13 November

Born on this day

1938 Radovan (Rado) Riedl, Slovenian climber, who ascended Kangbachen (7903 m) in 1974.
1939 Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1975 and participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum III (7946 m) ten days later.
1940 Stane (Šrauf) Belak, Slovenian climber, who ascended Kangbachen (7903 m) in 1974, Makalu in 1975 and Everest in 1979. He died in an avalanche on Mala Mojstrovka (2332 m) in the Julian Alps in winter 1995, aged 55.
1949 Mojmir Štangelj, Slovenian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986.
1949 Kenichi Kubo, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1959 Ken Kobayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019 and K2 in 2024.
1965 Jean-Marc Genevois, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1966 Ihor Yaskevych, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1967 Vitor Negrete, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2005 and 2006). He died during descent in 2006, aged 38.
1968 Marco (Mark) Cremona, Maltese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2010.
1969 Wang Xu-Yang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1970 Duncan Chessell, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2000 and 2003) and Everest three times (2001, 2007 and 2010). He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2007.
1970 Li Xin, Chinese lady climber, who ascended the Manaslu (below C0) in 2012 and Everest in 2013.
1972 Philippe Andrieux, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1972 Axel Behnisch, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1972 Keiji Kobayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1974 Jason Daniel Long, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1979 Keith Schranz, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1985 Chen Jian-Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1986 Muhammad Hilwan Idrus, Singaporean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1990 Terence Liu, American climber, who ascended Everest and Kangchenjunga in 2023.
1993 Vikram Chandra Naik, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1993 Deepak Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1995 Harshvardan Joshi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.

First ascent on this day

2013 Likhu Chuli (6719 m) by a German party.

Gone on this day

1994 Nine German climbers - Stefan Hasenkopf (25, leader), Karl Glück, Klaus Kaindl, Helmut Klopping (47), Manfred Mack, Werner Nestl, Thomas Philip, Bernd Reiss and Miss Sybille Zschetzsch, Swiss lady climber Christine Hammi (33) and Nepalese Sherpa climber Chayamba (41) died in an avalanche on Pisang (6091 m).