11 October

Born on this day

1942 Otakar Srovnal, Czech climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1981 and Cho Oyu in 1995.
1945 James States, American climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1976 and Everest in 1983.
1945 Makoto Fujikawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1946 Yevgeni Vinogradski, Russian climber, whose first 8000 metre success was Kangchenjunga South-Peak in 1989. Two weeks later he traversed all four high Kangchenjunga-Peaks, the West-(Yalung Kang), Main-, Central- and South-Peak (for the second time). Moreover he ascended Cho Oyu three times (1991, 1996 and 2003), Everest four times (1992, 1995, 1998 and 2004), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996, Lhotse Shar in 1998, Lhotse in 2000, Dhaulagiri I in 2005 and K2 in 2007. He participated in the first ascent of Lhotse Central-Peak in 2001 as well.
1947 Tsuneo Shigehiro, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1977, Everest in 1980, Kangchenjunga South- and Central-Peaks in 1984 and Masherbrum and Broad Peak in 1985.
1948 Pilar (Pili) Ganuza, Spanish Basque lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1954 Ernst Landgraf, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019 and died on descent, aged 64.
1956 Giampaolo Casarotto, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2000, Cho Oyu in 2002, Lhotse in 2006, Dhaulagiri I in 2007, Makalu in 2008 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2009.
1956 Bo Belvedere Christensen, Danish climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1994, Gasherbrum I in 1998 and Cho Oyu in 2014.
1960 Chung Seung-Kwon, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1988.
1960 Gabriel Filippi, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest four times (2005, 2010, 2019 and 2022), Lhotse in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1962 Victor Volodin, Russian climber, who ascended Everest three times (2000, 2004 and 2023), Lhotse Central-Peak in 2001, K2 in 2007 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1963 Junichi Shinozaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1964 Junji Saitoh, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1988.
1964 Donald Lynn Cash, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1971 Phul Maya Tamang, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1972 Grzegorz Siemieniec, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Mahendra Chandrakant Mahajan, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1977 Igor Prinzyuk, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1977 Ang Nima (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1978 Lhakpa II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2023), Cho Oyu in 2012, Manaslu RP in 2013, Kangchenjunga twice (2018 and 2022), Lhotse in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1979 Mark Robert Parella, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1982 Andrea Zambaldi, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2008. He died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma in 2014, aged 31.
1983 Alexander (Alex) Riddermark, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1983 Lionel Philippe Brecx, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1984 Phurba Temba II (Furtemba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006, Makalu in 2009, Everest six times (2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2022), Manaslu RP three times (2011, 2015 and 2018) and Manaslu M in 2021.
1984 Dawa Temba VIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1987 Pasang Ngima I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I (?) in 2009 and Everest five times (2011, 2012, 2023, 2025 and 2026), Lhotse in 2023, Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025) and Gasherbrum I in 2025.
1987 Wangda IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1988 Kanchhi Maya Tamang, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest three times (2017, 2018 and 2019).
1988 Bradley J. Lawler, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1988 Yangji, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1989 Vivek Shivade, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2019 and Everest in 2026.
1992 Nada, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1996 Asha Kiran Rani Koyyi, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1996 Lakpa Gyaljen I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2018, 2019, twice in 2021, in 2022 twice, 2024 and 2025), Manaslu RP in 2021, Annapurna I twice and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024) and Makalu three times (2024, 2025 and 2026).
1999 Pan Hao-Ran, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024, Cho Oyu in 2025 and Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1971 Jogin II (6342 m) by an Indian party.
1982 Kokthang (6147 m) by another Indian party.

Gone on this day

1992 Pierre Béghin, French climber, who ascended Manaslu in 1981, Kangchenjunga in 1983, Dhaulagiri I in 1984, Kumbhakarna (Jannu) in 1987, Makalu in 1989 and K2 in 1991. He died by a fall on Annapurna I South Face, aged 41.
2003 Robert Rackl, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, died on Ama Dablam, aged 39,