01 February

Born on this day

1941 Kim Seong-Bong, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1942 Michiko Takahashi, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1987.
1960 Nawang Tenzing II (aka Nawangle), Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest six times (1999, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2018 and 2019), Lhotse three times (2007, 2008 and 2011) and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1961 Kim Jae-Soo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 2007), Shisha Pangma twice (1991 and 2007), Cho Oyu twice (1993 and 2011), Lhotse twice (2002 and 2008), Broad Peak in 2007, K2 and Manaslu RP in 2008, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Dhaulagiri I and Nanga Parbat in 2009, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2010 and Annapurna I in 2011.
1962 Sebastian Wurm, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1963 Kim Jin-Tae, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001, Everest in 2006, K2 in 2007 and Nanga Parbat in 2010.
1964 Ignacio Alonso Martínez Cárdenas, Mexican climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1966 Cheong Ha-Young, Korean climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2010.
1966 Jason Russell Snell, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1967 Muhammad Fauzan Hassan, Malaysian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Martin Freunberger, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1971 Stanislav Shagdamov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1972 Eduard Kubatov, Kyrgyz climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and K2 in 2025.
1976 Alexis Despature, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1977 Sun Hong-Mo, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1979 Hironori Taniyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2001.
1980 Hiroshi Matsumoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1980 Anna Maria Szklarczyk, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1981 Julia Lyubova, British lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024 and Everest in 2025.
1982 Zeng Xian-Jie, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Makalu in 2025.
1983 Sanjay Kodain Sanzu, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1984 Christopher Keller, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1988 Nagarajan Hari Prasath, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1989 Praveen Singh Rana, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1990 Ngayaising Jagoi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1991 Urgain Padma, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1995 Kim Lal Oli, Nepalese climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.
1996 Lakpa (h), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1998 Chholakpa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2008 Bianca Jane Adler, Australian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.

Gone on this day

2005 Andreas (Anderl) Heckmair, German climber, who participated in the first ascent of the Eiger North Face in 1938, died, aged 98.