27 February

Born on this day

1957 Emanuil Dejanov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1990.
1957 Lino Zani, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1960 Blaž Jereb, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1963 Hwang Soon-Kwang, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1965 Pierre Aubertin, French climber, who ascended Everest in 1992.
1966 Anton Wendelin (Toni) Jöhl, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1966 Chris Morris, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1967 Ash Man Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1968 Toshiyasu Sugiyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1996.
1968 Tsutomu Terada, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1971 Dawa IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2005 and Annapurna I in 2006. He died in 2007 on Everest, aged 36.
1972 Rumiko Saito, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011 and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1981 Martin Belanger, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1984 Ang Pemba (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1987 Kalden Phura, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016), Manaslu RP in 2019, K2 twice (2022 and 2023) and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2024).
1987 Dasange, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2024.
1988 Suraj Paudel, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1992 Phu Dorchi IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1997 Zeng Guai, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
2000 Dawa Rinje III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2002 Ang Tezin (Ang Tenji), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga twice (2023 and 2024).

Gone on this day

1989 Japanese climbers Noboru Yamada (39), who ascended Dhaulagiri I twice (1978 and 1982), Kangchenjunga in 1981, Lhotse in 1983, Everest three times (winter 1983, 1985 and 1988), K2 in summer 1985, Manaslu (?) in winter 1985, Annapurna I in winter 1987 and Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988; Teruo Saegusa (31), who ascended Everest twice (1985 and 1988), Annapurna I in winter 1987 and Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988 and Kohzo Komatsu (34), who ascended Dhaulagiri II and III in 1979 and Dhaulagiri I in 1982, are missing since this day on Denali (McKinley).