05 March

Born on this day

1930 Toni Hiebeler, German climber and author (German edition of "Himalaya and Karakorum"). He died in the Julian Alps by a helicopter accident in 1984, aged 54.
1939 Charles Marshall (Chuck) Pratt, American free-climber. He died in 2000, aged 61.
1954 Alexander (Alex) MacIntyre, British climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1980 and Shisha Pangma in 1982. He died later in 1982 after having been struck by a solitary stone following a fine attempt on Annapurna I South Face, aged 28.
1955 Ferrán Álvarez, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1987 and Cho Oyu in 1995.
1956 Havard Nesheim, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 1985.
1961 David Hamilton, British (Scottish) climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1995, Gasherbrum I in 1997 and Gasherbrum II three times (1998, 1999 and 2001), Everest ten times (2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1963 Goran Ferlan, Serbian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004 and Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1963 Jin Kyo-Sup, Korean climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1989, where he died on descent, aged 26.
1964 Chhong Ringee, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1994, spring and autumn 1998 and 2000). He died on Cho Oyu in 2002, aged 37.
1966 Oh Eun-Sun, Korean lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997, Everest in 2004, Shisha Pangma in 2006, Cho Oyu and K2 in 2007, Makalu, Lhotse, Broad Peak and Manaslu RP in 2008, Kangchenjunga (disputed!), Dhaulagiri I, Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum I in 2009 and Annapurna I in 2010. She also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2004 and the Carstensz-version in 2006.
1968 Zhang Cheng, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2018.
1972 Bruno Gremion, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2011.
1974 Christian Alfred Julius Kober, Irish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1975 Luciano Federico Badiano, Argentinean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2012.
1981 Nishat Majumder, Bangladeshi lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1981 Shiva Bahadur Sapkota, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1983 David King, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1983 Yekaterina Safronova and Mariia Oglobleva, Russian twin lady climbers, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and K2 in 2023.
1984 Kia Noosh Ravanfar, American climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019 and Everest in 2021.
1985 Tsipe (Tsepin, Cipei), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017) and Cho Oyu four times (2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017).
1986 Travis Dean Van Overbeke, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2023.
1988 Lakshdeep, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1990 Praveen Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1996 Mingma V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
1997 Ngawang Paljor, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022, Everest in 2023, Lhotse in 2024 and Dhaulagiri I in 2025.

Event on this day

2013 First winter ascent of Broad Peak (8051 m) by a Polish party.