18 November

Born on this day

1940 Wilhelm Klimek, German climber, who ascended Everest in 1978.
1949 Konstantinos (Kostas) Tsivelekas, Greek climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000.
1960 Stephane Clark, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1964 Michael Marolt, American climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 together with his twin brother Steve.
1964 Steve Marolt, American climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 (accompanied by his twin brother Michael) and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1964 Marco Sala, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007 and Everest in 2008.
1965 Mohammad Jafar Ismail, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1966 Thomas Huber, German free-climber and all-rounder, who ascended new difficult routes to the tops of Latok II (7108 m, SW face, with his brother Alexander, German climber Toni Gutsch and American Conrad Anker) on July 19, 1997, Shivling (6543 m, North pillar, with Swiss climber Iwan Wolf) on May 31, 2000 and Baintha Brakk (aka Ogre, 7285 m, South buttress, with Swiss climbers Iwan Wolf and Urs Stöcker) on July 21, 2001.
1966 Martine Marsigny, French lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1967 Lhakpa Rangdu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2004, 2005 and 2006) and Everest thirteen times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, twice in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2021 and 2024).
1967 Rainer Lorenz Pircher, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Shisha Pangma in 2007, Nanga Parbat in 2008 and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1967 Vladimir Zadokhin, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1969 Michael Adam Quinsee, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1971 Andrew Mark Horrell, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011 and Everest in 2012.
1971 Ulises Javier Corvalan, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2021 and Cho Oyu in 2024.
1972 Phunuru, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2014 and 2019) and Everest three times (2016, 2017 and 2019).
1974 Fiona (Fi) Adler, Australian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1974 Nil Prasad Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008 and died on descent, aged 33.
1974 Martin Maier, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1974 Ang Dawa (c), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2021.
1974 Laura-Mihaela Mares, Romanisn lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1976 Samuel Duro Backes, Andorran climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2023.
1977 Sandra Leduc, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1978 Pasang Dawa (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2005, 2006 and 2012) and Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1981 Danylo Yasnyuk, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1984 Ang Dawa IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022), Cho Oyu in 2014, Manaslu RP twice (2015 and 2017), Makalu in 2016 and Lhotse twice (2019 and 2021).
1985 Tashi Lhakpa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2021), Cho Oyu in 2006, Manaslu RP in 2020 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1985 Dendi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2011).
1985 Patrick Gerard Mauro II, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Everest in 2017.
1987 Jeb Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP three times (2018, 2019 and 2021), Everest twice (2019 and 2023) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1987 Dorji II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021 and Everest in 2024.
1990 Pema IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1992 Manuman Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1993 Gyan Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1993 Guan Kai-Lun, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and K2 in 2024.

First ascent on this day

1935 Kabru Central-Peak (7338 m) by the British pioneer C. R. Cooke solo.

Gone on this day

2016 Ryszard Szafirski, Polish climber, who participated in the first ascent of Kunyang Chhish (7852 m) in 1971, died on this day, aged 79.