01 December

Born on this day

1927 Johann Willenpart, Austrian pioneer, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1956. He died in 1980, aged 52.
1937 Akira Suzuki, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1944 Ray Jardine, American free-climber.
1948 John Roskelley, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1973, Nanda Devi in 1976, K2 in 1978, Makalu in 1980 and Everest in 2003.
1949 Yuriko Taniguchi, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1950 Toshio Johu, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1976.
1955 Philippe Perlia, climber from Luxembourg, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1996 and 1998) and Everest in 2001. Later that year he died in the Alps, aged 45.
1956 Giampietro Verza, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 1992.
1958 Felicity Butler, British lady free-climber.
1961 Frank Hanns Irnich, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2011 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1962 Ralph Jaiser, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012.
1963 William Charles (Bill) Crouse, American climber, who ascended Everest seven times (1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2013), Manaslu RP in 2017 and Cho Oyu in 2019.
1964 Bhim Bahadur Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1964 Akira Kurihara, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1968 Thierry D'Hers, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Everest in 2019.
1970 Pavol Lupták, Czech climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1970 Anders Stefan Eriksson, Swedish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1972 Richard Anthony Wilson, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1977 Dragotin Vujović, Montenegrin climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1978 Kami Chhiri (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2009.
1979 Dorchi I (Dorjee), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse three times (2007, 2012 and 2019), Makalu three times (2008, 2009 and 2014), Manaslu RP three times (2008, 2017 and 2019), Everest six times (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 and 2024), K2 in 2012, Dhaulagiri I in 2016, Annapurna I in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1981 Britton Conroy Keeshan, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1982 Sebastian Glorie, Belgian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1985 Nguyen Manh Duy, Vietnamese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1986 Mahfooz Ilahi Hajam, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1987 Ang Tshering (Chhiring Lama) Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2008 and Everest in 2011.
1988 Sergi Kishchenko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1988 Hishi Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2017, 2018 and 2019) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1990 Ang Phurba VIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice in 2013 and Cho Oyu and Manaslu RP in 2014.
1990 Nima IX, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024), Manaslu M in 2022 and Kangchenjunga and Lhotse in 2023.
1990 Wangda III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1991 Pasang XIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, in 2023 twice and 2024), Lhotse twice (2018 and 2022), Manaslu RP in 2018, K2 three times (2022, 2023 and 2025), Manaslu M in 2023 and Annapurna I and Nanga Parbat and Gasherbrum II in 2024.
1996 Mahfooz Ilahi Hajam, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.

Gone on this day

1866 Colonel Sir George Everest, British (Welsh) surveyor and geographer, who was responsible for completing a large part of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India. The highest mountain of the world was named in his honour. He died on that day, aged 76.
1947 Edward Alexander (Aleister) Crowley, British pioneer, who participated in the first serious attempts on two of the highest mountains on Earth, Kangchenjunga and K2, died, aged 72.