10 August

Born on this day

1954 Michael (Mike) Dunnahoo, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1955 Ewald Hauer, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2002 and Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1956 László Várkonyi, Hungarian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1987 and Cho Oyu in 1990. He died in 2010 on Everest, aged 53.
1957 Julius (Jay) Budnik, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1995.
1960 Bruno Cormier, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988. He died in 1989, aged 28.
1961 Ireneusz (Irek) Szpot, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1962 Thomas Streng, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007 and Nanga Parbat in 2008.
1963 Mark Auricht, Australian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1995. He died on Everest in 2001, aged 37.
1963 Peter Kováč, Slovak climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006.
1964 Mara-Elisbetta Nenka-Borisova Todoroff, Belgian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1965 Jorge Francisco Vargas Vargas, Mexican climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1966 Lorenzo Ortiz, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1994 and K2 in 1995, where he died on descent, aged 29.
1966 Masahiro Suzuki, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1969 Gota Miura, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, Everest twice (2003 and 2013) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2006.
1969 Michael Allsop, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Yun Chi-Won, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum IV in 1999, K2 in 2000, Everest in 2007, Lhotse in 2008 and Makalu and Nanga Parbat in 2009. He died in 2010 on Manaslu, aged 39.
1970 Fredrik Östman, Swedish climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2010.
1970 Mahavir Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1971 Renata Piszczek, Polish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1971 Bruce Logan McAdie, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1972 Stéphane Jean Lucien Pfend, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1973 Radha Devi Thakur, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1973 Cira Idella Crowell, American lady climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1974 Marc David Baumgartner, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1976 Pasang XVI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1976 Nakul Misra Pathak, British climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1978 Nima Dorje VIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024).
1979 Benjamin Clark, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1980 Ang Dawa X (aka Angdu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1987 Chokyi, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1987 Yang Ting-Ting, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1988 Ganesh Singh Pokhariya, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1989 Rajesh Lama, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2024.
1992 Bikas Maharana, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1993 Sange V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), Lhotse in 2022 and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1995 Zeki Kurt, Turkish climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1995 Cai Pei-Lin, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1998 Karim Sherzad, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2024 and Nanga Parbat in 2025.
2007 Kaamya Karthikeyan, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1933 Leo Pargial (6791 m) by a British party.
1935 Jianbing Ri (6852 m) by a British party.
1966 Akher Tshagh (7017 m) by an Austrian party.
1968 Ghaintar Chish (6274 m) by an Austrian party as well.
1971 Kohe Marco Polo (6174 m) by an Italian party.
1973 Lyapnazar (5990 m) by a Sowjet party.
1976 Sherpi Kangri I (c. 7380 m) by a Japanese party. This mountain was not climbed for a second time and so there is still the doubt, if the party really reached the highest point, because they found a large gendarme on the summit ridge, which might be higher.
1977 Udren Zom Central-Peak (c. 7080 m) by a Japanese party as well.
1986 KR (Koa Rong) 6 (6207 m) by another Japanese party.
2005 Koskulak Tagh (7028 m) by a Russian party.
2024 Braldu Brakk (Main, ca. 6595 m acc. to DEMs, recently named wrongly "Virjerab Sar") by a British-Swiss-Georgian party.

Gone on this day

1953 Arthur Karr (Art) Gilkey, American pioneer, who attempted K2, died there in an avalanche, aged 26.
1986 Alan Rouse, British climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1978, Nuptse in 1979, Broad Peak in 1983 and K2 in 1986, where he died on descent, aged 34.
1986 Alfred Imitzer, Austrian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1978, died on descent of K2, aged 40. The Polish lady climber Dobrosława (Mrówka) Miodowicz-Wolf and another Austrian climber, Hannes Wieser, also died on that day at the Abruzzi ridge of K2.
1999 Hirotaka Sugiyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1996, died with two companions on Batura Sar I (7794 m), aged 43.
2005 Pierre Leroux, French pioneer, who ascended Makalu in 1955 and Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1962, died by an accident, aged 84.
2020 Chhiji/Chhitjee Norbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008, Annapurna I three times (2009, 2010 and 2016), Everest four times (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016), Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2014, K2 twice (2014 and 2018), Cho Oyu in 2014, Manaslu RP twice (2015 and 2019), Lhotse, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2017 and Kangchenjunga, Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II in 2019, died on this day, aged 40.