24 July

Born on this day

1943 John Stephen Dahlem, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008 and Everest in 2010. Later in 2010 he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1950 Kiyoshi Yamashita, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1955 Kai George Zinn, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1960 Catherine Destivelle, French lady free-climber, who among other achievements ascended the Trango Nameless Tower in 1990 and made a winter solo ascent of the Eiger North Face in 1992 (first female).
1961 Josef (Pepino) Morávek, Czech climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1999, Shisha Pangma in 2007 and Cho Oyu in 2011.
1964 Park Chang-Woo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1990.
1966 Hajime Teramoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1967 Dawa Gyalzen IV (aka Dawa Geljen), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1969 Matthew Von Ertfelda, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1970 John Kazanas, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1971 Dut Bahadur Budha Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1976 Michael Dermot Mulrooney, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2019.
1977 Shigeru Sakakibara, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1978 Jonathan Floyd Schrock, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1980 Kim Young-Mi, Korean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2008 and Lhotse in 2009.
1980 Olena Karlova, Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Makalu in 2025 and Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1981 Sara Safari, Iranian/American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Everest in 2022.
1981 Fur Temba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu three times (2019, 2023 and 2025).
1982 Hui Jian-Yang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1988 Sara Marxer, German lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2023.
1992 Phuri III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1993 Dipendra Singh Khatri, Nepalese Chhetri climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1994 Pemba Dorchi II (Pemba Dorjee), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2018, 2021, 2022 and 2024), K2 twice (2021 and 2022), Manaslu RP in 2021, Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025), Makalu in 2025 and Nanga Parbat in 2026.
1995 Karma Dawa Thakur, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1996 Hong Phuc Trinh, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1999 Dawa Phinjo Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

Event on this day

1938 First ascent of the Eiger North Face by an Austro-German party.

First ascents on this day

1953 Ausangate (6372 m) by a German party.
1956 Ratang Tower (6312 m) by a British party.
1962 Saltoro Kangri (7742 m) by a Japanese-Pakistani party.
1973 Baihali Jot I (SW, 6295 m) by a British party.
1985 Ngabong Terong (6185 m) by an Indo-British party.
1994 Changtok Sar I (6972 m) by a Japanese party.
2007 Chako SW-Peak (6704 m, Nepal-Tibet border) by a Japanese party. The Main-Peak, which lies entirely in Tibet (~6735 m) is still unclimbed.

Gone on this day

1962 Cuthbert Wilfrid Frank Noyce, British pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Trivor in 1960, died on Pik Garmo, aged 44.
1994 Steven Donald Frederick (Steve) Untch, American climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1987, died on K2, aged 38.
2002 Attila Ozsváth, Hungarian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1987, disappeared in the Charakusa region of the Karakorum, aged 45.