08 July

Born on this day

1938 Silvia Metzeltin-Buscaini, Swiss lady climber, geologist and book author. Together with her husband she wrote the excellent book "Patagonia".
1943 Jean-Claude Marmier, French climber, who ascended Kamet in 1985 and Gyachung Kang in 1986.
1956 Joan Tomás, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Everest in 1992, K2 in 1994 and Gasherbrum I in 1996.
1956 Angelo Giovanetti, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1989, Cho Oyu in 1994, Gasherbrum I in 1997, Gasherbrum II in 1998, Makalu in 2006 and Broad Peak in 2007.
1956 Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012 and Everest in 2013.
1961 Pasang Phutar, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1997 and 2002), Everest twice (2007 and 2010) and Kangchenjunga in 2011.
1963 Park In-Soo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1963 Avtandil Tsintsadse, Georgian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1966 Clara Sumarwati, Indonesian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1996.
1968 Zhang Xiao-Fan, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1970 Stefan Gatt, Austrian climber, who climbed Cho Oyu twice (1996 and 1999) and Everest in 2001. The latter he ascended without supplementary oxygen and descended partly by snowboard.
1971 Jinichi Miyakawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1973 Ashok Kumar Chauhan, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2004.
1974 Gustavo Parreiras Ziller, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1978 Sylwia Bukowicka, Polish lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Cho Oyu in 2003.
1980 Jesús Policarpio, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1981 Steven William Plain, Australian climber, who ascended Lhotse twice (2017 and 2018) and Everest in 2018.
1982 Hossein Nateghi, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1983 Paul James Keleher, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1983 Anita Devi, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest three times (2013, 2017 and 2019), Manaslu RP in 2019 and Makalu in 2023.
1985 Steinar Nes, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1989 Dawa Temba III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, Lhotse in 2013 and Manaslu RP in 2014.
1989 Eliška Nemčková, Slovak lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1991 Dorchi Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1996 Karma Gelje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2024 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2025.
1997 Poonam, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
2004 Renje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

Event on this day

2022 After ten years of intensive work 8000ers.com published the detailed results of a small group of researchers about false and true summits on Dhaulagiri I, Annapurna I and Manaslu in rearranging the old tables with the new confirmed knowledge.

First ascents on this day

1964 Langar Zom I (7070 m) by a German party.
1976 Trango “Nameless” Tower (acc. to SRTM data "only" ~5750 m, but possibly about 6040 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1985 Roger Gregory Baxter-Jones, British climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (Jannu) in 1978, Shisha Pangma in 1982 and Broad Peak in 1983. He died in the Alps on Triolet North face, aged 35.
2006 Markus Kronthaler, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 and Broad Peak in 2006, where he died on descent, aged 39.