14 April

Born on this day

1920 Jean Bouvier, French pioneer, who participated in the first ascents of Makalu in 1955 and Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1962. He died on Aiguille Verte in the Alps by accident in 1964, aged 44.
1930 René Desmaison, French climber, who participated in the first ascent of Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1962. He died in 2007, aged 77.
1937 Josef (Sepp) Mayerl, Austrian climber, who participated in the first ascents of Lhotse Shar (8382 m) in 1970 and Varahar Shikar (aka "Fang", 7649 m) in 1980. He also ascended Yalung Kang in 1975. He died in 2012 by a fall in the Alps, aged 75.
1948 Josef (Sepp) Hinding, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1993, Everest in 1995, Cho Oyu in 1998, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2002 and Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1950 Giorgio Cemmi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1950 Richard (Dick) Jackson, American climber, who ascended Himalchuli in 1984.
1960 Byron Smith, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1962 Ottmar Fangauer, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1962 Leung Yick-Nam, Chinese climber from Hongkong, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1966 Wallace Ascham, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1968 Karla Wheelock, Mexican lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Everest in 1999. She also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2005.
1968 Pavlo Sydorenko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu RP in 2019, Lhotse and K2 in 2021 and Annapurna I, Gasherbrum I and Dhaulagiri I in 2025.
1968 Wayne Anthony Morris, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1969 Mingma Thinduk I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2013), K2 twice (2007 and 2012) and Lhotse in 2008.
1969 Florent Vriesendorp, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1971 Rainer Jahn, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2011.
1971 Ngima (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1974 Zhang Meng-Lai, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1976 Norihide Yamagishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1977 Pasang Dawa III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2008).
1977 Dawa Dendi/Tendi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
1977 David Benovici, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1978 Sange Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eleven times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, in 2013 twice, 2017 and 2018), Cho Oyu three times (2006, 2007 and 2014) and Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2018).
1980 Frank Ziebarth, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2006, Lhotse in 2008 and Everest in 2009, where he died on descent, aged 29.
1981 Samir Jung Thapa, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1986 Mingma Gyalje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2022), Manaslu RP four times (2009, 2011, 2016 and 2018), Kangchenjunga twice (2013 and 2022), K2 six times (2014, 2017, 2021 - first winter ascent - and 2022, 2024 and 2025), Annapurna I (RJ) in 2015, Gasherbrum I in 2016, Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2017, Makalu twice (2017 and 2022), Broad Peak Foresummit and Nanga Parbat in 2017, Lhotse and Broad Peak in 2018, Gasherbrum II in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021, Manaslu M four times (2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Dhaulagiri I in 2022, Cho Oyu in 2023 and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where he finished the 14 8K Main-Peaks. He also finished the Carstensz version of the Seven Summits in 2024.
1986 Steven Jean-Patrick le Hyaric, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1988 Sonam Dorje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024).
1989 Clément Bois, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1989 Pradip Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1991 Tenjin (Tenjen), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2011 and 2012).
1994 Ridar Lama Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest four times (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2021, Manaslu M four times (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse in 2024 and Annapurna I in 2025.
1994 Ngima Tendi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1994 Thomas Chandra, Indonesian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1995 Dandu Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest three times (2019, 2024 and 2025), Manaslu RP three times (2019, 2020 and 2021), Kangchenjunga and Makalu in 2022 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1998 Stanzin Laskit, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1999 Durga Rao Kunja, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
2005 Ngimasange, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1985 Omi Kangri (6839 m) by a Nepalo-Swiss party.

Gone on this day

1975 Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, German born geologist, geographer and pioneer, who led early expeditions to High Asia, which resulted in the first ascents of Jongsang Ri (7483 m) in 1930 and Sia Kangri (7422 m) in 1934. He was also best known for his Himalayan chronicles and many excellent books. He died as a Swiss citizen in Ringgenberg, aged 88.
2015 Adolf Huber, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri II in 1971, died, aged 76.
2020 Serge Coupé, French pioneer, who ascended Makalu in 1955, died, aged 94.