30 June

Born on this day

1935 John Elvis Harlin II, American climber, who died in 1966 by a fall on the Eiger North face, aged 30.
1936 Thomas M. (Tom) Frost, American free-climber. He died in 2018, aged 82.
1942 Cleve Armstrong, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1942 James (Jim) Crichton, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1947 Tullio Vidoni, Italian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1984, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 1985 (within 13 days), K2 in 1986 and Nanga Parbat in 1987. He died in an avalanche in the Italian Alps in 1988, aged 40.
1954 Josef Skala, Czech climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1956 John Coulton, Australian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1987.
1957 Hubert Pilsinger, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2002.
1959 Rodrigo Hernan Jordan, Chilean climber, who ascended Everest three times (1992, 2012 and 2016) and Lhotse in 2006.
1959 Javier Martín-Sanz, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1959 Marco Airoldo, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1961 Catherine Carlyle, Australian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1961 Yasushi Kawahara, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1962 Kenji Kondo, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1987, 2002, 2005 and 2009), Everest eight times (2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2024), Manaslu RP three times (2008, 2010 and 2011) and Lhotse in 2013.
1966 David Morris, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Everest in 2019.
1968 Thukten Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2018 and 2019).
1969 Blanca Ardanaz, Spanish Basque lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007 and Makalu in 2008.
1969 Anton Lomovskikh, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1970 Bhupesh Hada, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1971 Sunil Singh Rathor, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1971 Xiao Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1974 Li Yong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1975 Chang Jiang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2017 and 2019) and Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1977 Naoki Ishikawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2001 and 2011), Manaslu RP in 2012, Lhotse in 2013, Makalu in 2014, Gasherbrum II in 2019, Dhaulagiri I, Kangchenjunga, K2, Broad Peak and Manaslu M in 2022, Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I and Cho Oyu in 2023 and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where he finished the 14 8000er Main-Peaks. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2001.
1980 Hossein Bahmanyar, Iranian climber, who ascended K2 in 2019.
1982 Sonam Dhondup, Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest twice (2005 and 2007) and Cho Oyu in 2008.
1982 Lei Cui, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1985 Iman Azish, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Daniel Gavan, Romanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1994 Tenjing II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and Dhaulagiri I and Manaslu RP twice (2019 and 2021).
1996 Anoj Thapa, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1996 Abraham Tagit Sorang, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1999 Xue Zhi-Wei, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2002 Xuan Wen-Run, Chinese climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1949 Djanye Ri (6581 m) by a Swiss party.
1976 Batura Sar I (7795 m) by a German party.

Gone on this day

2015 Marjan Manfreda, Slovenian climber, who participated in the second ascent of Kangbachen (subsidiary peak of Kangchenjunga, 7903 m) in 1974. He also ascended Makalu in 1975 and Dhaulagiri I in 2004. He died on this day in a car accident, aged 64.