1997 Death Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1996 Death Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92 1996 Death Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 1995 Death Paul WIlliams, climber, dies at 49 1986 Death Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71 1975 Birthday Aron Ralston, born in America, mountain climber, motivational speaker, forced to amputate his right arm to free and save himself, when trapped by a boulder in Utah 1958 Birthday Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1944 Birthday Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber, Mount Everest 1941 Birthday Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest 1934 Birthday John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber, Annapurna I in 1970 1929 Birthday Jim Whittacker, mountain climber, 1st American to climb Mount Everest 1928 Birthday John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber 1919 Birthday Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1914 Birthday Sydney Thompson, rock climber 1886 Birthday George Mallory, England, mountain climber, "because it is there" 1873 Birthday Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mount St. Elias 1850 Birthday Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat
