19 December

Born on this day

1939 Martin Schuhmacher, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1949 Karl Hans Schrag, German climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1980.
1951 Alan Rouse, British climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1978, Nuptse in 1979, Broad Peak in 1983 and K2 in 1986, where he died on descent, aged 34.
1955 Lincoln Ross Hall, Australian climber, who ascended Annapurna II in 1983 and Everest in 2006. He died in 2012, aged 56.
1958 Valerio Annovazzi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1959 Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1997, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1998, Everest twice (1999 and 2001, without bottled oxygen from both sides), K2 in 2000, Cho Oyu in 2002, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2003, Makalu and Shisha Pangma in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Kangchenjunga in 2006, Annapurna I and Broad Peak in 2007 and Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2008, where he finished the 14 8000ers (LT 13).
1960 Nikolai Kozhemyako, Russian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1996 and Everest in 2001.
1961 Walter Laserer, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest three times (2006, 2008 and 2009). He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2006.
1962 Juan Ramón Madariaga, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Broad Peak in 2007, Everest in 2008, Shisha Pangma in 2010 and Gasherbrum I in 2011.
1962 Claudine Trécourt, French lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1962 Mark E. J. Procter, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1963 Cheddar, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005 and Manaslu RP twice (2011 and 2019).
1966 Michail D. (Mike) Evmorfidis, Greek climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1968 Dieter Antoni, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1968 Jung Myung-Hwan, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2004.
1968 Dorje Khatri, Nepalese Chhetri climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and Cho Oyu in 2011. He died in an avalanche on Everest in 2014, aged 45.
1968 Phur Temba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1968 Jordi Cornella, Andorran climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Lhotse in 2022.
1972 Sam Wyatt, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1974 Mor Doron, Israeli climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1975 Uroš Samec, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1975 Nga Dorje (Na Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2009, 2012 and 2019) and Manaslu RP twice (2014 and 2017).
1975 Javier Andrés Villarreal López, Chilean climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1978 Andrew (Andy) Sloan, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1979 David Liaño, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Everest seven times (2005, 2008, 2010, twice - from both sides - in 2013 and in 2016 and 2018), Lhotse in 2008 and K2 in 2018. He also finished the Kosciuszko- and Carstensz-versions of the Seven Summits in 2006.
1979 Phree Chhombi/Chumbi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024).
1980 Felix Alexander Berg, German climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2021), Broad Peak in 2014, Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II in 2018 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1981 Battogtokh Altangerel, Mongolian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2022.
1981 Warren Neil Eva, South African climber, who ascended K2 in 2022.
1983 Hu Xiao-Dan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1985 Juan Manuel Santa Cruz, Chilean climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2022.
1995 Lakpa Gelu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024) and K2 in 2023.
1995 Lhakpa Gyalzen VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and K2 in 2022.