28 March

Born on this day

1943 Mitsuo Hiroshima, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1977. He died in an avalanche on Skilbrum (7360 m) in 1997, aged 54.
1948 Kiyoyuki Izumida, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1949 Lindsay Nigel Griffin, British climber and mountaineering chronicler. He was long time editor of the very informative "Mountain INFO" in various magazines, a former president of the Alpine Club and also long time editor and is currently senior editor of the American Alpine Journal.
1953 Gerardo Plaza, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1979. He died in 1980, aged 27.
1953 Bernhard Holbaum, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1956 Susan Ershler, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2002, where she also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1956 Michael (Mike) Browder, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1956 Steven David Wyatt, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1957 Josef Pallhuber, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1957 Dennis Verhoeve, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and died on descent, aged 52.
1958 Ewald Huber, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma-Central-Peak in 2002.
1960 Peter Panayotov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1989.
1961 István Tarjányi, Hungarian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1962 Shigeki Nakayama, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990.
1962 Fraser Leith McKenzie, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1963 Marco Salvić, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008.
1963 Anne Hermanrud, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1964 Mayk Ulrich Schega, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2010.
1965 Pang Zhi-Nan, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1967 Bradford Bull, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (1995 and 2001) and Lhotse in 1998.
1967 Kim Geun-Saeng, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1970 Steven R. Novick, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2011.
1971 Stéphane Benoist, French climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2013.
1972 Samgel (Samgyal), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016).
1972 Aldona Barbara Drabik, Polish lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1973 Batbold Banzragch, Mongolian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1974 Jaya Prakash Rai, Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008.
1974 Gjergji Bojaxhi, Albanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1977 Lhakpa Tendu (aka Lhakpa Kormu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2013 and 2016), Everest three times (2014, 2017 and 2019) and Lhotse twice (2018 and 2025).
1980 Pemba Nurbu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fifteen times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025), Cho Oyu in 2014, Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2025).
1980 Brian Philip Meskell, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1980 Swapnil Ricky Coelho, British climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1984 Tenzing (Den Zeng), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2003 and 2004) and Everest eight times (2004, 2005, twice during fifteen days in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010).
1984 Shivraj Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1985 Ngima Ongcchu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2015 and Everest three times (2017, 2018 and 2019).
1986 Ningma Dorje Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest six times (2018, 2019, twice in 2023, 2024 and 2025), Manaslu RP in 2019, Annapurna I in 2022, Nanga Parbat twice (2022 and 2023), K2 twice (2022 and 2024), Broad Peak in 2022, Gasherbrum II twice (2022 and 2023), Gasherbrum I twice (2022 and 2023) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1986 Kristin Harila, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2023), Lhotse three times (2021, 2022 and 2023), Annapurna I twice (2022 and 2023), Dhaulagiri I twice (2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga twice (2022 and 2023), Makalu twice (2022 and 2023), Nanga Parbat twice (2022 and 2023), K2 twice (2022 and 2023), Broad Peak twice (2022 and 2023), Gasherbrum II twice (2022 and 2023), Gasherbrum I twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2023), Shisha Pangma twice (2023 and 2024) and Cho Oyu in 2023, where she already finished the 14 Main-8000ers. In 2023 she climbed the 14 Main-8000ers in record time (92 days) together with the late Sherpa climber Tenzing IV (aka Tenzen Lama).
1986 Rochelle May Gilmore, Australian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1992 Marios Giannakou, Greek climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1994 Lakpa Tharke, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2018 and 2019).
1994 Surendra Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1996 Ngima Norbu/Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2017, 2023 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1996 Bam Bahadur B. K., Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2024.
1997 Tshering Samduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2018, 2019 and 2022) and Annapurna I in 2023.
1997 Shen Mu-Yao, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2004 Ngudu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2024 and 2025).
2005 Dawa Tasi (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

Gone on this day

1977 Eric Earle Shipton, British pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Kamet (7756 m) in 1931, died, aged 69.
2005 Gerhard Schmatz, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP (C3) in 1973, Tirich Mir in 1975, Everest in 1979, Gasherbrum I in 1986 and Cho Oyu in 1988. He finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1986 and the Carstensz-version in 1992. He died on this day, aged 75.