07 April

Born on this day

1941 Albert Häusler, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995 and Gasherbrum II in 2000.
1947 Josef Buchholzer, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1980.
1952 Bernard Muller, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1981, Yalung Kang in 1984, Nanga Parbat in 1985, Gasherbrum II in 1988, Cho Oyu in 1999 and Everest in 2001.
1954 Igor Tsaruk, Russian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1958 Renato Zangaro Amaro, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1959 Pedro Vidal, Chilean climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1960 Robert Green, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994.
1962 Mario Monaco, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1964 Lhakpa Chhiri II (Lhakpa Chhiring), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2002, 2004 and 2013), Cho Oyu twice (2004 and 2009), Manaslu RP four times (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014) and Lhotse in 2013.
1965 Galymzhan Kuspanov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1966 Georg Simair, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1967 Marc le Menestrel, French free-climber.
1970 Philip James (Phil) Crampton, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2007), Everest eight times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2023), Manaslu RP four times (2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014) and Makalu in 2019.
1972 Nancy Noemi Silvestrini, Argentinean lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2003 and died on descent, aged 31. She was the first Argentinean woman, who ascended any 8000er.
1972 Claire David, French lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1972 Hera Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1973 Jamie Hackett, Australian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1973 Oswaldo Aurielo Freire, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012, Everest four times (2013, 2017, 2019 and 2022), Lhotse twice (2019 and 2022) and Makalu and Broad Peak in 2023.
1974 Eduardo Rocha Casagrande, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1975 Mikel Sasiain, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1977 Vedrana Simičević, Croatian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1977 Jussi Johannes Juutinen, Finnish climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1979 Alfred Schreilechner, Austrian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2004.
1980 Renan Evrim Ozturk, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1981 Pasang XIV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2019).
1983 Tang Ling, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1983 Sara McManus Myers, American lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1984 Jagannath Timilsina, Nepalese Magar climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1985 Tomasz Kowalski, Polish climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2013 (first winter ascent). He died on descent, aged 27.
1986 Nathaniel James Douglas, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1992 Tenji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025) and Makalu in 2025.
1994 Furte, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse and Dhaulagiri I in 2023 and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1998 Lakpa Ongjuk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and K2 in 2023 and Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).