24 December

Born on this day

1949 John Montague Martin, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1950 Kiyoharu Ito, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1952 Michael Keane, Irish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1953 Miquel Comes, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1953 Jesús (Josu) Gómez, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1953 Bernhard (Beni) Zeiter, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1955 Scott Fischer, American climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1990, K2 in 1992, Everest twice (1994 and 1996) and Broad Peak in 1995. After his second ascent of Everest he died on descent, aged 40.
1958 Alexander (Alex) Lowe, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 1993). He died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma SW Face in 1999, aged 40.
1961 Raivo Plumer, Estonian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2001.
1963 Ryoji Yamada, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1997.
1963 Newall Hunter, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1964 Christian (Chris) Semmel, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1965 Park Kyung-E, Korean lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1968 José Isidro Gordito, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1998.
1969 Thomas Strausz, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1999 and Manaslu RP in 2006.
1973 Lhakpa VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2011).
1974 Jason James McMillan, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1975 Kaji Man Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1977 Matias Santiago (Matoco) Erroz, Argentinean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2010 and Everest in 2011.
1978 Orianne Catherine Aymard, French lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2019 and Everest in 2023.
1980 Wu Zhou, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1984 Sonam Jangbu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1985 David Vartan Brock, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1987 Chen Xue, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Makalu in 2022, Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest and K2 in 2024.
1988 Steven Benjamin Hormik, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1991 William McCarvill, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1992 Parbati Joshi, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1994 Dawa Rinje II (Darinje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2017, Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024) and Cho Oyu in 2024.

Gone on this day

1995 Stane (Šrauf) Belak, Slovenian climber, who ascended Kangbachen in 1974, Makalu in 1975 and Everest in 1979. He died in an avalanche on Mala Mojstrovka (2332 m) in the Julian Alps, aged 55.
2002 Andrew John Kauffman, American pioneer, who achieved the first ascent of Gasherbrum I in 1958, died, aged 82.