27 May

Born on this day

1935 Günther Stärker, Austrian climber, who participated in the first ascent of Disteghil Sar (7885 m) in 1960.
1947 Minoru Murakoshi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012.
1951 Sumiyoshi Yanagida, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1952 Mark Cole, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1998.
1958 Robert Boice, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1958 Walter Turek, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997. He died in 2000, aged 42.
1961 Valter Piazza, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1961 James Allen Diani, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1964 Ardavan Farmanfarmaian, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Lhotse in 2025.
1966 Walter Lenauer, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1967 Stefan Frans Jozef Wolput, Belgian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2017 and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1968 Christian Josef Mündl, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1971 Berry van Welzen, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1972 Daniel John Claverton Dowding, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1973 Christopher David G. Bell, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1973 Jocelyn Cayer, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1976 Michel Brama, Dutch climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1976 Artem Gurshtein, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1980 Branislav Pastor, Slovak climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1982 Aljaž Tratnik, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006
1987 Ang Kami (c), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga three times (2011, 2019 and 2022), Lhotse in 2013 and Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
1987 Paul Aaron Hodge, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1989 Dawa Chhiring Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2016, 2018, 2019, twice in 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1991 Felix Prokop, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019.
1993 Mohammadamin Mohammadi, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1993 Pasang XXV, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1999 Pemba Dorchi (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1939 Nepal Peak (7177 m) by a Swiss-German party.
1954 Pethangtse II (6572 m) by the party from New Zealand led by Edmund Hillary.
1969 Baihali Jot III (6281 m) by an Indish-British party.

Gone on this day

1989 Polish climbers Mirosław Gardzielewski (Dhaulagiri I 1983, Cho Oyu 1985), Mirosław Dąsal, Wacław Otręba (Dhaulagiri I 1983), Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich (Kunyang Chhish 1971 - first ascent, Kangchenjunga Central-Peak 1978 - first ascent, Lhotse 1979, Cho Oyu and Nanga Parbat 1985) and leader Eugeniusz Chrobak (Kangchenjunga South-Peak 1978 - first ascent, Everest three days before in 1989) died after an avalanche on this day or the night after. It was the greatest catastrophe in the history of Polish mountaineering.
1991 Junichi Futagami, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest that day, by a fall from 8700 m on the NE Ridge, aged 39.
1994 Michael (Mike) Rheinberger, Australian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986 and Everest by the NE Ridge the day before, died by a fall from 8500 m on descent, aged 53.
1997 Vladimir Bashkirov, Russian climber, who ascended Annapurna in 1991, Everest twice (1993, 1997), Dhaulagiri in 1995, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996 and Lhotse in 1997, where he died of illness on descent, aged 45.
2005 Rena (Ren Na), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 1999), Annapurna I (C1) and Dhaulagiri I (MPA) in 1993, Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1994, Gasherbrum II in 1995, Manaslu (C2) in 1996, Nanga Parbat in 1997, Kangchenjunga and Lhotse in 1998, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2001, Makalu in 2003 and K2 in 2004, died during the approach march to Gasherbrum I by stonefall, aged 38.
2009 Sergei Samoilov, Russian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2005, Manaslu RP twice in 2006 and Dhaulagiri I and K2 in 2007, died on Lhotse, aged 51.