11 June

Born on this day

1913 Albert Eggler, Swiss climber, who led the expedition, that made the first European ascent of Everest and the first ascent of Lhotse in 1956. He was a long-time president of the Swiss Foundation of Alpine Research. He died in 1998, aged 85.
1936 Ottilie Dörrich, German lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1991.
1958 Hiroyuki Kurashima, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1997.
1958 Robert Allen Berger jr., American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1959 Karo Ovasapyan, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006 and the Carstensz-version in 2008.
1959 François Houde, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1960 Paul Jean-Michel Valette, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2003. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2010.
1961 Krzysztof Tarasewicz, Polish climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1995, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999 and Manaslu in 2003.
1961 William Cooney (Will) Calton, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1963 Richard Michael Irvine, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1966 Yuri Beloyvan, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2011.
1967 João Garcia, Portuguese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993, Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Everest in 1999, Gasherbrum II in 2001, Gasherbrum I in 2004, Lhotse in 2005, Kangchenjunga and Shisha Pangma in 2006, K2 in 2007, Makalu and Broad Peak in 2008, Manaslu RP and Nanga Parbat in 2009 and Annapurna I in 2010.
1968 Philip K. Ling, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1972 Lee James Farmer, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2011.
1972 Hodaka Sasaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1972 Olya Lapina, American lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014.
1972 Steven Geoffrey Davis, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2022.
1973 Li Xiao-Hong, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2023.
1973 Denis Grachev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1974 Júlia Nedeczky, Hungarian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003.
1974 Bryce Brown, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1974 Yu Li-Jun, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1976 Nasser Hussain Ahmad Ahmadyan Alblooshi, climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1978 Vikram (Vik) Sahney, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008 and Everest in 2009. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2011.
1978 Aldo Hiram Valencia, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest twice (2010 and 2016).
1980 Ronan Luke Murphy, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1986 Oleksandr Pavlov, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1994 Pemba Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu and Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1934 White Needle (6420 m) by a British party.
1971 Rajramba (6537 m) by an Indian party.
1988 Ge'nyen (6204 m) by a Japanese party.