15 November

Born on this day

1951 Gustav Eriksen, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1962 Tenzing Dorje (aka Danzhen Duoji), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (1985, 2002 and 2004) and Everest in 1997.
1963 Marian Leopold Hudek, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1965 Mark Andrew George, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002 and Everest in 2008.
1966 Bernd Mehnert, German climber, who ascended Makalu in 2000, where he died on descent, aged 33.
1967 Kristin Ann Bennett, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021, K2 in 2022 and Makalu in 2025.
1968 Jeong Jae-Seog, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Lhotse in 2008.
1970 Roderick David Baber, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Johann (Hans) Wenzl, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005, Broad Peak in 2007, Nanga Parbat in 2009, Gasherbrums I and II in 2011, Manaslu RP in 2012, Cho Oyu in 2013, Makalu in 2016, Everest in 2017, K2 in 2019 and Annapurna I in 2022.
1970 Jason Terence Krishnan, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1971 Alice Korbová, Czech lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1971 Andrei Dergachev, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1972 Kuntal Kanrar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1974 Andrew Hawkins, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1976 Ma Xing-Jiang, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1976 Zheng Chao-Hui, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1978 Shiro Ishizaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1979 Akihiro Ohishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1980 Narendra Singh Chandel, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1980 Chetan Shirish Ketkar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1980 Wei Jing-Hong, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1983 Yu Fei, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1987 Takayaki Yukawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1993 Rebecca Long, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023, K2 in 2024 and Lhotse in 2025.
2001 Vadim Pirmin Druelle, French climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2023 and Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2024.

Gone on this day

1995 Toshio Imanishi, Japanese pioneer, who ascended Manaslu M in 1956, died, aged 81.
1998 Yoshikazu Nezu, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991, Dhaulagiri I in 1994 and Gasherbrum II in summer 1998, died, aged 58.
2007 Miroslav Jaškovský, Czech climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1967, died, aged 81.
2019 Josef Hála, Czech renowned pianist and passionate mountaineering chronicler for High Asia. He died on this day, aged 91.