04 July

Born on this day

1790 Colonel Sir George Everest, British (Welsh) surveyor and geographer, who was responsible for completing a large part of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India. The highest mountain of the world was named in his honour. He died in 1866, aged 76.
1943 Shigeo Toji, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008 and Everest in 2011.
1944 Ángel María (Mari) Ábrego, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1981, Makalu in 1984, K2 in 1986, Nanga Parbat in 1992, Broad Peak in 1995 and Cho Oyu in 1999. He died in 2018, aged 73.
1951 Marshall Ulrich, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2005.
1954 Sergio Hugo Saldaña, Mexican climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1980 and died on descent, aged 25.
1954 Ravil Chamgoulov, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2014.
1956 Lori Marie Schneider, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009, where she also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1957 Bruno Rankwiler, Swiss climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1984.
1957 Michael Burke, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1959 Anne Lesley Parmenter, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1962 Kim Jong-Kyu, Korean climber, who ascended Annapurna II (7937 m) in 1989, where he died on descent, aged 27.
1963 Bernhard Fahrner, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Broad Peak Foresummit in 1998 and Everest in 2000.
1966 Patricio Crausaz, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1966 Aref Geranmayeh, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1967 Ernest Bladé, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992 and Gasherbrum II in 1999.
1967 Paolo Paglino, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996 and Cho Oyu in 1997.
1967 Pasang Gelji (Pasang Gelze), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Everest four times (2008, 2010, 2021 and 2022) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1972 Suna Yilmaz, Turkish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1972 Danguole Bickuniene, Lithuanian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1973 Philip Brown, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1978 Mark Philip Bellamy, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1979 Lin Shih-Yi (Ken), Taiwanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1983 Madan Thapaliya, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1985 Linden Mallory, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1986 Raúl Andres Biocchi Torres, Venezuelan climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1989 Maria Belen Silvestris, Argentinean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1990 Dawa XV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024).
1991 David Henrion, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1993 Nima XII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1938 Chumangkang (6212 m) by a British party.
1951 P. 6196 m (near Chamrao Parbat) by a party from New Zealand.
1969 "Little Tirich" (6361 m) and "Three Glacier Peak" (c. 6200 m) by a British party.
1978 Nanga Parbat North-Peak I (7816 m) by a Slovak party.
1981 Sosbun Brakk (6413 m) by a Japanese party.