11 November

Born on this day

1906 Michael Spender, British pioneer and surveyor, who was a member of the Everest expedition in 1935. He also surveyed and mapped the area North of K2 in 1937. He died in 1945, aged 38.
1940 Michael Sinclair, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1947 Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1978, Lhotse in 1983, Cho Oyu in 1993, Gasherbrum I and II in 1997 and Everest in 2002.
1948 Andrzej Czok, Polish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1979, Everest in 1980, Makalu in 1982 and Dhaulagiri I in winter 1985. He died on Kangchenjunga in winter 1986, aged 37.
1949 Kozo Shimotori, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1981.
1957 Igor Khmiliar, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1993, where he died on descent, aged 35.
1958 Nikolay Petkov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Everest twice (1984 and 2004), Dhaulagiri I in 1997, Nanga Parbat in 2006 and Gasherbrum I in 2009.
1959 Yelena Lebedeva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1962 Javier Sánchez, Spanish Andalusian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1963 Elsa Avila, Mexican lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1987 and Everest in 1999.
1963 David Bingham, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1964 Franck Pitula, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000 and Everest in 2004.
1965 Ridlon Kiphart, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1965 Dean Christopher Carriere, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013, Lhotse in 2018 and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1966 Martín Ramos, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998, Everest in 2001, Cho Oyu in 2002, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and Gasherbrum II, Broad Peak in 2008, Annapurna I in 2010, Makalu in 2011, Kangchenjunga in 2014 and Manaslu RP in 2021.
1969 Ludovic Challeat, French climber, who ascended Kamet in 2005, Cho Oyu in 2006, Everest twice (2007 and 2009), Makalu in 2008, Manaslu RP twice (2008 and 2011), Gasherbrum II in 2010 and Kangchenjunga in 2011. He died in an avalanche on Manaslu in 2012, aged 42.
1973 Naba Kumar Phukon, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1973 Elizaveta Berezina, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1973 Filip Lucien Viviane Top, Belgian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1974 Xavier Jean Baptiste Troubat, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1980 Moaath Ali Ahmed Bashir Alnaqbi, climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1983 Lhakpa Tshering V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2003 and 2013), Everest four times (2004, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1984 Takeshi Nakayama, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
2002 Juan Diego Martinez Álvarez, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022.

First ascents on this day

1954 Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m) by a British party.
2011 Pangbuk Ri (6625 m) by an American party.