06 November

Born on this day

1930 Thomas Frederick (Tom) Hornbein, American pioneer, who ascended Everest in 1963. He died in 2023, aged 92.
1940 Terunari Ueno, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1942 Martin Boysen, German-born British climber, who, among other achievements, did the first ascent of Changabang (6864 m) with members from a British party, led by Chris Bonington.
1942 Soichiro Wariishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008.
1951 James Wells, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1954 Richard (Rick) Allen, British (Scottish) climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1993, Everest in 2000, Nanga Parbat twice (2009 and 2012, the latter by the long Mazeno ridge route), Gasherbrum I in 2011 and Broad Peak in 2018. He died on K2 in 2021, aged 66.
1954 Biff Franklin Palmer, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1957 Eudald Martínez, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1992.
1960 Stephen Leonard (Steve) Camkin, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1963 Juan Bautista Jimeno, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1966 Catherine Marcelle Rosa Vulliez, French lady climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu RP in 2019 and Makalu in 2022.
1967 Karl Wieser, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1967 Tomaž Žerovnik, Slovenian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1970 Somit Joshi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1970 Liu Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1971 Toshihiko Arai, Japanese climber, who ascended Makalu in 1995.
1971 Aska Inui, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 2004.
1972 Mohammad Hussein Ali Khan, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1998, Broad Peak in 2000, K2 in 2004, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2007 and Gasherbrum I in 2010.
1973 Arthur Alexander (Alex) Harz, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1973 Yao Yuan, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1975 José Luis Sanchez, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018.
1977 Shen Hai-Lang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2024.
1977 Jitendra Ramdas Gaware, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2019, Annapurna I and Manaslu RP in 2021, Lhotse in 2022 and Dhaulagiri I in 2023.
1980 Gerhard Eckhart, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1981 Oliver Burr, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1981 Nima Nuru II (aka Ngima Nuru), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twenty-two times (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 twice, 2007 twice, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 twice, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and three times in 2022), Cho Oyu four times (2003, 2009, 2019 and 2023), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004, Manaslu RP twice (2013 and 2015) and Broad Peak twice and K2 in 2022.
1983 Prachi Ramesh Gole, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1984 Karma Gelzen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1990 Phurbu Gyaljang, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019, Annapurna I twice (2022 and 2023) and Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1990 Pasang Norbu III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1991 Sarah Willa Mary Findlay, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1919 Ancohuma (6427 m) by a German party.
2002 Num Ri (6635 m) by a German party.

Gone on this day

2015 Teruo Matsuura, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1970, died, aged 81.