12 July

Born on this day

1947 Jean-Pierre Frachon, French climber, who ascended Everest in 1988 and finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1991.
1948 Kiyomi Kawakami, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1976.
1951 Piotr Pustelnik, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II twice (1990 and 1997), Nanga Parbat in 1992, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 1993, Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Everest in 1995, K2 in 1996, Gasherbrum I in 1997, Lhotse in 2000, Kangchenjunga in 2001, Makalu in 2002, Manaslu RP in 2003, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2005, Annapurna I East-Peak and Broad Peak in 2006 and Annapurna I in 2010.
1955 Michael Earl Chapman, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1955 Steven Berry, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1958 Michael Brennan, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1959 Paolo Gugliermina, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1960 Gia Tortladze, Georgian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak twice (1992 and 1996), Cho Oyu in 1996, Everest twice (2001 and 2012) and Lhotse in 2002.
1960 Simon Hall, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1960 Olav Ulvund, Norwegian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990, Everest in 1996 and Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1960 Adam Helman, American climber, editor and author of "The Finest Peaks". He died in 2015, aged 54.
1964 Anthony Peter (Tony) van Marken, South African climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2005, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1966 Allain (Al) Baldo, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1966 Nicholas Jan (Nick) Cienski, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1967 Martina Bauer, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1994, Manaslu RP in 2014 and Cho Oyu in 2019.
1969 Annabelle Bond, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. She also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2005.
1970 Francisco Briongos, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, Everest in 2004 and Gasherbrum II in 2006. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2009.
1970 David Bridges, American climber, who ascended Makalu in 1999. He died later that year in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma, aged 29.
1971 Kim Dae-Il, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2005.
1972 Adem Gül, Turkish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2019.
1974 Yang Wei-Bin, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1976 Halvard Stave, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1978 Ang Kazi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2006 and Everest twice (2007 and 2008).
1978 Robert Morris (Rob) Marshall, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1982 Jiao Xin, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1983 James L. Balfour, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2008.
1988 Holger Edward Wardlow Sindbæk, Danish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1989 Ivo Repčik, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2017.
1990 Furtenji (Furba Tenjing), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024) and Makalu in 2023.
1990 Abhyu Ghimire, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1995 Tendi V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2016, 2018, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu RP in 2018 and Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2023.
1996 Jordan Romero, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010. He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2011 together with his father. He is the youngest person on Everest and on both Seven Summits versions.
1997 Satya Rao Kare, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1997 Porter Ottey McMichael, American climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022 and Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1909 Chogolisa East-Peak (aka Ice Dome, c. 7150 m) by an Italian party.
1957 Jirishanca (6094 m) by an Austrian party.
1965 Kohe Bandaka Tawika (6271 m) by an Austrian party as well.
1967 "Datti Zom" (6247 m) by a German party.
1981 Kongur Tagh (7649 m) by a British party.
1984 Pregar (c. 6200 m) by an Austrian party.
1985 Sundbrar (c. 6300 m) and Lharimo (6070 m) by an Indo-British party.
1989 Rimo Kangri I NE-Peak (aka Rimo II, c. 7300 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1989 Tsindi Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I on this day, died on descent.
1995 Park Hyun-Jae, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1993 and Broad Peak in 1995, where he died on descent, aged 27.
2012 Roger Payne, British climber, who participated in many expeditions to High Asia including Broad Peak in 1992, K2 in 1993, Nanda Devi in 1994 and Changabang in 1997, died in an avalanche on the Mont Blanc massif, aged 55.
2021 Marek Janas, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1975, died, aged 86.