03 February

Born on this day

1934 Adam Bilczewski, Polish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1979. He died in 1987, aged 53.
1935 Royal Robbins, American free-climber. He died in 2017, aged 82.
1949 Hanako Majima, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1949 Alberto Bianchi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1950 Hiroshi Yoshino, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1978, K2 in 1982 and Everest in 1983, where he died by a fall on descent, aged 33.
1959 Vladimir Lanko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Cho Oyu in 2011 and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1960 Aleksandr Tokarev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1990.
1961 Meinrad Bittel, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1961 Hamid Reza Dehghan, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1962 Matthew Holt, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2003, Cho Oyu in 2007, Manaslu RP in 2010 and Broad Peak in 2024. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2003 and the Carstensz-version in 2007.
1962 Tarcisio Bello, Italian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1998 and Everest in 2004.
1962 Kim Hak-Kyu, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1964 Erik Ziegler, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Everest in 2022.
1965 Kurt Hefti, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1967 Seo Gang-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1989.
1969 Grigori Semikolenkov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1996.
1969 Michael Aaron Neal, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2023) and Lhotse in 2023.
1970 Barry Gordon Welsh, British (Scottish) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2006.
1972 Hubert Klaus, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1973 Freddy Journet, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1973 Pemba Nuru II (aka Kaila), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2000, Everest seven times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018), Makalu in 2008, Manaslu RP four times (2011, 2015, 2017 and 2018) and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1975 Roman Andrade Romancini, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1977 Eumir Lorenzo Martinelli, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1978 Jonathan Gonzague Gael Kubler, French climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2021.
1983 Manita Pradhan, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1983 Daphinju, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascedned Manaslu M in 2025.
1986 Kesh Bahadur Karki, Nepalese climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1993 Martin Pierre Patrick Pollet, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.

Event on this day

1987 First winter ascent of Annapurna I (8091 m) by a Polish party.

First ascents on this day

1936 Bolivar (Venezuela, 4979 m) by a German party (first undisputed ascent).
1969 Roma (Patagonia, Chile, 3270 m) by an Argentinean party.

Gone on this day

1994 Etsuro Hino, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1986 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992. He died, aged 53.
1998 Mozart Catão, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 1995, died on Aconcagua, aged 35.