02 December

Born on this day

1935 Klaus-Peter (Pit) Schubert, German climber, who participated in the first ascent of Khangsar Kang (aka Roc Noir, 7485 m) in 1969 and in the first ascent by a new route (South Face) on Annapurna IV (7525 m) in 1976.
1938 Lev Sarkisov, Georgian climber, who ascended Everest in 1999.
1946 Elizabeth Julliard, French lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1985.
1957 Peter Lambert, Australian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1958 Valeri Kokhanov, Russian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1992 and Everest in 1996.
1958 Kiyoshi Wakutsu, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1986.
1958 Ignacio (Nacho) Orviz, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997, Makalu in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Dhaulagiri I in 2008, Annapurna I and Shisha Pangma in 2010 and Cho Oyu in 2011.
1958 Paul Gürtler, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2004 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2013.
1958 Michael James Marin, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1959 Hironaka Hashiyada, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1959 Trevor Jackson, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1961 Jiří Daněk, Czech climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005. He died by a fall on Gasherbrum I in 2007, aged 45.
1962 Nathaniel B. Smelser, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1962 Ivo Grabmüller, Czech climber, who ascended Everest in 2018, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1963 Claus Haberda, German climber, who ascended Gurla Mandhata in 2002.
1964 James (Jim) Patterson, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1964 Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien, American lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Cho Oyu in 2011, Everest in 2012, Manaslu RP in 2014 and K2 in 2017.
1966 Roman Rosenbaum, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995 and Everest in 2000.
1966 Ramin Shojaei, Iranian climber, who ascended Rakaposhi in 1997.
1968 René Meile, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1969 Samuel Short, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1970 Pramod Shrestha, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1971 Michael Tracy, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1971 Maria Alejandra (Laly) Ulehla, Argentinean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Endika Urtaran, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1972 Nima II (aka Ngima, Maila), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu five times (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2012), Everest four times (2007, 2008, 2010 and 2023) and Manaslu RP twice (2018 and 2019).
1973 Pemba Dorje V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2008, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024) and Lhotse twice (2017 and 2024).
1974 Wang Zheng, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1975 Park Jin-Ok, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1976 Sebastian Ignacio (Polo) Varela, Chilean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2006 and Everest in 2012.
1976 Tendi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2012, 2017, in 2019 twice and 2021).
1982 Mingma Thinduk II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2008, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019), Annapurna I twice (2010 and 2016), Shisha Pangma twice (2010 and 2013), K2 in 2012, Gasherbrum II in 2014, Manaslu RP four times (2015, twice in 2017 and 2018) and Dhaulagiri I in 2017.
1996 Tenji III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2000 Dawa Nurbu VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2024.

First ascent on this day

1975 Bharanzar (6574 m) by an Indian party.