02 June

Born on this day

1926 Miroslav Jaškovský, Czech climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1967. He died in 2007, aged 81.
1940 Robert Hottentot, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1957 Pat Falvey, Irish climber, who ascended Everest twice (1995 and 2004) and Cho Oyu in 1998. He finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1997.
1957 Michael Down, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1958 Edmond Öfner, Dutch climber and adventurer, who ascended Kumbhakarna (Jannu) in 1987, Everest in 1992 and skied to the North Pole in 1997.
1958 Kiril Doskov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Everest in 1984.
1960 Oskar Piazza, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1989, Cho Oyu in 1994 and Gasherbrum I in 1997. He went missing in Nepal after the earthquake in 2015, aged 54.
1960 Sinji Takamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1989.
1960 Ludwig Haslbeck, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1960 Ernst Huber, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1964 Rayto Robinson, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1964 Ricci Gene Guinchard, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1965 Ignacio (Natxo) Fernández, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1997.
1967 Carles Brascó, Spanish free-climber.
1967 Tendi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2004 and Cho Oyu twice (2005 and 2006).
1967 Wayne Downing, South African climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012.
1969 Philip Christian Flämig, German climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2022).
1969 Pascale Agnes Buisson Soubrane, French lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1970 Patricia Soto, Chilean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1970 Aleksei Raspopov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and II in 2001, Kangchenjunga and Shisha Pangma in 2002, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2003 and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1970 Octavio Defazio, Argentinean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1970 Christian Gobbi, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2006.
1971 Lhakpa Dorje (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1972 Matt Shepley, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1972 Lars Sune Haugen, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1973 Chhiri (aka Ang Chiring), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2001, 2003, 2006 and 2012) and Cho Oyu twice (2001 and 2003).
1973 Igor Grushko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1977 Roberto (Roby) Piantoni, Italian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2005, Everest in 2006 and Gasherbrum I in 2008. He died in 2009 on Shisha Pangma, aged 32.
1980 Dawa Geljen I (Da Geljen), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1980 Mi Ke-Xin, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1980 German Koshelev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1980 Angdawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1983 Mary Broster, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Pasang Gyalzen II/Geljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2007, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024).
1986 Chandra Singh Negi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1992 Ming Temba I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1993 Manish Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1960 Chenrezig (aka Anye Maqen II, 6268 m) by a Chinese party. This is the mystery mountain in the 1940s thought to be higher than Everest (flight-guessing 1943 = over 10000 m, "ground-survey" 1949 = 9040 m). By the time of the first ascent in 1960 it was measured 7160 m. Finally in 1981 the actual height was given. Moreover it appeared to be not even the highest mountain in the range, Dradullungshog is 14 m higher. This is surely a record in mountain elevation reductions.
1961 Lal Qila (6349 m) by an Italian party.
1973 Chaudhara (6510 m) by an Indian party.
1980 Mitre Peak (6025 m) by the French climber Ivano Ghirardini solo.

Gone on this day

1976 Kenneth Mason, British pioneer, who was well-known for his "Karakoram Nomenclature", died, aged 88.
2009 Dennis Verhoeve, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu on that day and died on descent, aged 52.
2017 Sergei Timofeev, Russian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1997, Everest and Lhotse Shar in 1998 and Lhotse Central-Peak in 2001, died, aged 59.