03 June

Born on this day

1927 Robert Paragot, French pioneer, who achieved the first ascent of Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1962 and ascended the Muztagh Tower just one week after the British first ascent party in 1956. He died in 2019, aged 92.
1938 Yasuko Shiraiwa, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1938 Hanns Schell, Austrian pioneer, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1975, Nanga Parbat in 1976 (new route, named Schell route since then), Gasherbrum II in 1979 and Shisha Pangma in 1985. He also achieved five first ascents of 7000ers with other Austrian pioneers, Momhil Sar (7343 m) with Rudolf Pischinger, Horst Schindlbacher, Leo Schlömmer and Rudolf Widerhofer in 1964; Akher Tsagh (7017 m) with Rainer Göschl in 1966; Diran (Minapin, 7266 m) with Rainer Göschl and Rudolf Pischinger in 1968; Malubiting (7453 m) with Kurt Pirker, Horst Schindlbacher and Hilmar Sturm in 1971 and Urdok Kangri I (7250 m) with Karl Hub, Robert Schauer, Lieselotte Schell and Herbert Zefferer in 1975.
1950 Willem Groenefeld, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1952 Viktor (Viki) Grošelj, Slovenian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1975, Manaslu RP in 1984, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II in 1986, Cho Oyu twice (1988 and 2001), Lhotse, Everest and Shisha Pangma in 1989, Kangchenjunga in 1991 and K2 in 1993. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1997.
1952 Alain Estève, French climber, who ascended Gyachung Kang in 1986, Gasherbrum I in 1990 and Everest in 1993. He died in 1997, aged 45.
1954 Stephan A. Giesecke, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2011.
1956 Huang Nu-Bo, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008 and Everest three times (2010, 2011 and 2013).
1959 Gary Nelson, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1963 Christian Huber, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012. He died in 2018 in an avalanche on Ultar Sar, aged 55.
1966 Björn (Tommy) Rambøl, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2009.
1968 Mao Shao-Yun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1971 Javier Rivas, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1975 Frédéric Arburua, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1976 Andreas Steigenberger, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2011.
1977 Bhimsen Shah Thakuri, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1977 Christopher Daniel Rayburn, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1979 Wangdu 2 (aka Wangqing), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest four times (2004, 2010, 2012 and 2013) and Cho Oyu four times (2005, 2006, 2009 and 2013).
1979 Hossein Bahmanyar, Iranian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2011 and Manaslu RP in 2021.
1981 Dorchi (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1981 Stephan Jesinghaus, German climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1982 Yin-Xuan (Esther) Tan, Singaporean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1982 Elmira Aslanova, Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1982 Ruslan Laukart, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1988 Reena Devi Bhatti, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1993 Richung, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1995 Ramesh Gurung (a), Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and K2 in 2022.
1995 Usuf Meeri, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2021.
1996 Sebastian Arizpe, Mexican climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2023.
1997 James Martin Miller, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.

First ascents on this day

1930 Jongsang Ri (7462 m) by an international party led by G. O. Dyhrenfurth. This was the highest first ascent of a mountain for one year and 18 days.
1936 Kalidhang (6373 m) by an Indian party.
1950 Annapurna I (earlier name Morshiadi, 8091 m) by a French party. This was the first ascent of any of the 8000ers.
1967 Papsura (6451 m) by a British party.
1974 Nilkantha (6596 m) by an Indian party.
1974 Shivling (6543 m) by another Indian party.
1975 Kalanka (6931 m) by a Japanese party.