10 February

Born on this day

1929 James W. (Jim) and Louis W. (Lou) Whittaker, American mountaineering twin brothers. In 1963 Jim was the first American climber, who ascended Everest. He also led a successful Everest expedition in 1990 and Lou led a successful one in 1984.
1953 Enric Pujol, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1981 and died on descent, aged 28.
1956 John Moorhouse, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1957 Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese climber, who ascended Kanjut Sar in 1981 and Nanga Parbat in 1995.
1959 Ang Temba I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1984, Everest twice (1990 and 2006) and Cho Oyu three times (spring and autumn 1995 and 2000).
1959 Lluís Bancells, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1993.
1959 Christopher Imray, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1959 Alan McPherson, British climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1993 and Manaslu RP in 1997.
1960 Hidenori Higashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1960 Hidetoshi Kurahashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Everest in 1998, Nanga Parbat in 1999, Broad Peak in 2000 and Manaslu RP in 2001.
1961 Zoltán Balaton, Hungarian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1987.
1964 Aleksei Makarov, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu (?) in 1991.
1964 Francois Godcharles, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018.
1965 Liu Chi-Man, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1966 Lee Ho-Hyun, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1966 Igor Svergun, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu (?) in 1991, Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Annapurna I in 1996, Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest twice (2005 and 2006). He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat in 2013, aged 47.
1966 Victor Lance Vescovo, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits. In 2011 he also finished the Carstensz-version.
1967 Yevgeni Voronov, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1971 Chiang Hsiu-Chen, Taiwanese lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (1995 and 2009). She also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1973 Daniel Martin, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1974 Michaela Harasta, German lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1976 Ryo Kawashima, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Kunchok Tenpa, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2008 and 2017) and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1976 Phurba Sarki, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1976 Jennifer Brook (Jen) Loeb, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1976 Pasang Nuri I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2018.
1976 Romil Barthwal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1977 Yangdi, Indian Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1979 Daniel-Stefan Toader, Romanian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1982 Indar Singh Adhikari, Indian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019 and Everest in 2025.
1982 Andrew Armstrong Towne, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1984 Dorjey Gyalson, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1984 Alan Jacob Keller, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1987 Martin Johannes Gildemeister Budge, Chilean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2019.
1990 Ang Gombu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2018).
1990 Maximus Michael DiSesa, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1994 Aditi Anand Vaidya, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1995 Dendi VIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2022, 2023 and twice in 2024), Lhotse four times (twice in 2022 and twice in 2024), Manaslu M three times (2022, 2023 and 2025), Nanga Parbat in 2023, Kangchenjunga in 2024 and Annapurna I and Makalu in 2025.
1996 Rigzen Dolker, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016
2000 Ali Mohtarami, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
2006 Ang Ngima, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

Event on this day

1993 First female winter ascent of an 8000er (Cho Oyu) by the Swiss lady climber Marianne Chapuisat.

First ascent on this day

1966 Castillo (Patagonia, Chile, 2675 m) by a Chilean party.

Gone on this day

1995 Fabien Mazuer, French free-climber, died in a car crash, aged 19.
2014 Ian McNaught-Davis, British pioneer, who made the first ascent of Muztagh Tower West-Peak (7279 m) with Joe Brown in 1956, died, aged 84.