11 February

Born on this day

1943 Richard Henke, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994.
1952 Fausto de Stefani, Italian climber, who ascended K2 in 1983, Makalu in 1985, Nanga Parbat and Annapurna I in 1986, Gasherbrum II in 1987, Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988, Dhaulagiri I in 1989, Manaslu RP in 1990, Broad Peak in 1993, Gasherbrum I in 1994, Everest in 1996 and Kangchenjunga in 1998.
1955 Peta Watts, British (Scottish) lady climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2001.
1955 Gianpiero di Federico, Italian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1985.
1959 Khaniv Balmagambetov, Uzbek climber, who ascended Everest in 1998.
1960 Yasuhiko Mochizuki, Japanese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1993 and K2 in 2004. He died on Everest in 2007, aged 47.
1965 Li Xiao-Dong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2018.
1966 Ang Pasang I (aka Pasang Nuru), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (1993, 1997 and 2003) and Cho Oyu four times (1997, 2003, 2004 and 2006).
1967 Simon Fitzpatrick, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1967 Vladimir Kondratiev, Israeli climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1968 Jun Kiu-Su, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1968 Kurt Blair, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1968 Ivan Braun, Danish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1970 Neal Short, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2005 and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1972 Warner Lee, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1974 Mirko Mezzanotte, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1974 Linda Doreen Blakely, British lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018.
1976 Krishna Sukhadev Dhokale, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1977 Oscar Cardo, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1977 Andrew Edwards, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1978 Li Jiang, Chinese climber, who ascended K2 in 2025.
1983 Li Jiong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2014.
1988 Hai Ning, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1990 Ralph Kisso, Lebanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1991 Lhakpa Dawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2023).
1993 Kishon Tekseng, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1997 Jerome Perruquet, French climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat and K2 in 2022.
2001 Phur Sange, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

Gone on this day

1997 Zbigniew Rubinowski, Polish pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Kangbachen (7903 m, subsidiary peak of Kangchenjunga) in 1974, died, aged 67.