08 June

Born on this day

1940 James (Jim) Wickwire, American climber, who ascended K2 in 1978.
1946 Szabolcs Szendrő, Hungarian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1954 Bernd Kullmann, German climber, who ascended Everest in 1978 and Shisha Pangma in 1988.
1956 Kazushige Obayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1993.
1958 Thomas Souders, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1965 Vladimir Morozov, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016 and Lhotse in 2019.
1967 Kaila Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2008.
1968 Vitidnan Rojanapanich, climber from Thailand, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1970 Xia Hong-Wei, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1971 Alexander Manuel (Alex) Harris, South African climber, who ascended Everest in 2005, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1972 Alejandro Villareal, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000 and Everest in 2002.
1974 Ang Gyalzen III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1975 Jin Tian, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1979 Maria Araceli López, Spanish lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1982 Karina Mezova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2011 and 2018) and Manaslu in 2017.
1984 Phurba Cheten, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1986 Dmitrii Pilshchikov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1991 Kristoffer Andrew Moeckell, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
2003 Pratima Rai, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1930 Domo (7447 m) by G. O. Dyhrenfurth, who traversed to this Southeastern subsidiary point of Jongsang Ri (7462 m).
1931 Mount Fairweather (4671 m) by an American party.
1954 Naulekh (appr. 6325 m) by the party from New Zealand led by Edmund Hillary.
1955 Istor-o-nal SW-Peak (appr. 7200 m, aka Rock Pinnacle) by an American party.
1973 Nanda Pal (6306 m) by an Indian party.

Gone on this day

1924 George Herbert Leigh Mallory (37) and Andrew Comyn Irvine (22) were last seen high on Everest.
2004 Kim Jae-Young, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1999 and another Korean climber, Lee Hwa-Hyeung, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2000, died on K2, both aged 35.