03 January

Born on this day

1948 Marie-José Vallençot, French lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1982 (first female ascent!).
1950 Robert Allenbach, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 1978.
1950 Roger Baxter-Jones, British climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1978, Shisha Pangma in 1982 and Broad Peak in 1983. He died in 1985 in the Alps on Triolet North face, aged 35.
1952 Rinaldo Carrel, Italian adventurer, who travelled to the North Pole in 1971 and ascended Everest in 1973.
1956 Robert (Robie) Vaughn, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1956 Jan Morava, Canadian climber of Czech origin, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1956 Mario Fernando Villagran Avendano, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022, K2 in 2023, Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2024 and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1958 Dennis Charrier, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2004 and Everest in 2007.
1959 Stanisław Barabas, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1961 Lynn Hill, American lady free-climber.
1962 Michael Joseph (Mike) Moniz, American climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2012 and Cho Oyu in 2014.
1966 Dirk Feige, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2007. Later that year he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1966 David Keating, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1969 Aditya Gupta, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1970 John Mislow, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1973 Pasang Kami IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2013).
1975 Boris Kurz, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1977 Mohammed Sahabuddin, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1977 Fabian Anthony Fabbro, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1978 Maya, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Everest three times (2006, 2007 and 2016), K2 in 2014, Kangchenjunga in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021 and Makalu in 2022.
1979 Lee Hyeong-Mo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1982 Arjun Kumar Thapa, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1984 Sameer Bahadur Basnet, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1985 Bhushan Uday Harshe, Indian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2021.
1986 Prasad Narendra Joshi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012, Dhaulagiri I in 2016 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1987 Gao Yang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2025.
1990 Robert Laurence (Rob) Sobecki, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1992 Rebecca Marie (Becky) Bellworthy, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1997 Shah Doulat, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2022, Nanga Parbat twice in 2023 and Gasherbrum II in 2024.
2005 Lakpa Renjin, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

Gone on this day

1991 Eleven Japanese and six Chinese climbers died around this day in an avalanche at Kawagebo (aka Moirigkawagarbo, 6740 m).