01 May

Born on this day

1873 Willi Gustav Rickmer-Rickmers, German pioneer and explorer, who wrote many books about his adventures. He died in 1965, aged 92.
1937 Vladimir Shataev, Russian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992 and Everest in 1995.
1939 Phantog (aka Phandu, Pando, Panduo), Tibetan lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1975. She was the second woman on top of Everest just eleven days after Junko Tabei and the first one from the North. She died in 2014, aged 74.
1951 Jordi Magriñà, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1984 and Cho Oyu in winter 1994.
1952 Michael Trueman, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1999.
1959 Frédéric Pantillon, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1959 Pavel Klimeš, Czech climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1960 Patricia Tacconi, Venezuelan lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1960 Frank Everts, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1961 Basanta Kumar Singha Roy, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, Kangchenjunga in 2011 and Annapurna I in 2012 (disputed!).
1962 Dario Spreafico, Italian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1993.
1962 Robert (Matt) Hunter, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1967 Tomoyuki Yamane, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1990.
1967 Laurent Vivien Raguet, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1968 Stefan Andres, South Tyrolean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1998, Makalu in 2000, Nanga Parbat in 2001, Lhotse in 2004 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1968 Fur Tenji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2005, 2007 and 2008).
1968 Kami Chhiri Lama, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2004, Kangchenjunga in 2009, Kangchenjunga South-Peak (8476 m, first winter ascent!) in 2011 and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1969 Mark Edwin Postle, American climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2011 and Everest in 2023.
1969 Mingmar III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013, Lhotse in 2017 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1970 Lin Yao-Hu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1974 Pasang Kami II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1974 Joshua Joseph Miller, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018.
1975 Amit Bisht, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1978 Patrick Leclerc, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1979 Mohammad Rafi Kori, Malaysian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1979 Sundaram Karthikeyan, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1981 Michael Studer, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1981 Alina Arkadievna Zagaytova, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1984 Elsie Lemordant, French lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2010.
1984 Lenduk Lhomi Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1984 Matthew Paul Irving, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2022).
1984 Jan Poláček, Czech climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1985 Wangdi Gyalbo, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1986 Anders M. Christofferson, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1987 Tashi Phinzo 2, Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1987 Hossein Maghaddam, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2011, Makalu in 2012 and Lhotse in 2017.
1987 Chhepal III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024).
1994 Ngima Dorje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2018, 2021, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1995 Phurba Thile, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2017, twice in 2018, in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024) and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2023).
2004 Pastenjen (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.

Events on this day

1963 First American ascent of Everest by Jim Whittaker together with Sherpa climber Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay.
1999 After nearly 75 years the body of George Mallory was found high on Everest by American climber Conrad Anker.

First ascents on this day

1972 Dhaulagiri V (7618 m) by a Japanese party.
1982 Phurbi Chyachu (6637 m) by a Japanese party as well.
1986 Kangtega Northwest (6685 m) by an American-British party.

Gone on this day

2008 Darío Bracali, Argentinean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002 and Gasherbrum II in 2006, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 35.
2009 Mehdi Etemadfar, Iranian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2004 and Gasherbrum I in 2007, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 53.