30 December

Born on this day

1948 Yves Detry, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1989 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990.
1950 Jun Sawataishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1951 Oreste Forno, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1952 Allen L. (Al) Barrett, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1954 Josef (Pepino) Nežerka, Czech climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1988, Nanga Parbat in 1992, Everest in 1996 and Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1955 Alfonso Ballano, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1955 Pavel Plšek, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1958 Jason Edwards, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2001. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2002.
1959 François Damilano, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2014 and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1961 Larry Williams, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1966 Nanda Dorje (aka Naga Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (spring and autumn 1998 and 2002), Everest five times (1999, 2004, 2007, 2012 and 2023), Lhotse in 2011, Manaslu RP in 2018 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1967 Paul Richard Ling, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1968 Alexander Huber, German free-climber and allrounder, who participated in a new difficult route to Latok II (7108 m) in 1997 and ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1968 Nadre, Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (1996 and 2003).
1969 Denise D. Fejtek, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where she also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1973 David (Dudu) Yifrah, Israeli climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1974 Naba Raj Bastola, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1974 Vitali Kozubskyi, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1974 Sidharth Kumar Routray, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1975 Mingma Nuru IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and twice in 2017).
1977 Alasdair Grant Kane, British climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2023.
1979 Le Chen, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1979 Jan Bystriansky, Slovak climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1981 Andrew Ifits Hughes, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1982 Bishal Golay, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1982 Foad Bahmani, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1983 Pemba Ongchu (aka Pemba Wangchu), Nepelese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2009, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024), Lhotse three times (2010, 2023 and 2024), Manaslu M in 2022 and K2 in 2023.
1983 Ang Nima II (aka Ang Ngima), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2016 and Dhaulagiri I in 2017.
1984 Paola Licheri, Italian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1985 Bhadra Thapa, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1986 Wang Chen, Chinese climber, who ascended Makalu in 2023 and Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1989 Lakpa VIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019, Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2024) and Lhotse in 2023.
1989 Mingma Ongya/Wangchu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2019 and Annapurna I in 2021.
1989 Jack Oliver Adolf Lundin, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1990 Pemba Gelje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga in 2018, K2 in 2019, Makalu in 2022, Manaslu M in 2023 and Lhotse in 2024.
1995 Ban Ito, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1995 Daniel Kopreitan, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1996 Borage Prasanna Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1996 Kusang Dorje Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2022) and Lhotse in 2022.
1997 Nima Doma II, Nepelese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2021.
2003 Dawa Dorchi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

First ascent on this day

1964 Mount Paget (2935 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

2003 Lhakpa Tshering I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (1982, 1997, 1998 and 2000), died at home, aged 51.