26 July

Born on this day

1954 Rajiv Sharma, Indian climber, who ascended Kamet (7756 m) in 1985 and Everest in 1993.
1956 Akio Hayakawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1987.
1956 Kurt Hecher, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1987 and Shisha Pangma in 1991.
1956 Vaughan Michael de la Harpe, South African climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2010). With his ascent in 2006 he finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits. He also finished the Carstensz-version in 2007.
1957 Josep Cañellas, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1958 Herbert Rainer, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997, Nanga Parbat in 2004, Gasherbrum II in 2008 and Broad Peak in 2017.
1960 Jeffrey John (Jeff) Dossett, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2008). In 2004 he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1963 Fernando Fernández, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1964 Dmitri Frolenko, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1966 Bernhard Werner Scholz, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011.
1966 Takao Azuma, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1967 Stephane Cagnin, French climber, who ascended Everest in 1997.
1968 Song Ji-Tie, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1971 Stuart David Robertson, British climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2024).
1971 Richard John Williams, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1974 Paulo Cesar Grandy, Chilean climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1975 Rinji I (aka Rinzin), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022), Cho Oyu twice (2014 and 2016), Manaslu RP in 2017 and K2 in 2022.
1976 Jan Matiášek, Czech climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2018 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1979 Pasang Kami III (PK), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022), Manaslu RP twice (2010 and 2011) and Cho Oyu in 2019.
1981 Mathias Chatrefou, French climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2000 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1981 William Brant Holland, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1981 Chen Li-Hang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1981 Adel Taibi, Moroccan climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and K2 in 2023.
1982 Zhao Xiao-Bin, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1985 Kanchhi Dolma Hyolmo Jyaba, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1990 Sunil Kumar Rai, Indian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1990 Archil Badriashvili, Georgian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2019.
1991 Ngawang Rapke, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and twice in 2025), Makalu in 2018, Lhotse in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1994 Dawa Singhi Lama Hyolmo, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1962 Kohe Mondi (6234 m) by a German party.
1965 Kohe Tundy Sagai Sa (6121 m) by another German party.
1968 Pegish Zom I (6269 m) by an Austrian party.
1971 Kohe Kamistar (6164 m) by an Italian party.
1980 Disteghil Sar E-Peak (c. 7700 m) by a Polish party.
2019 Muztagh Tower SE-Peak (aka "Black Tooth", 6726 m) by an Austro-Italian party.

Gone on this day

1999 Michael Koblmüller, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1996 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998. The son of Edi Koblmüller died in an avalanche on Diran (aka Minapin, 7266 m), aged 24.
2015 Richard Daniel (Dick) Bass, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1985, where he also was the first climber, who finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits. He died on that day, aged 85.