04 June

Born on this day

1942 Louis F. Reichardt, American climber , who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1973, Nanda Devi in 1976, K2 in 1978 (first ascent without supplementary oxygen!) and Everest in 1983. He is the third person and the first American who ascended both Everest and K2.
1951 Petra Carstensen, German lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1999.
1953 Lorenzo Ortas, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1983.
1954 Paul Morrow, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1994, Cho Oyu in 1996 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999. He finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 1997.
1956 Gérard Pailheiret, French climber, who ascended Nuptse West-Peak II (7732 m) in 1984.
1957 Jonathan Pratt, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1992, K2 in 1993, Gasherbrum I in 1994, Makalu in 1995, Lhotse in 1996 and Kangchenjunga in 1998.
1958 Lev Ioffe, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1959 Horst Brantschen, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1991.
1959 Rajendra Singh Pal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1960 Catherine (Kitty) Calhoun-Grissom, American lady climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1987 and Makalu in 1990.
1962 Qiu Zi-Qiang, American climber of Chinese origin, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2009.
1963 Vladimír Nosek, Czech climber, who ascended Everest in 1998. He also finished the Kosciuszko- and Carstensz-versions of the Seven Summits in 2005.
1963 Alfred Schmid, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1964 Josu Ortubay, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1965 Lyudmila Abramova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1965 Hartmut Bielefeldt, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999 and Everest in 2002.
1965 Masami Kobayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1997.
1965 Andrew Mondry, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1965 Elsie Bezuidenhout, South African lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012.
1966 Albert Bosch, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1967 Herbert Wolf, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1998 and 2006), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000, Nanga Parbat in 2004, Everest five times (2007, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1967 Vladimir Vinogradov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1969 Vladimir Khutorovski, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1971 Christian Sander, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1971 Robert Westreicher, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Everest in 2021.
1973 Andrei Poliakov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1973 Fabio Rapaccioli, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1975 Dayanand Dhali, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1975 Viacheslav Kochubeev, Russain climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1976 Ahmad Mohammad Saleh, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1977 Meagan McGrath, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2007 and Lhotse in 2010. She also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2007.
1979 Lars Nordström, Swedish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1979 Dawa Jangbu III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2008, Everest three times (2010, 2013 and 2017) and Cho Oyu six times (2011, 2012, 2014, twice in 2016 and in 2018).
1981 James Roy Lister Nevile, Australian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2011.
1982 Tashi Namgyal (Zhaxi Nanjia), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2007).
1982 Gao Xiao-Dan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest, Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2017 and Makalu in 2018.
1982 Niklaus Stalder, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2025.
1984 James Edward Roth, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1984 Cristopher David Salomon, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1987 Cecile Antoinette Françoise Paule Garcia, French lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1988 Zhang Bao-Long, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2018).
1996 Fang Zi-Yao, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1997 Pasang (p), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2000 Raju Gosala, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.

First ascents on this day

1961 Ghent I (7401 m) by the Austrian climber Wolfgang Axt solo.
1964 Panch Chuli III (6312 m) by an Indian party.
1967 Saife (6166 m) by another Indian party.
1967 Jogin III (6116 m) again by another Indian party.
1974 Changabang (6864 m) by a British party led by Chris Bonington.
1981 Zhong Shan (6885 m) by a Swiss party.

Gone on this day

2009 Michael (Mick) Parker, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Broad Peak in 2004, Gasherbrum I in 2007 and Makalu two weeks earlier in 2009, died in Kathmandu, aged 36.