05 April

Born on this day

1883 Piero Ghiglione, Italian pioneer, who made first ascents in all continents and wrote many books about his adventures. He died in 1960, aged 77.
1945 Dorjee Lhatoo, Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1981 and Everest in 1984.
1950 Mitsuo Kumiya, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1953 Josef Polster, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1955 Hans Zwyssig, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1956 Christian Gabl, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1956 Philip Gregory Pinchin, British climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2023.
1959 Harumitsu Moriyasu, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1961 Bruno Buchet, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2005 and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1963 Paul Hockey, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1965 Manuel (Lolo) González, Spanish Andalusian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993, Everest in 2000, Manaslu RP in 2009, Lhotse in 2011 and Gasherbrum II in 2012.
1965 Cameron Michael (Mike) Fairman, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1966 Alison Levine, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where she also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1967 Markus Kronthaler, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 and Broad Peak in 2006, where he died on descent, aged 39.
1968 Jordi Tosas, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1997 and 2000).
1970 Frédéric Champly, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1970 Karl Douglas (Doug) Pierson, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1971 Chol Mi-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Ngozumpa Kang I (7916 m) in winter 1988.
1971 Andreu Ferrer, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1972 Ngodup Bhutia, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1974 Dicky Dolma, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1993. For ten years she was the youngest woman, who ascended Everest.
1974 Fernando M. Davalos, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1975 Jorge Luis Decurgez, Chilean climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1977 David Grant Snow, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1977 Pu Ai-Min, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1978 Karl Johan Svedjeholm, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1980 Kim Jong-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1980 Vladislav Khomkov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1981 Martin Zhor, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1982 Kenta Miyamori, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1983 Adam William Toorens, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1987 Jaypal Singh Rawat, Indian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1994 Tongchen Nimsonga, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1995 Gunthala Thirupathi Reddy, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
2006 Dawa Temba VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

Gone on this day

1970 Nepalese Sherpa climbers Mima Norbu, Nima Dorje, Tshering Tarkey, Pasang, Kunga Norbu and Kami Tshering died in an avalanche on Everest.
2020 Jan Kiełkowski, Polish geologist, climber and author, who published several High Asian guidebooks. He died on this day, aged 76.