19 November

Born on this day

1938 Masatsugu Konishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1976, Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1995 and Manaslu RP in 1996, where he disappeared on descent, aged 57.
1940 Yoshinori Kawahara, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994 and Everest in 1998.
1942 Ryoichi Fukada, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1976 and Kangchenjunga in 1980.
1953 Mario Kofler, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1954 Hideji Nazuka, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest twice (1985 and winter 1993), K2 in 1990, Kangchenjunga in 1991, Cho Oyu in 1993, Gasherbrum I and II in 1997, Shisha Pangma in 1999, Broad Peak in 2000 and Dhaulagiri I in 2001. He died in 2004 in an avalanche on Annapurna I, aged 49.
1960 Tomáš Sláma, Czech climber of Slovak origin, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1962 Anthony Donald Baldry, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Everest in 2004, Manaslu RP in 2012 and Lhotse in 2013. In 2004 he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1963 Eric Samuel Garza, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1964 Bruno Guérin-Marthe, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1964 Ang Karma III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1965 Olivier Roduit, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Shisha Pangma in 2001 and Gasherbrums I and II in 2007.
1965 Karchen Dawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2000, Cho Oyu twice (2001 and 2004) and Lhotse in 2004.
1965 Carme Comas, Spanish Catalan lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1966 Dawa Tshering III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eleven times (1994, spring and autumn 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011), Cho Oyu three times (2001, 2003 and 2006) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1966 Marc Bernard Beuche, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1968 Pem Dorji II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1970 Tenzing Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2021) and Lhotse in 2022.
1970 Imre Jeszek, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019.
1972 Dawa Rita, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2012 and Everest three times (2013, 2018 and 2019).
1972 Bruce Huntlea Chapman, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1973 Kami Geljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000, Everest in 2016 and Lhotse in 2018.
1975 Atte Saku Juhani Miettinen, Finnish climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1976 Rita Geljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2017 and 2018) and Manaslu RP twice (2019 and 2022).
1976 Nawang Tenzing III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019 and Manaslu RP in 2021.
1978 James Michael Horst, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2009), Everest four times (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013) and Lhotse in 2011 just one day after Everest (first traverse across the South Col).
1979 Susmita Maskey, Nepalese Newari lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2008 and 2011).
1980 Ramesh Raj Shimkada, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1980 Stuart Andrew Kershaw, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1982 Nima Gyalzen (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga twice (2010 and 2011).
1982 Kanchha Lama, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013), Gasherbrum II in 2013, Cho Oyu twice (2014 and 2016) and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1983 Dawa Tashi IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1984 Chhurim Dolma, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest twice in 2011.
1985 Pasang Bhote IV, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest three times (2013, 2016 and 2024), Cho Oyu in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2019, Manaslu M in 2022 and Lhotse in 2024.
1986 Redar Lama Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest three times (2009, 2010 and 2012).
1986 Robert Charlie Nyberg, Swedish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2017.
1988 Nessim Hachaichi, Algerian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2024.
2002 Dawa Geljen III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Everest twice (2023 and 2024).

Gone on this day

2002 André Roch, Swiss pioneer, who achieved first ascents of Baltoro Kangri V (c. 7275 m) in 1934, Dunagiri (7066 m) in 1939 and Satopanth (7075 m) in 1947, died, aged 96.