05 January

Born on this day

1926 Balthasar Kendler, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1985.
1933 Jordi Pons, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Annapurna I East-Peak in 1974, Dhaulagiri I in 1979, Cho Oyu in 1984 and Gasherbrum II in 1988.
1940 José María Montfort, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1973. He died in 1979 in the Sierra del Cadi, aged 39.
1946 Kazuo Tobita, Japanese climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1981.
1948 Willy Troch, Belgian climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1950 Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in winter 1980, Broad Peak in 1984, Manaslu M in 1984, Kangchenjunga in winter 1986, Makalu in autumn 1986, Lhotse in winter 1988, Dhaulagiri I in 1990, Annapurna I (SFE+) in 1991, Manaslu RP in 1992, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 1993, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 1995 and K2 and Nanga Parbat in 1996, where he finished the 14 8000ers (LT 5). In 2006 he ascended Gasherbrum II for the second time.
1953 Xavier Robiró, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Makalu in 1991.
1954 Leopold Sulovský, Czech climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1981, Dhaulagiri I in 1990, Everest in 1991, Makalu in 1993 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1955 Alberto Busettini, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1956 Timothy Macartney-Snape, Australian climber, who ascended Annapurna II in 1983, Everest twice (1984 and 1990) and Gasherbrum IV in 1986.
1956 Adriano Favre, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu (?) in 1996, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999 and Dhaulagiri I in 2001.
1958 Hiroshi Aota, Japanese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1981 and participated in the first ascent of Namcha Barwa in 1992.
1959 Manuel Salazar, Spanish Andalusian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in winter 1993. He died in 2006 on Mulhacén, aged 47.
1961 Yves Lambert, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2002. He is the son of Raymond Lambert, the leader of the Swiss Everest expedition in 1952.
1961 Robert Strouhal, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1987.
1961 Wang Chong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1962 Christian Maurel, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006, Makalu in 2008 and Everest in 2009.
1962 Dennis John Uhlir, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1963 Mario Dutil, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1963 Urszula Tokarska, Canadian lady climber of Polish origin, who ascended Everest in 2005, where she also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1965 Cheng Li-Lan, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1968 Song Won-Bin, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2012, where he died on descent, aged 44.
1971 Walter Nones, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended K2 in 2004. He died by a fall on Cho Oyu in 2010, aged 39.
1971 Fazal Ali, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2011, K2 three times (2014, 2017 and 2018) and Nanga Parbat in 2022.
1972 Paul Gough, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1974 Neal Sharad Kushwaha, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1976 Lars Schröder, German climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2015.
1979 Phursemba (aka Phur Temba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012, Everest four times (2014, 2018, 2022 and 2024), Manaslu M in 2023 and Lhotse in 2024.
1980 Richard Warren McConnell, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2020 and Everest in 2021.
1982 Jonathan Michael (Jon) Shea, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1982 Csaba Varga, Hungarian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2013, Broad Peak in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2017, Gasherbrum I in 2019, Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1983 Andrew Michael (Drew) Ackles, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1986 Pasang Dawa VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2019).
1987 Vikash Kaushik, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1987 Karl Hinett, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1987 S. Prabhakaran, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1994 Guru Ngima, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024).
1999 Tenzi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2000 Wu Sheng-Rong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2005 Karma Gelje I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024) and Lhotse in 2024.