Almanac

04 February



Born on this day

1925 Arno Puškáš, Slovak climber, who participated in the first ascents of Nanga Parbat Forepeak (7910 m) and NE-Peak (7530 m) in 1971. He died in 2001, aged 76.
1938 Michihiro Masaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1943 Wanda Rutkiewicz, Polish lady climber, who participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum III (7952 m) in 1975. It was the highest first ascent by women. She was the first Polish climber and the first European woman, who ascended Everest. After her Everest ascent in 1978 she also ascended Nanga Parbat in 1985, K2 in 1986, Shisha Pangma in 1987, Gasherbrum II in 1989, Gasherbrum I in 1990 and Cho Oyu and Annapurna I in 1991. She died in 1992 high on Kangchenjunga, aged 49.
1949 Hideki Azuma, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1981.
1954 Denis Chatrefou, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1984, Gasherbrum II in 2000 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1959 Mark McDermott, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Everest in 2001.
1960 Hiroshi Iwazaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1995, Broad Peak in 1997 and Gasherbrum I in 2002.
1965 Bogdan Stefko, Polish climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1991 and Nanga Parbat in 1993.
1966 Bodh Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1972 Rajendra Singh Jalal, Indian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2002, Everest in 2003 and Makalu in 2009.
1973 Lee Hyun-Jo, Korean climber, who ascended Makalu, Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2000, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and Everest in 2006. He died in 2007 in an avalanche on Everest, aged 34.
1973 David Fojtík, Czech climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and Dhaulagiri I in 2009.
1974 Tapley Richards, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1996 and 2000) and Everest in 2006.
1974 Champa Younten, Indian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2003.
1976 Karma Gyalzen V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2008 and 2009).

First ascent on this day

1958 Francisco Moreno (3505 m) by an Italian party.