05 December

Born on this day

1924 Józef Nyka, Polish mountaineering journalist, researcher and author. His best known contributions to the mountaineering community were his articles about East European expeditions in the American Alpine Journal and the Japanese Iwa To Yuki. He died in 2021, aged 96.
1937 Konrad Renzler, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1938 Nikolai Cherny, Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1989, Annapurna I in 1991, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992, Lhotse in 1997, Cho Oyu in 1999 and Everest twice (2005 and 2009).
1939 Konrad Lewanskowski, German climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1982.
1941 Takao Matsuda, Japanese climber, who participated in the first ascent of Yalung Kang in 1973 and died on descent, aged 31.
1941 Daniel Reid, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1983. He died by a fall on Mount Kenya in 1991, aged 49.
1942 Toshiko Tsuboyama, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1949 Albrecht Hammann, German climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1956 Wang Tie-Nan, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1958 Michael Sutton, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1959 John Scott Peterson, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Everest in 2017.
1960 Daniel Keren, Israeli climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1961 Ralf Dujmovits, German climber, who ascended Nuptse NW-Peak in 1989, Dhaulagiri I in 1990, Everest in 1992, K2 in 1994, Cho Oyu twice (1995 and 1998), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Nuptse in 1996, Shisha Pangma twice (1997 and 2005), Broad Peak twice (1999 and 2007), Gasherbrum II in 2000, Nanga Parbat in 2001, Annapurna I and Gasherbrum I in 2004, Kangchenjunga in 2006, Manaslu RP in 2007, Makalu in 2008 and Lhotse in 2009, where he finished the 14 8000ers (LT 15). He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2010.
1963 Klemens Kessler, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1965 Dawa Sona (aka Da Sonam), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010) and Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2008).
1966 Manabu Miyoshi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1966 Martin Bischoff, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1967 Michael Knakkergaard-Jørgensen, Danish climber, who ascended Everest in 1995, Lhotse in 1997 and Makalu in 1999, where he died on descent, aged 31.
1967 Baek Joon-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000 and Lhotse in 2003. He died on Everest in 2004, aged 36.
1967 Cyrille Cadet, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1968 Markus Stofer, Swiss climber, who ascended Makalu in 1999.
1969 Nuria Balagué, Spanish Catalan lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2001 and Everest in 2004.
1970 Sibusiso Vilane, South African climber, who ascended Everest twice (2003 and 2005). He was the first black climber, who ascended Everest.
1971 Francisco Javier Marcos, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1973 Temba Bhote II, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2018) and Everest twice (2019 and 2023).
1975 Phurba Wangchhu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024), Lhotse in 2009 and Cho Oyu twice (2009 and 2013).
1977 Danielle Wolfson, Israeli lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021, Lhotse in 2022 and Makalu in 2024.
1978 Jatin Ramsinh Chaudhary, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1979 Ronny Rehn, German climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2017.
1981 Ang Norbu II (aka Ang Nuru), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2012, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019) and Cho Oyu in 2014.
1982 Dawa Tshering V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1983 Shrihari Ashok Tapkir, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1985 Marie-Pier Desharnais, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019, Everest in 2021, K2 in 2022 and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1985 Margarita Maria Moreno, Colombian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1987 Kancha Nuru III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Everest three times (2009, 2010 and 2011).
1987 Mark Ryan Ballard, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1989 Theyab Khalifa Hamdan, climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1992 Milan Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

Gone on this day

1995 Charles Evans, British pioneer, who led the first successful expedition to Kangchenjunga in 1955, died, aged 77.