29 April

Born on this day

1950 Cho Hyung-Gyu, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999 and Lhotse in 2004.
1953 Nikolai Zakharov, Russian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1992, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996, Everest in 2000 and Lhotse in 2002.
1957 Štefan Sluka, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1996 and died on descent, aged 39.
1958 Miguel Ángel Vidal, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1990.
1964 Radek Jaroš, Czech climber, who ascended Everest in 1998, Kangchenjunga in 2002, Broad Peak in 2003, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Dhaulagiri I and Makalu in 2008, Manaslu (C3) in 2009, Gasherbrum II and I in 2010, Lhotse in 2011, Annapurna I in 2012 and K2 in 2014.
1966 Jan Werner, Danish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019.
1968 Hideki Hoshino, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1995.
1968 Allan Thomas, British (Scottish) climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1969 Dmitri Nikitin, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1973 Tshering Phinjo, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2006, 2010 and 2011) and Manaslu RP twice (2010 and 2011).
1978 Angus McDougall Caithness, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1979 Élisabeth Revol, French lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2008, Annapurna I East-Peak in 2009, Lhotse twice (2017 and 2019), Nanga Parbat in winter 2018 and Everest and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1982 Chandra Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1983 Satyarup Siddhanta, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1985 Anil Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1992 Gelbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.

First ascents on this day

1970 Churen Himal NE (7371 m) by a Korean party.
1974 Annapurna I East-Peak (7986 m according to DLR analysis) by a Spanish party.
1980 Kharchakund (6632 m) by a Japanese party.
1982 Omi Kangri SE- and Central-Peaks ( 6718 and ca. 6780 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1990 Wangel, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu in 1984, Dhaulagiri I in 1988 and Cho Oyu in 1989, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 37.
1999 Ji Hyun-Ok, Korean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1993, Gasherbrum I in 1997, Gasherbrum II in 1998 and Annapurna I in 1999, where she died on descent, aged 38.
1999 Kami Dorje (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I and Manaslu RP in 1998 and Annapurna I again on that day, died also on descent, aged 33.
1999 James Edward (Jim) Haberl, Canadian climber, who ascended K2 in 1993, died in an avalanche in Alaska, aged 41.
2001 Babu Chiri, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1989, Everest ten times (1990, 1991, 1993, twice 1995, 1996, 1997, twice 1999 and 2000) and Cho Oyu three times (1995 and twice 1996), died on Everest, aged 35.
2018 Simone La Terra, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2006, Broad Peak in 2007, Gasherbrum II in 2008, Cho Oyu in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2011, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 36.