02 March

Born on this day

1928 Guido Monzino, Italian pioneer, who led the first successful expedition to Paine Grande in 1957. He also travelled to the North Pole in 1971 and led the successful Everest expedition in 1973. He died in 1988, aged 60.
1943 David Borlini, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1950 Kazumi Fujikura, Japanese climber, who ascended Himalchuli in 1978 and Kangchenjunga in spring 1981. He died in an avalanche on Nanda Khat (6611 m) in autumn 1981, aged 31.
1952 Akira Demizu, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990.
1953 Helmut Katzenmaier, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1994.
1953 Martin Joseph Byrne, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1955 Nam Sun-Woo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1988 and Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992.
1957 Balwant Singh (Bob) Bhania, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1958 Ephraim (Ephi) Gildor, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1958 Mark Trevor Ayrey, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1962 Toni Grassl, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1962 Sergei Pugachev, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000, Gasherbrum I in 2003 and Himalchuli in 2007.
1963 Jean-Michel Tielemans, Belgian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1967 Manabu Hirose, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1997 and Everest in 2011.
1968 Da Chhemba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013) and Cho Oyu twice (2003 and 2005).
1971 Francesc (Quicu) Campos, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1971 Paul Graham Fox, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1980 Florian Tröger, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2018.
1982 Meghlal Mahato, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1986 Kalpana Maharjan, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2019).
1988 Amit Kumar Chauhan, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1988 Varun Ram, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1989 Rui Jun-Jian, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1990 Nga Temba III (Ngatemba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2017).
1990 Ang Rita II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1992 Pemba Chhiring IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1995 Jigmet Tharchin, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1999 Li Na, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1999 Amar Bahadur Karki, Nepalese climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.

Gone on this day

1994 Josef (Sepp) Jöchler, Austrian pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Cho Oyu in 1954, died, aged 70.