04 November

Born on this day

1933 Albin Schelbert, Swiss pioneer, who was one of the first ascenders of Dhaulagiri I in 1960.
1947 Dieter Block, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1949 Gianpaolo Zortea, Italian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1976.
1955 Carlos Vallejo, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1962 Carlos Manget, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1962 Christopher Hugh (Chris) Grasswick, Canadian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2002 and died on descent, aged 39.
1965 Pasang Gelu II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2013).
1967 Nicole (Nicky) Messner, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2008.
1967 Ignacio Anaya, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1968 Ariel Matthew Crowley, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1975 Douglas Barbaro Sant, Maltese climber, who ascended Everest in 2014.
1976 Wang Zhen, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2026).
1978 Miha Valič, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008, where he died on descent, aged 29.
1979 Sergei Seliverstov, Kyrgyz climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2012, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1979 Tang Yong-Gang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1981 Moritz Maximilian Johann Werner, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016, Everest twice (2017 and 2021) and K2 in 2022.
1981 Nurbu Wangdus, Indian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2017.
1988 Ming Temba II (Mote, Mingtemba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2019), Everest six times (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and twice in 2026), Annapurna I three times (2019, 2023 and 2024), K2 four times (2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Kangchenjunga in 2022, Broad Peak twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M four times (2022, in 2023 twice and 2025), Lhotse twice (2023 and 2026), Makalu in 2023, Nanga Parbat twice (2023 and 2026), Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2023, Dhaulagiri I twice (2023 and 2024), Cho Oyu in 2023 and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where he finished the 14 8K Main-Peaks.
1990 Sonam Tashi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2011 and 2013), Everest nine times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse in 2022 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1992 Anmish Nagendra Sarat Varma Bhupathit Raju, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1993 Mu Men-Gyu, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1994 Hira Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu and Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest in 2026.
1995 Hafiz Saad Bin Munawar, Pakistani climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1996 George Vojtech Pesek, American climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.
1998 Rinji Palden, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023) and Manaslu M in 2022.
2002 Dawa Temba VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
2003 Lucy Ione Westlake, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.

First ascent on this day

1964 Thamserku (6618 m) by a party from New Zealand.