03 August

Born on this day

1941 Kazunari Ohuchi, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1942 Peter Konzert, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988.
1944 Toyo Kurai, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1952 Rudolf (Ruedi) Tanner, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1953 Alfonso Juez, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Everest in 1992 and Gasherbrum I in 1996. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006 and the Carstensz-version in 2009.
1953 Lars Cronlund, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 1991.
1954 Václav Pátek, Czech climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1954 Ján Matlák, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998. He died on Dhaulagiri I in 2014, aged 60.
1957 Ernst (Ernesto) Felix, Swiss climber, who ascended Makalu in 2016.
1959 Kazuya Igarashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1961 Hiroyuki Kuraoka, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2003, 2006 and 2016), Everest thirteen times (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026) and Manaslu RP twice (2009 and 2013). He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2006.
1961 Corrado Margna, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1989.
1963 Francis Slakey, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2000 and finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2002.
1965 Shoko Kitamura, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1966 Manuel (Manolo) Miranda, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1992.
1967 Lobsang I, Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 1992.
1969 Andrés Delgado, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (1995 and twice within eleven days in 1999), Broad Peak Foresummit in 1995 and Everest in 1997. He disappeared on Changabang in 2006, aged 37.
1970 Dong Gui-Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1971 Dawa Tshering II (Dawa Chhiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu six times (1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2006), Everest four times (1994, 1995, 1996 and 2005), Broad Peak in 1997, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999, Manaslu RP twice (2002 and 2009), Makalu in 2004, Lhotse in 2006 and Dhaulagiri I in 2010.
1973 Ariunzul Chuluunbaatar, Mongolian lady climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022 and Everest in 2025.
1974 Antti Inkinen, Finnish climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1974 Oleg Kiriyanov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1975 Tomoaki Hamatsu, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1978 Joëlle Brupbacher, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006, Dhaulagiri I and Cho Oyu in 2007 and Gasherbrum II in 2008. She died on Makalu in 2011, aged 32.
1979 Thi Thanh Binh Nguyen, Vietnamese lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1981 Thomas Haines, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1983 Ingvild Marie Settemsdal, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2017.
1983 Valentyn Sypavin, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, in 2024 twice, 2025 and 2026), Lhotse four times (2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025), K2 in 2021 and Dhaulagiri I, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum II in 2026.
1986 Gyamjo, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2011, 2012 and 2014).
1990 Ludivine Virginie Sarah Lonchampt, French lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1992 Jost Kobusch, German climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2016.
1996 Bavinder Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1913 Kun (7077 m) by an Italian party.
1934 Baltoro Kangri SE-Peak (c. 7275 m) and Sia Kangri West-Peak (c. 7315 m) by different teams of the international party led by G.O.Dyhrenfurth.
1958 Kondus Kangri (6756 m) by a Japanese party.
1978 Thui Zom II (6523 m) by a British party.
1979 Teram Kangri III (7382 m) by a Japanese party.
1986 Pamri Sar I (7016 m) by an Italian party.

Gone on this day

1986 Wojciech Wróż, Polish climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga South-Peak in 1978, Yalung Kang in 1984 and K2 on that day, died on descent, aged 43.
2010 Ernst (Ere) Reiss, Swiss pioneer, who ascended Lhotse in 1956 (first ascent), died, aged 90.
2024 Javier Botella, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995. He died on Khan Tengri, aged 67.