23 December

Born on this day

1947 Seizo Tanaka, Japanese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1979.
1951 Valeri Khrishchaty, Kazakh climber, who ascended Everest in 1982, Kangchenjunga Central-Peak, Yalung Kang and Kangchenjunga in 1989 and Dhaulagiri I in 1991. He died in 1993 on Khan Tengri, aged 41.
1954 Ricardo Torres, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 1989 and finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 1999.
1957 Jann Rageth, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1959 Philippe Sauvageot, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1965 Fausto Enrique Miranda Gutierrez, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2024.
1966 Javier Salazar, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1968 Vladimir Lande, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1968 Marcel Thoma, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1971 Felix Yih-Chong Tan, Singaporean climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Padam Bahadur Bhandari, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1972 Ihor Zhadan, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1973 Adam Mieczysław Somerlik, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1976 Maksut (Max) Zhumayev, Kazakh climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and II in 2001, Kangchenjunga and Shisha Pangma in 2002, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2003, Makalu in 2004, Cho Oyu in 2005, Dhaulagiri I (MPA) and Annapurna I (?) in 2006, Everest three times (2007, 2018 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2008, Lhotse in 2010 and K2 in 2011, where he finished the 14 8000ers (LT 24). (Wrong date in passport 1977-01-01)
1977 Cristina Castagna, Italian lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004, Gasherbrum II in 2005, Dhaulagiri I in 2007, Makalu in 2008 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2009, where she died on descent, aged 31.
1977 Matthew (Matt) DuPuy, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009, K2 in 2014 and Annapurna I in 2016.
1978 Ismail Latiff, Singaporean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1983 Cheng Shi-Yuan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1984 Paweł Tomasz Kopeć, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Nanga Parbat in 2023, where he died on descent, aged 38.
1986 Martin Štourač, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1986 Anna Katharina Ott, German lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2023 and K2 in 2024.
1988 Pur Bahadur Gurung (Yukta), Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest six times (2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu RP three times (2017, 2018 and 2019), K2 twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M in 2022 and Annapurna I, Lhotse, Makalu, Kangchenjunga and Broad Peak in 2023.
1990 Tashi Tshering IV (Tashi Tsiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1998 Ram Bahadur Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.

Gone on this day

1988 Ang Lhakpa Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 1985. He died on Everest, aged 29.