10 November

Born on this day

1943 Klaus Schreckenbach, German climber, who was one of the first ascenders of Dhaulagiri III (7715 m) in 1973.
1948 Lhakpa Gyalzen I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 1979 and Dhaulagiri I in 1980.
1953 Chung Kin Man, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2003, where he also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1953 Ignacio Cinto, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1983.
1954 Lin Yong-Fu, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2010.
1958 Jaquetta Jane Hazledine, lady climber from New Zealand, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Broad Peak in 2019.
1959 Juan José Llopis, Spanish Riojan climber, who ascended Everest in 2004 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005. He died in 2006 by an unknown infection, aged 46.
1961 Rudolf (Rudi) Denk, Austrian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2001. He died by a fall on Warscheneck in 2007, aged 45.
1961 Věslav Chrzaszcz, Czech climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005. He died in 2009 on Everest, aged 47.
1961 Andrea Derfeser, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011 and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1963 Karl Peter Adolfsson, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1964 Valeri Babanov, Russian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1997, Nuptse East-Peak (7795 m, first ascent) in 2003, Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 2007, Dhaulagiri I (WRFS), Broad Peak and Gasherbrum I in 2008, Makalu and Manaslu M in 2023 and K2 in 2024.
1965 Eric Bataillou, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1966 Fausto Airoldi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1967 Karl Yoder, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1970 Blair Falahey, Australian climber, who ascended Everest and Cho Oyu in 2006, Lhotse in 2007 and Kangchenjunga in 2011.
1970 Park Ju-Youl, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1972 Krishna Bhakta Paudel, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1973 Surendra Kumar Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2009).
1975 Antonio Cuartero, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1975 Russell David Lamb, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1976 Kim Hyo-Gyung, Korean climber, who ascended K2 in 2008 and died on descent, aged 31.
1978 Nima Dawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1980 Özge Karacan, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1981 Skalzang Rigzin, Indian climber, who ascended Annapurna I and Lhotse in 2022 and Everest in 2024.
1984 Khim Lal Gautam, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2011 and 2019).
1985 Anwar Hussain, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1997 Dawa Tenjen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

Gone on this day

2009 Tomaž Humar, Slovenian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1995, Nuptse NW-Peak in 1997, Shisha Pangma in 2002 and Annapurna I East-Peak in 2007, died on Langtang Lirung, aged 40.