Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1997) was born on January 16, 1958.

January 16, 1958

Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1997) was born on January 16, 1958.

Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev was a Russian Kazakhstani mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks—those above 8,000 m (26,247 ft)—without supplemental oxygen. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8000 m.