07 June

Born on this day

1910 Henry Bradford (Brad) Washburn, American climber, explorer, cartographer and photographer, who achieved some remarkable first ascents in North America, for example Mount Lucania, Mount Marcus Baker, Mount Sanford and Mount Hayes. He died in 2007, aged 96.
1942 Prem Chand, Indian climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1975 and Kangchenjunga in 1977. He died in 2022, aged 80.
1952 Robert Alan McDonald, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1953 Basar Čarovac, Serbian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1960 Reinhold Walter Pucher, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1962 Steve Bain, American climber, who ascended Chomo Lönzo (7804 m) in 1994.
1965 Eric Petersen, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1965 Gerhard Lübken, German climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1966 Jan-Jilles Van der Hoeven, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1967 Jérôme Marie Jacques Magnin, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019 and Everest in 2025.
1968 Topgay Bhutia, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1974 Edward (Bear) Grylls, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1998.
1975 Pem Chhiri I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1977 Francisco (Kiko) Borja, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1978 Sebastian Block, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1979 Mara Larson, American lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008.
1979 Zhang Zheng, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2018.
1979 Zhamilya Bashirova, Kazakh lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1981 Lhakpa Sonam II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007, Annapurna I in 2010 and Everest four times (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2018).
1981 Siddhi Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011, Manaslu RP three times (2011, 2017 and 2021), Everest eleven times (2013, 2017, twice in 2018 and in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse twice (2017 and 2022), K2 six times (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1983 William Edward Hartman IV, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Li Yuan-Yuan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1991 Chhiri, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1992 Taylor Ann Lentz, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2024.
1993 Svetlana Erofeeva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Annapurna I and Dhaulagiri I in 2026.
1994 Ang Thindu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2023 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1998 Natasha Elizabeth Julie Brook, British lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.

First ascents on this day

1913 Denali (Mount McKinley, 6190 m) by an American party.
1928 Illampu (6368 m) by an Austro-German party.
1962 Kang Tokal (6294 m) by a Japanese party.
1978 Nanda Devi NW-Peak (6895 m) by a Czech party.

Gone on this day

1922 Seven Indian Sherpa climbers died in an avalanche on Everest. They were the firsts of 211 Everest victims to the end of 2008. Their names were Norbu, Lhakpa, Pasang, Pema, Sange, Dorje and Temba.