30 April

Born on this day

1933 Ramón Blanco, Spanish Galician climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1991, Everest in 1993 and Gasherbrum II in 1998. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2003 and the Carstensz-version in 2007 and became the oldest climber on both versions.
1935 Nils Antezana, Bolivian born American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004 and died on descent, aged 69.
1937 Alberto Re, Italian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1985.
1944 Luis García, Chilean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1990 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1991.
1954 Soujiro Makino, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1958 Craig Douglas van Hoy, American climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1989 and Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits later in 2004.
1959 José Bernardo González, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1964 Violetta Maria Pöntinen, Polish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011, Lhotse in 2013 and Everest in 2016.
1965 Tibor Hromádka, Slovak climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1965 Lucille Antoinette de Beaudrap, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1967 Serena Brocklebank, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1968 Alberto Gil de Muro, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998 and Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1968 Roland Carel, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and Everest in 2025.
1968 Paul Stuart Pottinger, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Pema Chhosang, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1973 Kaspar Häflinger, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1973 Mark Philip Calvert, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2024.
1974 Geneva Rena Keaton, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1974 Harris Hui-Long Wu, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1974 Leslie John Binns, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1974 Sebastian Fröhlich, German climber, who ascedned Manaslu M in 2024.
1975 Sanu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2008), Everest seven times (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse four times (2008, 2021, 2022 and 2025), Manaslu RP three times (2011, 2016 and 2020), Shisha Pangma twice (2006 and 2011), K2 three times (2012, 2021 and 2023), Gasherbrum I three times (2013, 2019 and 2022), Kangchenjunga twice (2014 and 2022), Annapurna I three times (2016, 2021 and 2025), Nanga Parbat three times (2017, 2018 and 2022), Broad Peak three times (2014, 2017 and 2024), Makalu twice (2019 and 2022), Dhaulagiri I WRFS in 2019, Gasherbrum II three times (2019, 2022 and 2024), Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Manaslu M three times (twice in 2022, where he finished the 14 Main-8000ers, and once in 2024).
1976 Barnabas Borbely, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1977 Nima Chhiri, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2006, twice in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010).
1978 Kesang Rangdol, Indian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2009.
1979 Sri Krishan, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and died on descent, aged 27.
1979 George Vouloumanos, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1980 Tshering Tashi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011) and Manaslu RP in 2012.
1981 Luca Renato Montanari, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Everest in 2022.
1982 Phu Dorchi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga and Manaslu RP in 2011 and Everest in 2012. He died in 2013, aged 30.
1983 James Alexander Fry, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1984 Ngợi Bùi Văn, Vietnamese climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1989 Sangbu Lama Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest four times (2017, 2018 and twice in 2019).
1989 Amir Rajabalipour Nalkar, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1992 Magdalena Katarzyna Gorzkowska, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and Makalu and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1993 Tashi Yangjom, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.

First ascent on this day

1979 Nilgiri Central (6940 m) by a Japanese party.
1995 Dangnok Ri (6757 m) by a party composed of British, Norwegian and Nepalese climbers.

Gone on this day

1979 Yves Morin, French climber, who ascended Annapurna I and died during the attempt to ski down the mountain.
1983 Eduard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss pioneer, who led the expedition to Everest in spring 1952, that failed only at about 8600 m. He died on this day, aged 86.
1999 Michael Knakkergaard-Jørgensen, Danish climber, who ascended Everest in 1995, Lhotse in 1997 and Makalu, where he died on descent, aged 32.
2002 Chhong Ringee, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1994, spring and autumn 1998 and 2000), died on Cho Oyu, aged 37.
2012 Radovan Kuchař, Czech pioneer, who was a member of the first Czechoslovakian expedition to High Asia in 1965, where he participated in the first ascent of Kohe Hevad (6849 m) in the Hindukush, died, aged 83.
2015 Rajab Shah, Pakistani climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1989, Gasherbrum I twice (1990 and 1992), Broad Peak in 1993, K2 in 1995 and Gasherbrum II in 1998. He was the first Pakistani climber, who ascended all five 8000ers in Pakistan. He died on that day, aged 64.
2017 Ueli Steck, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II East in 2006, Gasherbrum II and Makalu in 2009, Shisha Pangma (disputed) and Cho Oyu in 2011, Everest in 2012 and Annapurna I (disputed) in 2013, died by a fall on Nuptse, aged 40.