07 November

Born on this day

1939 Tetsuji Kawada, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1970.
1944 Gerardo Blázquez, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP (?) in 1975.
1946 Michael John Yager, American climber, who ascended Himalchuli in 1984.
1954 Josef Bachmann, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2007.
1959 Richard Quentin Agnew, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010 and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1959 Wojciech Krzysztof Falkowski, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1963 David Spencer, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1964 Joseba Elorrieta, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1964 Olivier Dufresne, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2004 and Everest in 2007.
1964 Takayasu Semba, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013, Everest in 2016 and K2 in 2018.
1965 Jérôme Mison, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011.
1966 Rudra Prasad Timalsana, Nepalese climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2003.
1970 William McFatter, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1974 Dominique Pickett, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1975 Bae Young-Rok, Korean climber, who ascended Everest twice (2002 and 2016), Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2003 and Dhaulagiri I in 2014.
1976 Unai Pérez de Arenaza, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1978 Johannes (Hans) Mitterer, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II East in 2006 and Makalu in 2013.
1978 Ang Dorchi (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1984 Mingma Tenzi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse twice (2007 and 2018), Everest seven times (2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2024), Makalu twice (2008 and 2024), Dhaulagiri I (?) in 2009, Gasherbrum II twice (2013 and 2023), Gasherbrum I twice (2013 and 2023), Broad Peak in 2014, Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2018), K2 twice (2018 and 2022), Dhaulagiri I and Manaslu M in 2021, Kangchenjunga in 2022, Annapurna I and Nanga Parbat in 2023, Shisha Pangma in 2024 and Cho Oyu in 2025, where he finished the 14 8K Main-Peaks.
1985 Nayla Nasir Ahmed Albaloushi, lady climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1987 Jiang Zhang-Ping, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1988 Magdalena Madej, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1989 Torkjel Ustgård Hurtig, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1989 Arie van de Kolk, Dutch climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1993 Dang Lu-Lu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1994 Dharma Teja Mothukuri, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.

First ascents on this day

1970 Kanjiroba (6883 m) by a Japanese party.
2010 Yakawa Kang (6482 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1998 John Hunt, British leader of the first successful Everest expedition in 1953, died, aged 88.