11 May

Born on this day

1937 Roman Giutashvili, Georgian climber, who ascended Everest in 1991.
1953 Karsten Arild Holstad, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1956 Nicolas Ibanez Scott, Chilean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2006 exactly on his 50th birthday.
1961 Richard Stone, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1963 Guido Schuller, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1966 Satil Singh Panwar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1967 Nawang Tenzing I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1995, 2002, 2003 and 2005) and Everest four times (1998, 2000, 2001 and 2009).
1969 Colin Anthony Haylock, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1970 John David Bagnulo, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1971 Gianfrancesco (Frans) Torre, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Michael Hsu, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1975 Alexander Hug, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1976 Lee Hyung-Kwan, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1976 Jason Marsh, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Giorgios Tsianos, Greek climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2019).
1976 Heather Geluk, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2013.
1978 Ang Kazi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2006 and Everest five times (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012). He died in an avalanche on Everest in 2014, aged 35.
1978 Phinjo (aka Phuntsok), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest five times (2006, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2020), Cho Oyu twice (2008 and 2010) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2009.
1978 Fiona Margaret (Fi) Ramsden, British lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2010.
1978 Mohammed Khafiz Bin Backok, Malaysian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and K2 in 2023.
1981 Malay Mukherjee, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1981 Suryakant Uniyal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Tashi Tsering (Small), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest eleven times (2003, twice in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017) and Cho Oyu six times (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2016).
1985 Laurent Perruchon, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1986 Jake Martyn Goodwin, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1991 Lakpa Kaji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1991 Miranda Suzanne Lee, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1994 Farul Aidib Mahamad Yusoff, Malaysian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1995 Anastasiya Runova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2019 and Broad Peak in 2021.
2003 Dawa Tashi (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1977 Nuptse W-Peak II (7742 m) by a Japanese party.

First ascents on this day

1955 Lönpo Gang Northeast (aka Gyalgen Peak, 6733 m) by a British ladies party, led by Monica Jackson.
1997 Fuqu (7050 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1961 Gyaltsen Norbu, Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 1955 and Manaslu M in 1956, both were first ascent participations. He was the first person, who was on top of two 8000ers. He died on Langtang Lirung (7227 m), aged 43.
1996 Douglas (Doug) Hansen (46, USA), Andrew Harris (31, NZ), Yasuko Namba (f, 47, Jp), Scott Fischer (40, USA), Robert (Rob) Hall (35, NZ) and the three Indian climbers Dorje Morup (47), Tsewang Paljor (28) and Tsewang Smanla (38) died on Everest in a fatal storm on this day or the day before.
1998 Chantal Mauduit, French lady climber, who ascended K2 in 1992, Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1993, Lhotse (first female ascent!) and Manaslu RP in 1996 and Gasherbrum II in 1997. She died in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri I, aged 34.
2008 Matthias Robl, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, died after a fall in the Alps, aged 38.
2020 Tone Škarja, Slovenian climber and expedition leader, died, aged 83.