13 June

Born on this day

1916 Karl Maria Herrligkoffer, German pioneer, who led numerous expeditions to the 8000ers including the successful ones to Nanga Parbat in 1953 and 1970. He died in 1991, aged 75.
1941 Wolf Wittmann, Austrian climber, who ascended Gurla Mandhata (aka Naimona'nyi, 7694 m) in 2004.
1943 Emilion (Emili) Civis, Spanish Catalan climber, who participated in the first ascent of Annapurna I East-Peak in 1974.
1948 Gdaliahu Shtirmer, Israeli climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1953 Richmond MacIntyre, South African climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2005.
1955 Hans-Joachim (Hajo) Netzer, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998, Nanga Parbat in 2001, Cho Oyu in 2003 and Gasherbrum II in 2004.
1957 Adriano Greco, Italian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996.
1957 Hideaki Okamoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Himalchuli (7893 m) in 1985.
1961 Monty D. Smith, American climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1963 Alan (Hong-Lu) Chen, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009. He was murdered by terrorists in BC of Nanga Parbat in 2013, aged 50.
1964 Oliver König, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2007.
1964 Izabela Katarzyna Smołokowska, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012, Dhaulagiri I in 2017 and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1969 Youn Sam-Jun, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1970 Atsushi Shiina, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1996 and Kangchenjunga in 1998, where he died on descent, aged 27.
1971 Dragan Bulatović, Montenegrinean climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2008.
1971 Jason Ralph Ramsdell, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1973 Flurin Spörri, Swiss climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2004.
1975 Ivan E. Gómez, Dominican climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1976 Praveen Thapa, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1978 Aleix Martín, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1987 Roland (Roli) Striemitzer, Austrian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2018, Manaslu RP in 2019 and K2 in 2022.
1990 David Charles Fathalikhani, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1991 Anand Kukreti, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1995 Dawa Bhuti, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.

First ascent on this day

1952 Chaukhamba (7138 m) by a French party.
1952 Hongku Chuli (6833 m) by a British party.
1957 Singu Chuli (6501 m) by another British party.
1974 Devtoli (6788 m) by an Indian party.
2001 Baihali Jot II (6290 m) by an Indo-Japanese party.

Gone on this day

2016 Nil Bohigas, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1984 and Everest in 1988, died, aged 58.