24 March

Born on this day

1926 Harry Reginald Anthony (Tony) Streather, British pioneer, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1950 and Kangchenjunga in 1955, both of which were first ascents. He died in 2018, aged 92.
1935 Louis Audoubert, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1982.
1944 Shinichi Ishii, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and Everest in 2007, where he died on descent, aged 63.
1948 Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish climber, who ascended Tirich Mir East-Peak in 1978, Lhotse in 1979, Everest in 1980 (new route), Makalu in 1981 (new route), Broad Peak twice (1982 and 1984 by a new route), Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 1983 (both by a new route), Broad Peak Central during the new route to Broad Peak Main in 1984, Dhaulagiri I and Cho Oyu in winter 1985, Nanga Parbat in summer 1985 (new route), Kangchenjunga in winter 1986 (first winter ascent), K2 in summer 1986 (new route), Manaslu RP (?) in autumn 1986 (new route), Annapurna I in winter 1987 (first winter ascent), Shisha Pangma in autumn 1987 (new route) and Annapurna I East-Peak in 1988 (new route by the South face). He died in 1989 after a fatal fall during the attempt to ascend the then unclimbed Lhotse South face, aged 41.
1950 Toshimasa Yawata, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1991.
1952 Nawang Thapa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2005 and 2006).
1954 Kim Ki-Heyg, Korean climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1984.
1956 Mehdi Etemadfar, Iranian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2004 and Gasherbrum I in 2007. He died in 2009 on Dhaulagiri I, aged 53.
1958 Dawson Stelfox, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1964 Chantal Mauduit, French lady climber, who ascended K2 in 1992, Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1993, Lhotse (first female ascent!) and Manaslu RP in 1996 and Gasherbrum II in 1997. She died in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri I in 1998, aged 34.
1964 Marek Kamiński, Polish adventurer, who was the first person, who travelled to the North and South Pole unsupported, both in 1995. He travelled to the South Pole again in the season 1996/1997.
1964 Jörg Roland Spieldenner, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2012, where he also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1965 Lim Kim-Boon, Singaporean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice within nine days in 2004.
1965 Enrico Cambini, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016 and Manaslu in 2017.
1966 Koldo Ruiz, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1966 Douglas Beall, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2009.
1968 Hans Olof Fredrik Johansson, Swedish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1969 Sebastian de la Cruz, Argentinean climber, who ascended K2 in 1994.
1969 Todd A. Macy, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Julian Rodríguez, Spanish Galician climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1997 and Shisha Pangma in 2006.
1970 Svetlana Sharipova, Kazakh lady climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2007 and Makalu in 2008.
1971 Vadims Prudnikovs, Latvian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1975 Konrad Scheiber, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1976 Jason Tanguay, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1977 Julian Haszard, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Everest in 2004 and Manaslu RP in 2009.
1978 Nathan Alan Frederick, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1980 Beathe Johannessen, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1984 Jakub Izydor Bojan, Polish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2017.
1986 Amy Rickman McCulloch, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1986 Krisli Melesk, Estonian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and K2 in 2022, Nuptse in 2023 and Lhotse in 2024.
1988 Kedup (aka Kydop, Ketsu), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2007, 2008 and 2009) and Everest in 2010.
1989 Ze Yong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1991 Lakpa Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1991 Jiang Le, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1994 Raja Kojia, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1994 Oleg Razumov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1999 Kami Rita III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Cho Oyu in 2023.

Gone on this day

2015 Samuli (Sam) Mansikka, Finnish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2008), Lhotse in 2008, Everest and Manaslu RP in 2009, Gasherbrum II in 2010, Dhaulagiri I in 2011, Makalu in 2013, Kangchenjunga and K2 in 2014 and Annapurna I on this day, where he died on descent, aged 36.
2015 Pema Chhiring (aka Pema), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I twice (2010 and 2015) and Dhaulagiri I in 2012. He died on descent of Annapurna I, aged 35.