05 November

Born on this day

1947 Heinz Oberrauch, German climber, who participated in the first ascent of Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1980.
1948 Masaki Matsumoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1985.
1948 Valeri Pershin, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1991 and 1996), Dhaulagiri I in 1993, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996, Lhotse twice (1997 and 2000) and Everest in 1998.
1951 Paulo Coelho, Brazilian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1953 Georg Bachler, Austrian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1982 and Kangchenjunga in 1983.
1955 Martin Mayrhofer, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1956 José Antonio (Pepe) Garcés, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Everest in 1991, Cho Oyu in 1997, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 1999, Manaslu RP in 2000 and K2 in summer 2001. He died by a fall on Dhaulagiri I in autumn 2001, aged 44.
1959 Tomislav (Tomo) Česen, Slovenian climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1985, Broad Peak in 1986, Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1989 and Lhotse in 1990. Unfortunately some of his ascents are disputed.
1959 Amparo Ortega, Spanish Andalusian lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992.
1959 Gregor Hermann Hundeshagen, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1964 Yolanda (Yoli) Martín, Spanish Basque lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1965 Andrea Lakatos, German lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1967 Thomas Stallinger, German free-climber.
1969 Brian Smith, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Lhakpa Bhote I, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest five times (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013).
1971 Arjan Dingemans, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1971 Pieter Tjerk Horsman, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2023.
1974 Marek (Mára) Holeček, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I twice (2009 and 2017) and Nanga Parbat in 2012.
1978 Franklin Taylor Grist, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1980 Jur Rademakers, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1989 Dawa Kami, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1998 Sajid Ali, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 twice (2019 and 2021), Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Manaslu M in 2022, Annapurna I, Everest, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2023 and Dhaulagiri I in 2025.
2000 Gyalbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
2000 Nurbu (d), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Lhotse in 2024.

First ascent on this day

2003 Grosvenor (6376 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1997 Jindrich Martiš, Czech climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1988. He died by an avalanche near Thorong La, aged 45.
2004 Tuula Nousiainen, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998. She died on this day, aged 57.