14 November

Born on this day

1948 Nima Wangchu,Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1951 Leszek Cichy, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1975, Everest in winter 1980 and Yalung Kang in 1984. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1998 and the Carstensz-version in 1999.
1952 Martin Barnicott, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1963 Stefan Hermann Holzmann, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007.
1965 Pere Guinovart, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1967 Mok Ying Jang, Singaporean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1968 Michael Morris, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1972 Bradley Graham Jackson, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1973 Rajan Krishan Dwivedi, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1975 Jacob Francis Schmitz, American climber, who ascended Everest three times (2012, 2017 and 2018) and Makalu in 2014.
1977 Joanna Paulina Kozanecka, Polish lady climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2018.
1979 Leonardo Martin Proverbio, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1979 Bogdan Velev, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1979 Guru Bhote II, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M in 2023.
1980 Ashish Kumar Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1984 Daniel Stuart Trevena, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1986 Ang Dawa (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu twice in 2018 and died on descent, aged 31.
1988 Li Yin-Long, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1989 Esteban (Topo) Mena, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012, Everest four times (2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018), Cho Oyu three times (2018, 2019 and 2024), K2 in 2019 and Makalu and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1990 Pasang (n), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1993 Sandeep Rai, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1995 Ngim Chhamji, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1996 Jin Hai-Hang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
2001 Ngima Namgyal, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.

Gone on this day

2006 Tashi Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2000 and 2001), Annapurna I in 2002 and Everest in 2005, died on Ama Dablam, aged 36.
2007 Moghbel Honar Pajhouh, Iranian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002, died in Bokan (Iran), aged 24.