02 May

Born on this day

1950 Nikolai Zhilin, Russian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1997 and Lhotse Central-Peak in 2001.
1954 Stephen Venables, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1988 by a new route from the East.
1961 Andreas Neuschmid, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2011 and 2012), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2012, Everest three times (2014, 2018 and 2019), Manaslu RP three times (2015, 2019 and 2021), Makalu in 2016, Broad Peak in 2019 and Dhaulagiri I and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1961 Wolfgang Pohl, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1963 Ricardo Jimenez, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2008.
1964 Patricia Pensa, Italian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1964 Yde De Jong, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1967 Carina Annette Ahlqvist, Swedish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1968 Kim Hyoung-Woo, Korean climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2000.
1968 Norbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (spring and autumn 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2012), Lhotse in 1993, Cho Oyu seven times (1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, spring and autumn 2002 and 2004) and Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1968 Phurba Temba I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011) and Manaslu RP in 2009.
1970 Ko Kyung-Man, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1970 Zdeněk Němec, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1971 Casey Henley, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1971 Rinje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2014.
1972 Fabrice Imparato, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and K2 in 2012.
1972 Nga Dawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2019).
1973 Erwin Emata, Philippine climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1974 Xabier Alzola, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2006 and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1977 Maximilian Peter (Max) Bunce, American climber, who ascended Everest three times (2011, 2012 and 2013).
1977 Steven Michael Hess, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1979 Ding Cai-Xia, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1980 Jennifer Lynn Drummond, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and K2 in 2022.
1983 Eric Lane Dalzell, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1984 Heo Jae-Seok, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1984 Ivan Yuriev Tomov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2017 and Lhotse in 2019, where he died on descent, aged 35.
1984 Nima Dolma, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Manoj Joshi, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011 and Everest in 2013.
1986 Tamding Tsewang, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1989 Lhakpa Chhiring, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2018.
1991 Matthew John Elkin, British climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1992 Cristal Catalina Rios Garcia, Chilean lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Dhaulagiri I in 2023.
1995 Thomas Boris Martin Dutheil, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1997 Ze Rang-Danzhen, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
2000 Lakpa Sange, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

First ascents on this day

1964 Shisha Pangma (Xixabangma, 8027 m) by a Chinese party.
1970 Baudha (6672 m) by a Japanese party.
1992 Jansang Lham (6325 m) by a Japanese party.
2001 Kula Kangri Central-Peak (7418 m) by a Sino-Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1980 Akira Ube, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1978, died on Everest's North Face (Hornbein Couloir) in an avalanche, aged 31.
1996 Štefan Sluka, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma and died on descent, aged 39.
2014 Yannick Claude Sylvain Gagneret, French climber, who ascended Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2013, died on Makalu, aged 39.