06 March

Born on this day

1940 Peter Brill, German climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1986, Cho Oyu in 1995 and Shisha Pangma in 1997.
1943 Giovanni Calcagno, Italian climber, who ascended Tirich Mir twice in 1975, Broad Peak in 1984, Gasherbrum II and I during 13 days in 1985, K2 in 1986 and Nanga Parbat in 1987. He disappeared on Denali (McKinley) in 1992, aged 49.
1947 Yuriko Hanaoka, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1949 Yasuo Kato, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest three times (1973, 1980 and in winter 1982), Nanda Devi in 1976 and Manaslu (?) in 1981. He disappeared on descent of his last Everest success, aged 33.
1953 Niklaus (Klaus) Alpiger, Swiss climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008.
1955 Dieter Albin Porsche, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1991, Gasherbrum II in 1995, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1997, Gasherbrum I in 1998, Nanga Parbat in 1999, Manaslu RP in 2002 and Dhaulagiri I in 2003.
1956 Albert Brugger, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1989 and Broad Peak in 1993.
1960 Magnus Funfack, German climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2001.
1960 Steve Hodge, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1962 Gyala (Jiala), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest twice (2003 and 2007).
1963 Iñigo Castiñeyra, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2019 and K2 in 2022.
1965 Keegan Schmidt, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1966 Knut Meel, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1967 Sven Borho, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019.
1968 Kevin John Farebrother, Australian climber, who ascended Everest four times (2011, 2013, 2016 and 2022) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1972 Aldo Riveros, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1972 Gaute Gude Teigen, Norwegian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014 and Everest in 2019.
1972 Tomaž Rotar, Slovenian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017, K2 in 2018 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1974 Michael Enter, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1976 Jaysen Arumugum, Mauritian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1977 Hjördis Rickert, American lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1998.
1978 Maria Malashenkova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1981 David Roeske, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2013 and 2016), Cho Oyu in 2016, Broad Peak in 2018 and K2 in 2019.
1986 Li Bo, Chinese climber, who ascedned Manaslu M in 2025.
1987 Deepak Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019 and Everest in 2025.
1988 Pradeep Panwar, Indian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2017 and Makalu in 2025.
1990 Prem Kumar Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1994 Lea Janondy, French lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1995 Bimal Purja, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022.
1995 Chen Xue-Xuan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1999 Purna Bahadur Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1958 Arenales (Patagonia, Chile, 3365 m) by a Chilean-Japanese party.

Gone on this day

2013 Maciej Berbeka, Polish climber, who ascended Annapurna Central-Peak by the difficult South Face in 1981, Manaslu M in winter 1984, Cho Oyu in winter 1985, Broad Peak Foresummit in winter 1988, Everest in 1993 and Broad Peak in winter 2013. He died on descent of the latter, aged 58.
2013 Tomasz Kowalski, Polish climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2013 (first winter ascent), died on descent, aged 27.