03 November

Born on this day

1935 Iwao Kuwabara, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994 and Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1940 Hermann Warth, German climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1977, Makalu in 1978, Everest in 1979 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 1999. He was the first climber, who ascended three of the five highest mountains of the world.
1946 Reinhard Karl, German climber, who ascended Everest in 1978 (first German ascent) and Gasherbrum II in 1979. He died in an ice avalanche on Cho Oyu in 1982, aged 35.
1948 Alain Hantz, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1953 Christian (Chris) Bergum, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1954 Vladimir Nedelkin, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1955 Livia Klembarová, Slovak lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1988.
1961 David Hahn, American climber, who ascended Everest fifteen times (1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, spring and autumn 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and Cho Oyu twice (1995 and 1997).
1963 Yuri Contreras, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest four times (1996, 1997, 2009 and 2010), Cho Oyu twice (1997 and 2014), Lhotse in 2001, Manaslu RP in 2008,Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2011 and Makalu in 2022.
1964 Kamil Bortel, Czech climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2005 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1968 Hiroaki Arikawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu in 1996.
1968 Alberto Iñurrategi, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Makalu in 1991, Everest in 1992, K2 in 1994, Cho Oyu twice (1995 and 2002), Lhotse in 1995, Kangchenjunga and Shisha Pangma in 1996, Broad Peak in 1997, Dhaulagiri I in 1998, Nanga Parbat in 1999, Manaslu RP and Gasherbrum II in 2000, Gasherbrum I in 2001 and Annapurna I in 2002. He also ascended Gasherbrum III in 2004, Gasherbrum IV NE-Peak in 2008 and Broad Peak Central (aka Zhongyang, 8011 m) and Broad Peak again in 2010.
1969 Christopher John (Chris) Klinke, American climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005, Everest twice (2006 and 2013) and Makalu in 2010.
1970 Chen Hui, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1971 Andrey (Andrew) Podolyan, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2012.
1973 Benjamin Myer Fogle, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1976 Jakub Lerner, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1978 Garrett Christian Madison, American climber, who ascended Everest sixteen times (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), Lhotse five times (2011, 2013, 2018, 2022 and 2023), K2 four times (2014, 2018, 2021 and 2024), Nuptse in 2023 and Cho Oyu twice (2024 and 2025). He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2025.
1979 Jochen Pfannenstill, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1979 Seo Sung-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2013), Makalu and Lhotse in 2008, Manaslu RP and Dhaulagiri I in 2009, Kangchenjunga, Nanga Parbat and Shisha Pangma in 2010 and Annapurna I, Gasherbrums I and II and Cho Oyu in 2011. He died after he ascended Everest without additional oxygen in 2013, aged 33.
1982 Matthias Benno Real, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1983 Zhang Xu-Chai, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1992 Ngima Tashi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024), Lhotse three times (2021, 2022 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2021, K2 in 2022, Broad Peak three times (2022 and twice in 2023), Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024) and Annapurna I in 2024. He died on Annapurna I in 2025, aged 32.
1995 Landry James Warnez, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1998 Nicholas Paul Jean, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2022.
1999 Kouser Fatima, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

2017 Hungchhi Northwest or Tharke Kang (6726 m) by and American-Nepalese party.