01 June

Born on this day

1912 Herbert Tichy, Austrian pioneer, who, with Joseph Jöchler and Pasang Dawa Lama, made the first ascent of Cho Oyu in 1954. He died in 1987, aged 75.
1924 Ernst Schmied, Swiss pioneer, who ascended Everest in 1956. He died in 2002, aged 77.
1939 Eugeniusz Chrobak, Polish climber, who participated in the first ascent of Kangchenjunga South-Peak in 1978 and climbed Everest in 1989, where he died on descent, aged 49.
1953 Kurt Bär, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1960 Dorje VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1962 Trey Cook, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1962 Bernadina (Bernice) Notenboom, Dutch lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1963 Hans Ruedi Rösti, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1990.
1963 Christian Stefan Meister, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1963 Tone Gravir, Norwegian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012 and Everest in 2017.
1964 Francisco (Patxi) Ibarbia, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1994.
1965 Sergio (Sechu) López, Spanish Galician climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2009, Annapurna I in 2012 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1966 Chuldin Nuru, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (1998, 2001, 2002 and 2003).
1967 Toncho Tonchev, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1993 and Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1967 Maruti Khandagle, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Cho Cheol-He, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2000, Annapurna I, Gasherbrum I and Manaslu RP in 2019 and Lhotse and Dhaulagiri I in 2021.
1971 Eric Larsen, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1971 Malkiat Singh Buall, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1972 Sonam I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1974 Doychin Boyanov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Everest without bottled oxygen in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2006 and Gasherbrum I in 2009.
1975 Carlos Javier Gallosi, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1975 Milind Dhondiba Raskar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1979 Jonathan Duke Ruane, Irish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021 and Everest in 2022.
1980 Andrei Muravev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1982 Tenji I (Tenzing), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fifteen times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, in 2022 twice, 2024 and 2025), Cho Oyu four times (2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016), Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2019) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1982 Craig Allen Plescia, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1984 Sunil Budhalakoti, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1985 Tenjing Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2018.
1986 Mingma Tenzing II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu six times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013) and Everest eight times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and twice in 2012).
1986 Sonam Tashi (aka Soinam Zaxi), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2007) and Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1987 Deechen Narjup (aka Dechen Ngodup), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest five times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2022) and Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2008).
1988 Pemba Tsering ("Small"), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest twice (2010 and 2011) and Cho Oyu in 2013.
1990 Deepak Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1995 Lalrintluangi, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1998 Sunda Raju Repalle, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
2000 Gelmu, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2004 Dawa Nurbu VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2024 and twice in 2025) and Manaslu M in 2024.

First ascent on this day

1954 Hongku Chuli West (6764 m) by the party from New Zealand led by Edmund Hillary.