21 March

Born on this day

1931 Hideki Miyashita, Japanese pioneer, who ascended Himalchuli in 1960.
1942 Sonam Palzor, Indian Ladakhi climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1981 and Everest in 1984.
1951 Muneo Nukita, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest twice (1991 and 1994), Cho Oyu in 1998 and Manaslu RP in 2013.
1958 Paula Hub, German lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1999 and Gasherbrum II in 2000.
1961 Vladimir Stalkowski, Russian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1996.
1961 Mark Andrew Gray, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1962 Margus Proos, Estonian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1962 Pasang Gombu (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1994,1999, 2000 and 2006), Manaslu RP in 2009 and Makalu in 2014.
1965 Michael Bärtschi, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1967 Yevgeni Popov, Russian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1995 and Everest in 2001.
1968 Sergi Via, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1968 Atousa Manavi, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2021 and Everest in 2024.
1969 Arthur Käslin, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1969 Till Christoph Schoeffel, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1970 Andrej Karničar, Slovenian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1995.
1970 László Mezey, Hungarian climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1998.
1973 Bernhard Stoll, Italian (Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1973 David Stéphane Surcin, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1975 Petr Malý, Czech climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1975 Ladan Espandar, American/Iranian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1980 Amin Azimi, Iranian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1980 Ali Bayat-Manesh, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1980 Agnieszka Olkowicz, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M in 2024 and Makalu and Lhotse in 2025.
1981 Santosh Kumar Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1985 Tashi Tshering Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1986 Dawa Tenzing III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2006, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024), Cho Oyu three times (2006, 2007 and 2011), Manaslu RP twice (2012 and 2019), Annapurna I in 2022 and Manaslu M and Dhaulagiri I in 2023.
1986 Devin Kishore Gala, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022.
1986 Hussain Ali, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2021.
1987 Arman Shahpari, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1990 Gethin Gwyn Davies, British climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2024).
1996 Hussain Ali, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 twice (2021 and 2022).
2000 Shubharaj Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.