13 December

Born on this day

1950 Jean-Michel Höffelmann, Belgian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1953 Gérard Vionnet-Fuasset, French climber, who ascended Nuptse NW-Peak in 1984, Gasherbrum II twice in 1985, Everest in 1988 and Lhotse in 1993. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1997.
1953 Pierre Alain Royer, French climber, who ascended Kamet in 1985, Manaslu in 1989, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990, Everest in 1992 and Makalu in spring 1995. He died on Kangchenjunga in autumn 1995, aged 41, together with his companion Benoît Chamoux.
1954 Brian Agnew, Australian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1954 Reid Carter, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1954 Ryszard Kołakowski, Polish climber, who ascended Makalu in 1988, where he died on descent, aged 33.
1956 Norbert Hertkorn, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1983.
1961 Masafumi Todaka, Japanese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1990, Gasherbrum II in 1993, Broad Peak Central (Zhongyang) and Main in 1995 and K2 in 1996.
1961 Mark Lester Pattison, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1962 Tijmen Ten Klooster, Dutch climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1967 Johann Lucian Shivantha Peries, climber from Sri Lanka, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1967 Peter Qun Chen, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1968 Hanspeter Dubach, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2004.
1969 Marco Peruffo, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1970 Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1994, Cho Oyu in 1998, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000, Makalu in 2001, Manaslu RP in 2002, Nanga Parbat in 2003, Annapurna I and Gasherbrum I in 2004, Shisha Pangma and Gasherbrum II in 2005, Kangchenjunga in 2006, Broad Peak in 2007, Dhaulagiri I WRFS in 2008, Lhotse in 2009, Everest in 2010, K2 in 2011, where she finished the 14 8000ers (LT 22). She also climbed Nuptse in 2012.
1971 Jesse Rickert, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1972 Hilaree Janet Nelson-O'Neill, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005, Everest and Lhotse within 24 hours in 2012 and Manaslu M in 2022, where she died on descent, aged 49.
1973 Steven Whittington, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1975 David (Dave) Watson, American climber, who ascended Everest five times (2004, 2006, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and Cho Oyu in 2025.
1976 Dren Mandić, Serbian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007. He died on K2 in 2008, aged 31.
1977 Saskia Maria Jacobson, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1978 Gokul Thapa Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2009, Manaslu M in 2023 and Makalu in 2024.
1981 Sonam Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2010), Lhotse in 2008 and Cho Oyu in 2012.
1982 Aleksandra (Ola) Dzik, Polish lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2011.
1982 Phu Dorje V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1983 Phurbu Tsering I, Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2017) and Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2016).
1983 Fur Gyeljan, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1987 Pemba Gyabu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013).
1989 Dmitrii Kliukin, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1991 Anna Marie Tybor, Polish lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2023.

Gone on this day

2012 Maurice Herzog, French pioneer, who achieved the first ascent of Annapurna I with his companion Louis Lachenal in 1950, died, aged 93.