06 February

Born on this day

1913 Ludwig Schmaderer, German pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Kirat Chuli (aka Tent Peak, 7365 m) in 1939. He was murdered in Dabo, Tibet in 1945, aged 32.
1930 Heinrich Koch, German climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986.
1943 Oswald Oelz, Austrian born climber, who ascended Everest in 1978 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1985. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1989 and the Carstensz-version in 1990.
1947 Naoe Sakashita, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1976, Kangchenjunga in 1980 and K2 in 1982.
1948 Han Sang-Kook, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1991 and Cho Oyu in 1994.
1956 Rudy van Snick, Belgian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1982 and Everest in 1990. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1995.
1961 Yonsuk Suzanna Derby, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, where she also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1961 Jean-Marc Morschel, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1964 Erich Guggisberg, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1971 Daniel (Dan) Tebay, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1973 Andreas Poppe, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1975 Adrian Jorge Sánchez, Argentinean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2010.
1976 Bruce Graeme Hasler, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996, Manaslu RP twice (2012 and 2013) and Everest twice (2013 and 2017).
1980 Jozef (Dodo) Kopold, Slovak climber, who ascended Cho Oyu, Shisha Pangma and Nanga Parbat in 2007 and Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Broad Peak in 2008.
1980 Frank Loke, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2024) and K2 in 2022.
1983 Nicolas Ibanez Varela, Chilean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2006.
1984 Lorenz Hübschmann, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1985 Jonas Salzmann, Swiss climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2019, Manaslu RP in 2021 and Dhaulagiri I in 2022.
1987 Arjun Thapa Magar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2000 Nawaraj Rana, Nepalese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2023.

First ascent on this day

1955 Arido (Patagonia, Argentina, 2279 m) by an Argentinian party.

Gone on this day

2012 Vitali Gorelik, Russian climber, who ascended K2 in 2007, died during an attempt of the first winter ascent of K2, aged 44.