02 August

Born on this day

1958 Mitsugu Kitamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1985.
1960 Ángel Navas, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1961 Josef Hurschler, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1963 Aleksei Guliayev, Russian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1992.
1964 Philippe Pierre Bourgine, French climber, who ascended Makalu in 2010.
1964 Adrian Wildsmith, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1964 Wei Yue, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1965 Michael McGuffin, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1965 Mattias Jakob Lindquist, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1967 Ilija Andrejić, Serbian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1969 Kamlesh Kumar Bounthiyal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2018), Kangchenjunga in 2008 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1970 Chen Dong-Hui, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1971 Chhewang Rinzing, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Cho Oyu in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2017, Manaslu M in 2023, Lhotse in 2024, Makalu in 2025 and Annapurna I and Kangchenjunga in 2026.
1972 Steven David Moffat, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2006 and Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2014).
1976 Richard Dominic Porter, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1978 Ramón Romero, Spanish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1985 Tshering Ladol, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1987 Dhubi Bhadraiah, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1988 Dawaonguck, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1994 Ole Hovstad, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1997 Pimba Nurpu Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1959 Malubiting South-East (c. 6970 m) by a British-Pakistani party.
1975 Chogolisa SW-Point (Main, 7668 m) by an Austrian party.
1975 Malubiting Central-Peak (7291 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

2004 Davoud Khadem, Iranian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 2000, Makalu in 2001 and Lhotse in 2002, disappeared on K2, aged 47.
2004 Sergei Sokolov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1997, disappeared on K2, aged 62.
2008 Hugues d'Aubarède, French climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999, Everest in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and K2 the day before, died on descent, aged 61.
2008 Hwang Dong-Jin, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2004 and K2 the day before, died on descent, aged 43.
2008 Mehrban Karim, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and K2 the day before, died on descent.
2008 Kim Hyo-Gyung, Korean climber, who ascended K2 the day before, died on descent, aged 31.
2008 Gerard McDonnell, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2003, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006 and K2 the day before, died on descent, aged 37.
2008 Park Kyeong-Hyo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2007 and K2 the day before, died on descent, aged 27.