell - made the first ascent of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in 1936. He disappeared in 1977, aged 79.
1953 Tomasz Kopyś, Polish climber, who ascended Makalu in 1988.
1954 Steve Swenson, American climber, who ascended K2 in 1990 and Everest in 1994.
1954 Aleksandr Kislitsyn, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1962 Miguel Oscar Cruz y Celis Ehlinger, Mexican climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1963 Hyun Kwon-Sik, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2008.
1964 Peter Röthlisberger, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1990.
1964 Ivan Graham Wademan, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1966 Fedor Shuljev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1995.
1967 Richard Hidalgo, Peruvian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2006, Cho Oyu in 2007, Manaslu RP in 2011, Annapurna I in 2012 and Broad Peak in 2017.
1968 Yukihiko Shinagawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and II in 1997. He died in 2001 in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri I, aged 33.
1969 David Hiddleston, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999 and Everest in 2002. He died in an avalanche on Mount Tasman in 2003, aged 34.
1970 Aaron Miller, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1975 Carlalberto (Cala) Cimenti, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006, Manaslu RP in 2011, Dhaulagiri I in 2017 and Nanga Parbat in 2019. He died in 2021, aged 45.
1975 Tulsi Ram Bhandari, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1976 Muriel Vaudey, French lady climber, who ascended Kamet in 2005.
1976 Tanya Louise Perret, British lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1977 Nima I (aka Ngima, Ngima Dorchi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2004, Everest in 2006 and Makalu four times (2009, 2011, 2014 and 2019).
1980 Pema Tshering II (aka Pem Chhiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest thirteen times (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, twice in 2011, in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2025), Cho Oyu twice (2005 and 2009), K2 in 2022 and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1981 Nima Dorje (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1981 Georgina Miranda, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1981 Khorsing Terang, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1982 Deuralee Chamling, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Myrthong Wansuk, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1983 Lhakpa Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2006, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 and 2025), Manaslu lower summit ridge in 2012, Manaslu RP three times (2015, 2018 and 2020), Annapurna I three times (2022, 2023 and 2025), Makalu and K2 in 2022, Manaslu M four times (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Broad Peak and Cho Oyu in 2023.
1983 Ronak Zamani Dadaneh, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1984 Aretha Duarte Freitas, Brazilian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1984 Emmanuel Banasihan Palacio, Philippine climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1986 John Brink Stenderup, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2017 and K2 in 2018.
1987 Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Al Khalifa, Bahrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2020 and Everest in 2021.
1987 Francisco José Martin García, Spanish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2021.
1990 Mingma Tendi (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1991 Dawa Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest five times (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022), Lhotse in 2018 and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1991 Julian Philipp von Besser, German climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1995 Robin Kamal Behl, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1998 Indra Bahadur Rai, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
2004 Pema (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2023.
2006 Lakpa Tasi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

Gone on this day

2021 Wolfgang Axt, Austrian climber, who made the first ascent of Ghent I (7401 m) in 1961, Ghent II (7342 m) in 1977 and Nyainqentanglha II (7117 m) in 1989 exactly on his 54th birthday. He also ascended Lhotse in 1979. He died on this day, aged 85.