02 July

Born on this day

1935 Franci Savenc, Slovenian mountain chronicler, one of the pioneers of Himalayan adventure statistics. He died in 2023, aged 88.
1948 Yoshio Ogata, Japanese climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1981, Cho Oyu and Everest in 1993 and Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak in 1997.
1950 Shinji Sato, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Everest in 2002.
1950 Cesare Cesa Bianchi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2005 and 2009) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1951 Xia Bo-Yu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1954 Colin Lynch, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1995.
1956 Antonio Ubieto, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1983 and Everest in 1991.
1956 Sumio Hibino, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013 and Everest in 2016.
1958 Terry McCullagh, Australian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986.
1959 Michel Armand, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1959 Martin Fischer, Swiss climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1984.
1959 Bruno Pederiva, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1959 Armin Rempfler, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1962 Mario Merelli, Italian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2001 and 2004), Makalu in 2002 and Kangchenjunga and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2003, Annapurna I and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2005, Gasherbrum II in 2006, Lhotse in 2008, Cho Oyu in 2009 and Dhaulagiri I in 2011. He died in 2012 in the Alps, aged 49.
1962 Dominic Martin Jude, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1962 Brian L. Cheripko, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1964 Lim Yew-Lee (David), Malaysian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1964 Jean-Philippe Monet, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1966 Eva Martínez, Mexican lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, Cho Oyu in 2012 and Makalu in 2019.
1968 Christine Patricia Burke, Australian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Manaslu RP in 2013, Makalu, K2 and Cho Oyu in 2014, Annapurna I in 2016 and Kangchenjunga in 2018.
1969 Eduardo Keppke, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1970 Jörg Leupold, German climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1995 and Cho Oyu in 1997.
1971 Fang Xiao-Feng, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2021.
1972 Chen Min, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1974 Kadyrakun Nurmamatov, Kyrgyz climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Everest in 2023.
1974 Olivier Louis Lucian Thiriet, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1975 Stian Slettum Voldmo, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005, Everest in 2007 and Dhaulagiri I in 2011.
1976 Franck Mare Hubert Fabien Lasfargues, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1977 Andrea Montolli, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2008.
1980 Choi Kang-Sik, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2004.
1980 Dawa Gelje I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1980 Zenab Mansoor, Pakistani climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1981 Stefan Fritsche, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1981 Tshering, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1984 Tenzin Rigden, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1984 Su Zi-Xia, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1985 Miao Yong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1985 James Nicholas Sails, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1986 Zhao Xi, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1987 Urgyen Dorjee, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1987 Shamin Umesh Asaikar, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1991 Tenjing Gyalzen I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2012, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023).
1994 Robert Austin Schmitz, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1994 Dawa Nuru VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1997 Pooja Mehra, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1997 Dawa X, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.

First ascents on this day

1939 Nanda Devi East (7434 m) by a Polish party.
1945 Gangstang (6162 m) by an Italian party.
1955 Kang Guru (6981 m) by a German party.
1980 Mango Gusor (6288 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1979 Milan Kriššák, Slovak climber, who ascended Makalu in 1976. He died after a helicopter accident in the High Tatras, aged 35.
1982 Glenn A. Brindeiro, American climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1978, died in an avalanche on Gasherbrum II, aged 38.