07 February

Born on this day

1938 Almo Giambisi, Italian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1985, Annapurna I in 1986 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1989.
1943 Takeo Aoki, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1949 Yasuko Namba, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1996, where she also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits and died on descent, aged 47.
1957 Scott Thomas, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1958 Reinhold Dibiasi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1958 Koki Nishida, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013 and Everest in 2016.
1959 Moisés García, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1986.
1959 René de Bos, Dutch climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1988 and Everest in 1990.
1959 Marco della Santa, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1963 Ilia Sabelnikov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1992.
1963 Mario Gustav Julen, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1963 Janez Levec, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1964 Oriol Ribas, Andorran climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996, Gasherbrum II in 1999, Shisha Pangma in 2004 and Broad Peak in 2014.
1967 Ignacio García, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1967 Paul Hegge, Belgian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2014, Everest in 2016 and K2 in 2018.
1969 Francisco (Paco) Monedero, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006 and Everest in 2009.
1970 Kazuhisa Kobayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1970 Daniel Michael Paul Owens, South African climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1971 Park Jung-Hun, Korean climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1994, Everest in 1995, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996, Nanga Parbat in 1997, K2 in 2000, Shisha Pangma in 2002 and Gasherbrum II in 2004.
1972 Xiong Xiang-Rong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1973 Boyan Petrov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2009, Kangchenjunga, Broad Peak and K2 in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2015, Annapurna I, Makalu and Nanga Parbat in 2016 and Gasherbrum II and Dhaulagiri I in 2017. He died in 2018 on Shisha Pangma, aged 45.
1974 Kadyrakun Nurmamatob, Kyrgyz climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2024.
1975 Dmitry Razumov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1976 Elizabeth Jane (Libby) Kennett, British lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1978 Ang Dawa V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and Cho Oyu twice (2013 and 2014).
1978 Henry David Teran, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1982 Matteo Piantoni, Italian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003.
1983 Sandhosh Kumar Sankaran, Singaporean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2010.
1985 Sebastian Daniel Georg Fuchs, German climber, who ascended Makalu in 2022.
1986 Phurba Namgyal, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011) and Everest three times (2007, 2009 and 2012).
1991 Stefan Christiaan Nel, South African climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1991 Alžběta Rott, Czech lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1991 Gursimran Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2025.
1997 Dorji I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2019, Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and K2 in 2024.
2001 Anish Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2023) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025).
2001 Dawa Sange (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1937 Pissis (6795 m) by a Polish party.
1983 Compañeros (Patagonia, aka Cerro W, 2260 m) by an Argentinean party.