23 June

Born on this day

1935 Aleš Kunaver, Slovenian climber, who led several successful then-Yugoslavian expeditions to 8000ers. He died in 1984 by a helicopter accident in the Julian Alps, aged 49.
1938 Rolf Widerhofer, Austrian pioneer, who ascended Momhil Sar in 1964.
1954 Claude Labatut, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006, Broad Peak in 2008 and Manaslu RP in 2010.
1958 James Michael Davies, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1959 Pascal Tournaire, French climber, who ascended Everest in 1990 and finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1992.
1961 Allan Michael Meek, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1962 Stephen Edward Hayes, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1965 Eric Raymond Gran, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1967 Lhakpa Gelu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fifteen times (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2013) and Cho Oyu in 1996.
1968 Katrin Merisalu, Estonian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2023.
1969 Sergei Dmitriev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2014.
1970 Cho Beak-Lae, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2006 and Everest in 2010.
1975 Akbar Mehdizadeh, Iranian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 2000 and Lhotse in 2002.
1982 Chhang Babu (aka Chhangba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2011, Everest in 2012 and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1982 Benjamin Ian (Ben) Darlington, Australian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2016).
1983 Rex Pemberton, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1984 Li Xiao-Lin, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018, Lhotse in 2019 and Everest twice (2019 and 2020).
1987 Pasang Temba VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2023.
1994 Nima Tenzin, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.

First ascents on this day

1925 Mount Logan (5959 m) by a party composed of Canadian, American and British climbers.
1971 Buni Zom III (6220 m) by a Japanese party.
2007 Dofana (5940 m) by a German party.

Gone on this day

1962 Siegfried Löw, German climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat one day earlier and died by a fall on descent, aged 29.
2013 Yang Chun-Feng, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2009), Cho Oyu in 2008, Manaslu RP in 2009, Dhaulagiri I in 2010, Kangchenjunga, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2011, Annapurna I (disputed), Lhotse and K2 in 2012 and Makalu in 2013. He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 44.
2013 Igor Svergun, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1991, Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Annapurna I in 1996, Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest twice (2005 and 2006). He was was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 47. Also his compatriots Dmitry Konyaev (43) and Bodavi Koshaev (54) were murdered there on that day.
2013 Rao Jian-Feng, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Everest in 2006, Dhaulagiri I and Manaslu RP in 2010, Kangchenjunga in 2011 and Annapurna I (disputed), Makalu, Lhotse and K2 in 2012. He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 49.
2013 Anton Dobeš, Slovak climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009, was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 50.
2013 Ernestas Markšaitis, Lithuanian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2012, was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 44.
2013 Alan (Hong-Lu) Chen, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009. He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 50.
2013 Peter Šperka, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1996, Manaslu RP in 1997, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006 and Cho Oyu in 2009. He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 57.
2013 Sona I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu and Nanga Parbat in 2009 and Everest three times (2010, 2012 and 2013). He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat, aged 35. Also a Pakistani cook, Ali Hussain (28) was murdered there on that day.