10 January

Born on this day

1946 Karl Landvogt, Austrian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1978.
1953 Kenji Yoshida, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1985.
1955 Pierre Sicouri, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1957 Hubert Leitner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Gasherbrum II in 2011.
1959 Michael William (Mike) Nixon, South African climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1961 Elzina Leur, Dutch lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1962 Johann Fromm, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1964 Brian David Glen Bethell, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2022.
1967 Lal Singh Thapa, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1968 Melanie Barnett Southworth, British lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2013 and Everest in 2016.
1969 Herbert Diethelm Hellmuth, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011, Everest in 2013, Kangchenjunga in 2018, K2 in 2019 and Lhotse in 2023.
1969 Da Gelje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2006, 2007, 2013, 2017 and 2018).
1970 Phurba Jangbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1971 James M. (Jim) Curtin, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1971 Mehrdad Shahlaei, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1974 Kushal Singh Rana, Indian climber, who ascended Kamet in 1999 and Everest in 2009.
1976 Pemba Rinzi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I three times (1995, 2003 and 2009), Everest eleven times (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 and 2025), Makalu in 2014, Manaslu RP twice (2016 and 2021), Lhotse twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1976 Kumiko Kawasaki, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2010 and Everest in 2011.
1976 Li Qiu-Hua, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1978 Debraj Dutta, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1980 Benjamin (Ben) Stephens, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1980 Takahiro Yoda, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1981 Pritam Chand, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1981 Takashi Higashiyama, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 2018.
1984 Ning Ting, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1984 Phura Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1984 Asmita Dorjee, Indian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Everest in 2023.
1988 Nawang Shera (aka Ang Ngawang), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013) and Cho Oyu in 2014.
1988 Anna Frankevitch, Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1997 Dawa Dorchi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024), Cho Oyu in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1998 Rinje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP three times (2018, 2019 and 2020), Everest three times (2019, 2022 and 2025), Lhotse in 2022 and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
2006 Monika Gurjar, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

Gone on this day

2015 Jean Afanassieff, French climber, who ascended Everest in 1978 and Broad Peak in 1983, died, aged 61.
2016 John H. (Brummie) Stokes, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1976, died, aged 70.