27 April

Born on this day

1840 Edward Whymper, British pioneer, who was famous for many first ascents in the Alps and the Andes. He died in 1911, aged 71.
1922 Fritz Moravec, Austrian pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum II in 1956. He died in 1997, aged 74.
1933 Siegfried Löw, German climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1962, where he died by a fall on descent, aged 29.
1934 Henri Sigayret, French climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1979 and Gasherbrum II in 1985. He died in 2021, aged 87.
1945 Franz Prasicek, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995 and Shisha Pangma in 1997.
1946 Vladimir Povolotski, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1947 Robert (Bob) Cedergreen, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1994. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1996.
1948 Peter Vogler, German climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1975 and Lhotse in 1977.
1959 Guy Chardiny, French climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1986 and Everest in 2001.
1961 Harry Nikol, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2013.
1961 Gerd Rohrmann, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1962 Viktor Kulbachenko, Belarusian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1994 and Everest in 1998.
1962 Terrence La France, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 2001.
1962 Andrea Oberbacher, Italian (Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1994.
1963 Dale Abenójar, Philippine climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1965 Nawang Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (1994, 1995 and 2003), Everest twice (1996 and 2000) and Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak in 1997.
1965 Lhakpa (c), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (2003, 2006, 2009 and 2013).
1965 Laurent Homier, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1966 Jacek Janusz Ankowski, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2014.
1968 Constantinos (Kostas) Apostolopoulos, Greek climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 and Everest in 2004.
1969 Kim Hun-Sang, Korean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Annapurna I in 1996 and Dhaulagiri I in 1997, the latter exactly on his 28th birthday.
1969 Ang Phuri II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2006).
1970 Roelof Hedzer (Rolfe) Oostra, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013, Everest and Cho Oyu in 2016 and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1971 Zhang Jing-Chuan, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2016), Manaslu RP in 2011, K2 in 2012 and Lhotse in 2017.
1972 Tanya Bylart, Australian lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1972 Dawa Jabu Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1973 Michiyo Adachi, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1973 Carlos Canellas, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1975 Shoichi Mori, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2001, Lhotse in 2002 and Annapurna I in 2003.
1975 James Bingham, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1977 Pemba Dorje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fourteen times (2000, 2003, 2004, twice in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, in 2018 twice, 2019 and 2021), Lhotse twice (2002 and 2023), Manaslu RP in 2006 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1978 Pasang IX, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga five times (2008, 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2019), Cho Oyu in 2009, Everest three times (2010, 2013 and 2016), K2 in 2012, Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2018) and Annapurna I in 2021.
1978 Hirohisa Suzuki, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2013.
1979 Zahra Nemati, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1980 Temba Nuru, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna II (first winter ascent!) and Manaslu RP in 2008.
1981 Man Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2023) and Lhotse in 2023.
1981 Ang Dawa (e), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended K2 in 2023.
1987 Natalia Sergeeva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1988 Denali Schmidt, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Broad Peak in 2013. He died 12 days later on K2, aged 25.
1988 Ang Kaji II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2014 and 2021), Everest five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023) and K2 in 2022.
1989 Pema/Pemba Ngima, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2017).
1989 Tashi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP four times (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021), Everest three times (2018, 2019 and 2021) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1992 Pasang Nuru (c), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2016 and Lhotse in 2023.
1993 Pasang Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (in 2016 twice, in 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023), Lhotse three times (2018, 2019 and 2023), Manaslu RP twice (2018 and 2019), Manaslu M in 2022 and Kangchenjunga in 2023.
1993 Wang Xue-Feng, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1994 Benjamin Edward Lieber, American climber, who ascended Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2023.
1995 Thomas Erling Lone, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1996 Dawa Rinje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2023) and Manaslu M in 2023.

First ascents on this day

1962 Kumbhakarna, (aka Jannu, 7711 m) by a French party.
1978 Jethi Bahurani (6850 m) by a Japanese party.