04 May

Born on this day

1944 Isomi Okanda, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1946 James Harter, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1949 Alois Furtner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1978.
1956 Lily Leonard, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2000 and finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2001.
1957 Abdul-Khalim (Abu) Elmezov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2011).
1958 Felix Brandt, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1959 Rodney William Cole, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Everest in 2007.
1959 Maurizio Cheli, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1960 Raimo Koponen, Finnish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1961 Ulrich (Ueli) Bühler, Swiss climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat South-Peak (8042 m) by the South Face in 1982.
1962 Danko Petrin, Croatian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1964 John Macleod Ross, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1967 Choi Oh-Soon, Korean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1967 Kevin Thaw, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1971 Arkadiusz Grzadziel, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1971 Tomislav Cvitanušić, climber from Bosnia-Herzegovina, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1972 Victor Edwin Carcamo Palacios, Peruvian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1973 Milan Wlasák, Czech climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1974 Esther Colwill, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2005. She also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006.
1974 Manisha Rishi Gaind, Indian lady climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1976 Enak Lie Gavaggio, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1977 Damon Alexander Tedford, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022.
1978 Ma Ying, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2020).
1982 Thomas Grenier, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Gasherbrum II in 2010.
1989 Ang Babu (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1990 Nicolas Paul Martiny Roberts, British/South African climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1993 Leanna Marie Shuttleworth, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
2004 Lakpa Rinje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

Event on this day

1974 Three Japanese lady climbers ascended Manaslu M. It was the first all-female expedition to climb an 8000 meter mountain.

First ascents on this day

1880 Illiniza Sur (Ecuador, 5245 m) by the Italian guides Jean Antoine and Louis Carrel (cousins).
1983 Baruntse North-Point (aka Kali Himal, 6985 m) by a Dutch party.
2001 Kula Kangri North-East (7384 m) by a Sino-Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1975 Wu Tsung-yue, Chinese pioneer, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1964, died on Everest, aged 42.
1980 Sergio Hugo Saldaña, Mexican climber, who ascended Yalung Kang and died on descent, aged 25.
1982 Werner Bürkli, Swiss climber, who ascended Annapurna I on this day, died on descent, aged 42.
1985 Makoto Ishibashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Makalu in 1982, died by a fall on Ama Dablam, aged 32.
2015 Tadeusz Łaukajtys, Polish climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1983, died, aged 74.