30 November

Born on this day

1951 Zijnur Khalitov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga twice in 1989, the second time he traversed the South-, Central-, Main- and West-Peaks (the latter is aka Yalung Kang). He died by a fall on Manaslu in 1990, aged 38.
1956 John Steiger, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1960 Takehiko Yanagihara, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1960 Brian Jones, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1961 Yevgen Staroselskiy, Cypriot/Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019 and K2 in 2023.
1963 Adrian Laza, Romanian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016, Makalu in 2018, Everest in 2019, Annapurna I, Lhotse, Dhaulagiri I and Manaslu RP in 2021, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak in 2022, Kangchenjunga, Gasherbrum I, K2 and Manaslu M in 2023 and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where he finished all 14 Main-8000ers.
1963 Pascal Claude Charles Denoel, French climber, who ascended K2 in 2022.
1965 Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing, Australian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (1997, 2002 and 2007) and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1965 Johann (Hans) Goger, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997, Everest in 2005, Shisha Pangma in 2006 and Nanga Parbat in 2009.
1965 Kim Gil-Woo, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001 and Everest in 2007.
1968 Stefan Alfred Diez, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011 and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1969 Song Yu, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1970 Purna Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1972 Dmitri Sinev, Russian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2006, Dhaulagiri I in 2007 and Annapurna I in 2021.
1973 Dorchi (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008.
1973 Pasang Bhote II, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest thirteen times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Cho Oyu four times (2006, 2013. 2014 and 2024) and Lhotse in 2018.
1974 Kusang II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu RP in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1977 Timothy (Tim) Robathan, Australian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1977 Chen Fang, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1977 Sergei Belkin, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021 and Everest in 2022.
1977 Nima Wangdi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga South-Peak (8476 m, first winter ascent!) in 2011.
1979 Alastair Mark Crawford Hogarth, British climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1982 Kancha Nuru II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024).
1983 Suhail Sharma, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1984 Ngawang Rinji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Manaslu RP in 2010.
1984 Ang Dawa VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2014 and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1984 Mingma Thindu II (aka Hapsi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2012, 2013, 2016 twice, 2019, 2022 and 2023), Annapurna I in 2021 and Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu and Manaslu M in 2022.
1985 Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary, Indian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1985 Gelbu Lama, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2023) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1988 Lhakpa Nuru XIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013).
1992 Priyanka Mangesh Mohite, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013, Lhotse in 2018, Makalu in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021 and Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1996 Wangchuk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024).
1997 Dawa Chhiri IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2018 and 2022).