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15 may
Born on this day
1856 Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss pioneer, who achieved first ascents of Mount Cook in New Zealand in 1894 and Aconcagua solo in 1897. He died by suicide in 1917, aged 61.
1940 Tadeusz Łaukajtys, Polish climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1983.
1943 Kazuyo Fujikura, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1948 Renato Casarotto, Italian climber, who ascended Broad Peak North (7490 m) solo in 1983 (first ascent) and Gasherbrum II in 1985. He died in 1986 on K2, aged 38.
1951 Michel Zalio, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1954 Steven Goryl, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1994.
1955 Boris Mednik, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996.
1958 Manuel Álvarez, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1996 and died on descent, aged 38.
1958 Mark Alan Richey, American climber, who ascended Ngozumpa Kang (7916 m) in 1985 and Everest in 1991.
1961 Enrico Rosso, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1989.
1962 László Gál, Hungarian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2011.
1963 David Mark Shuttleworth, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1964 Ram Chandra Shrestha, Nepalese Newari climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2003.
1965 Jesús Martínez, Spanish Galician climber, who ascended Everest in 1996, Dhaulagiri I and Cho Oyu in 1997, Gasherbrum II and I and Broad Peak Foresummit in 1998 and Lhotse in 2000.
1967 Christopher Dovell, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1968 Alessandro Mario Busca, Italian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1994, Dhaulagiri I in 2001 and Everest in 2004.
1968 Marie-Thèrése Sophie Lavaud, French lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Cho Oyu in 2012.
1969 Mackenzie Lawdon, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1969 Sergei Baranov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2011 and Everest in 2013.
1970 Fred Alldredge, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1970 Phurba Ongel II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1971 Anil Bhattarai, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2005 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1979 Nawang Nuri, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2012 and Everest in 2013.
1980 Nima Kancha II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2006, 2007 and 2012) and Lhotse in 2008.
1980 Kili Pemba (Kilu Pemba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu twice (2002 and 2009), Cho Oyu twice (2002 and 2005), Everest five times (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2013), Dhaulagiri I twice (2010 and 2011) and Lhotse in 2012.
1980 Hilda Sterczer, Hungarian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and Broad Peak in 2007.
1982 Kristina Nina Ađanin, Serbian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2008.
1983 Yuki Inayoshi, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1985 Pasang Karma II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1987 Tsering Dendu ("Small"), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2008) and Everest three times (2007, 2008 and 2012).
1991 Tashi Chumpel, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
First ascents on this day
1955 Makalu (8485 m) by a French party.
1979 Khumbutse (6639 m) by a Slovenian party.
1983 Tshering Kang South-Peak (about 6790 m, Bhutan-Tibet border) by an Austrian party.
1986 Saser Kangri III (7495 m) by an Indian party.
Gone on this day
1973 Takao Matsuda, Japanese climber, who participated in the first ascent of Yalung Kang the day before, disappeared on descent, aged 31.
1992 Giovanni Calcagno, Italian climber, who ascended Tirich Mir twice in 1975, Broad Peak in 1984, Gasherbrum II and I during 13 days in 1985, K2 in 1986 and Nanga Parbat in 1987, disappeared on McKinley (Denali), aged 49.
2006 David Sharp, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, died on Everest, aged 34.
2007 Shinichi Ishii, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and Everest on this day, died on descent, aged 63. It was the second climber with the same name, who died on Everest. Another Shinichi Ishii died in an avalanche back in 1985.
2010 Han Xin (40), Li Bin (47) and Zhao Liang (34), Chinese climbers, who ascended Dhaulagiri I two days before, died on descent.