14 October

Born on this day

1947 Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1949 Gottfried (Friedl) Mutschlechner, South Tyrolean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1981, Kangchenjunga in 1982 and Makalu in 1986. He died in 1991 on Manaslu, aged 41.
1950 Gilles Harvey, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1955 Miroslav Rybanský, Slovak climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1997 and died on descent, aged 41.
1955 José Miguel Goñi, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1989.
1955 Noboru Kudo, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1956 Esther Wenger-Künzli, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Cho Oyu in 2012.
1961 Park Shin-Young, Korean climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1995.
1963 Edward Supplee III, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1965 Julian David Mountain, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1966 Sergei Duganov, Russian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007 and Manaslu RP in 2009. He died on Lhotse in 2010, aged 43.
1970 Richard Alpert, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 1998.
1973 Kazuhiro Takahashi, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1996, Manaslu RP in 1997, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2001, Lhotse in 2002 and Annapurna I in 2003.
1973 Jasbir Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1973 Wang Yan-Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1975 Robert (Bob) Casserley, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2002, 2006 and 2016) and Everest eight times (2003, 2006, twice in 2007, 2008, twice in 2010 and 2012) and Manaslu RP in 2009.
1978 Gao Weie, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1980 Matthew Citizen (Matt) Parkes, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011 and Everest in 2013.
1981 Neha Bhatnagar, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1981 Manoj Kumar Joshi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Marshall Wayne Klitzke, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1984 Lhakpa Chhiri III (Lakpa Chhiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023) and Manaslu RP twice in 2017.
1989 Håkon William Skog Erlandsen, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2024).
1990 Song Xiao-Lei, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1994 Ngima Wangdak, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2016, Makalu twice (2019 and 2024), Lhotse in 2021, Dhaulagiri I in 2023 and Nanga Parbat and Cho Oyu in 2024.
2001 Lakpa Tenjen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024) and Annapurna I and Lhotse in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1982 Changtse (7543 m) by a German party (first official ascent).
1986 Karjiang NW-Peak (7216 m) by a Japanese party. The Main-Peak (7221 m) is still unclimbed.
1996 Ratna Chuli (7035 m) by a party with members from Japan and Nepal.
1997 Guna (6902 m) by an American party.
2005 Dobzebo (6436 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1995 Zangbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest on this day, died by a fall on descent, aged 28.
2001 Masashi Fukumoto (27), Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1997 and Shisha Pangma in 1999; Ryushi Hoshino (33), Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Everest in 1993, Gasherbrums I and II in 1997 and Shisha Pangma in 1999 and Yukihiko Shinagawa (33), Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrums I and II in 1997, disappeared on Dhaulagiri I.
2004 Xabier Ormazabal, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and probably also Cho Oyu the day before in autumn 2004, died on descent of the latter, aged 23.
2006 Temba Wangdi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2002, 2003 and 2004) and Makalu in 2006, died in an avalanche on Pumori, aged 46.
2006 Phurba Thundup, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2004, died also in the same avalanche on Pumori, aged 32.
2014 Vladimír Švankár, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 58.
2014 Ján Matlák, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 60.