04 February

Born on this day

1925 Arno Puškáš, Slovak climber, who participated in the first ascents of Nanga Parbat Forepeak (7910 m) and NE-Peak (7530 m) in 1971. He died in 2001, aged 76.
1938 Michihiro Masaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1943 Wanda Rutkiewicz, Polish lady climber, who participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum III (7952 m) in 1975. It was the highest first ascent by women. She was the first Polish climber and the first European woman, who ascended Everest. After her Everest ascent in 1978 she also ascended Nanga Parbat in 1985, K2 in 1986, Shisha Pangma in 1987, Gasherbrum II in 1989, Gasherbrum I in 1990 and Cho Oyu and Annapurna I in 1991. She died in 1992 high on Kangchenjunga, aged 49.
1949 Hideki Azuma, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1981.
1954 Denis Chatrefou, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1984, Gasherbrum II in 2000 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1959 Mark McDermott, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Everest in 2001.
1960 Hiroshi Iwazaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1995, Broad Peak in 1997 and Gasherbrum I in 2002.
1965 Bogdan Stefko, Polish climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1991 and Nanga Parbat in 1993.
1966 Bodh Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1970 Jane Frances Kanizay, Australian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019 and Everest in 2022.
1971 Martin Thallmair, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011.
1972 Rajendra Singh Jalal, Indian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2002, Everest three times (2003, 2012 and 2013), Makalu in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1972 Tej Pal Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1972 Sukhvir Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1973 Lee Hyun-Jo, Korean climber, who ascended Makalu, Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2000, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and Everest in 2006. He died in 2007 in an avalanche on Everest, aged 34.
1973 David Fojtík, Czech climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and Dhaulagiri I in 2009.
1973 Wu Xin-Ju, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1973 Gerelt-Od Tserendulam, Mongolian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1974 Tapley Richards, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1996 and 2000) and Everest in 2006.
1975 Juan Manuel Boselli, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1976 Karma Gyalzen V (aka Karma Geljen), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013) and Lhotse in 2012.
1981 Viacheslav Kryvosheia, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1983 Lhakpa Tenzing IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2017 and 2019).
1984 Laura Darlington, Australian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1984 Ngima V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
1987 Sushil Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1995 Tsering Angmo, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1995 Dawa Dorchi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP four times (2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022), Everest three times (2021, 2023 and 2024), K2 three times (2022, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M three times (2022, 2023 and 2025).
1995 Tejan Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2025), Lhotse in 2022, Annapurna I, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, K2, Manaslu M, Dhaulagiri I and Cho Oyu in 2023 and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where he finished the 14 8K Main-Peaks.
1996 Jack Plato Breed, British climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
2000 Sugriv Atmaram Mande, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
2000 Ketan Sitaram Jadhav, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
2001 Dan-Ioan Robescu, Romanian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.

First ascent on this day

1958 Francisco Moreno (3505 m) by an Italian party.

Gone on this day

1986 Kim Momb, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1983 died after an avalanche in Canada, aged 29.