28 November

Born on this day

1953 Frederick Ziel, American climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1995, Cho Oyu in 1997, Manaslu (?) in 1999 and Everest in 2007. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2011.
1955 Richard G. Thurmer, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1959 Iain Peter, British (Scottish) climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1987, Cho Oyu in 1995 and Everest in 2007.
1963 Pasang Gelu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008), Dhaulagiri I in 2004 and Cho Oyu in 2008. He died in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri I in 2010, aged 46.
1965 Rainer Theodor Wild, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2014.
1965 Katsunobu Shibata, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Everest in 2017.
1966 Jaime Enrique Avila, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1966 Wong Kuok-Weng, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1967 William Hazelton Tyler, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2009.
1967 Dmitri Vinokurov, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1974 Baldev Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Pasang Rinji I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006), Annapurna I in 2002 and Lhotse in 2003.
1980 Gregory (Greg) Healey, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1982 Teodora Vid, Romanian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1983 Purushottam Sundas, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1990 Chhiring III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2019, 2023 and 2024).
1990 Roman Sudorgin, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1991 Ngima Nuru VI (Ngima Nurbu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2022) and Manaslu RP in 2020.
1993 Sumit Somra, Indian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2021.
1993 Chin Xin, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1996 Om Bahadur Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1997 Sagar Kasana, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
2001 Chase Allan Merriam, American climber, who ascended K2 in 2021 and Everest and Lhotse in 2022.
2002 Mingma Jangbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024), Makalu and Lhotse in 2024 and K2 in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1872 Cotopaxi (5897 m) by the German geologist Wilhelm Reiss and the Colombian climber Angel M. Escobar.

Gone on this day

2001 Yannick Seigneur, French climber, who ascended Makalu in 1971, Gasherbrum II in 1975 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 1978, died, aged 60.
2016 Lhakpa Thundu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2001, 2004, twice in 2006, twice in 2007, 2009 and twice in 2010), Annapurna I in 2002, Cho Oyu in 2006 and Manaslu RP in 2008, died in an avalanche on Ama Dablam, aged 36.