29 October

Born on this day

1939 Mikihito Fujimori, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2006 and Everest in 2008.
1946 Takehiko Ikeda, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Nanga Parbat in 1999 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1954 Luc Jourjon, French climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1983 and Everest in 1995.
1955 Peter Šperka, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1996, Manaslu in 1997, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006 and Cho Oyu in 2009. He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat in 2013, aged 57.
1957 Teruo Saegusa, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest twice (1985 and 1988), Annapurna I in winter 1987 and Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988. He disappeared on Denali (McKinley) in 1989, aged 31.
1963 Toril Pettersen Elvan, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1964 Marco Tosi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1967 Eduard (Edu) Sánchez I, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma West-Peak by a difficult new route in 2000.
1968 Ryuseki Hiraoka, Japanese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1997, Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2016), Manaslu RP five times (2008, 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019) and Everest five times (2011, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019).
1971 Eva Zarzuelo, Spanish Asturian lady climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2001, Gasherbrum I in 2003, Broad Peak in 2006, Cho Oyu in 2009, Lhotse in 2010 and Manaslu in 2012.
1971 Jocelyn Dufour, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1973 Akira Nakamori, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1974 Marcin Kaczkan, Polish climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2010 and K2 in 2014.
1975 Yevgeni Kravt, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1976 Rahul Balkrishna Inamdar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1977 Rafiq Ahmed Malik, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011 and Everest in 2013.
1979 Chayang Jangbu (Chhyang Jyalbu) Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest fifteen times (2007, 2008, 2009, twice in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1979 Edward (Ed) Laughton, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1981 Kwak Jeong-Hye, Korean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1982 David Wiseman, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1982 Ivan Čulina, Croatian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1983 James Board, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1983 Chhepa (Cheppa), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026) and Manaslu RP three times (2012, 2013 and 2014), Lhotse in 2017, Manaslu M three times (2022, 2023 and 2024) and Annapurna I in 2023.
1983 Cao Xin, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1986 Jacob Matthew Weasel, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1987 Mitra Bahadur (Rakesh) Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest six times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2026), K2 in 2022, Broad Peak and Cho Oyu in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1954 Cho Oyu P. 7570 (NW-ridge) by French climber Jean Juge, member of a party, led by Swiss pioneer Raymond Lambert and included French lady climber Claude Kogan, who achieved the then altitude record for female climbers with about 7700 m the day before.
1964 Rathong (6682 m) by an Indian party.
1966 On this day an Indian party reported the first ascent of the highest mountain in the Gori Chen group, the most westernly group of the Kangtö range. For this mountain there are several wrong coordinates published on the internet. The coordinates of the mountain probably climbed on this day are 27°47'42" N and 92°23'15" E. This mountain is entirely in India. SRTM data give about 6450 m, so the revised altitude from 1994 to 6488 m is possible. But there is a mountain of similar height in the group, entirely in Tibet: 27°50'48" and 92°23'39", SRTM 6472+ m. It is possible, that this one is higher than the one in India. Only new surveys across the border will clear, which mountain is the highest in the group. The Tibetan mountain is still unclimbed.
1994 Gimmigela Chuli I (aka "Twins I", 7350 m) by a Japanese party.