22 April

Born on this day

1932 Alois Neuhuber, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993 and Shisha Pangma in 1997, on the latter he is still the oldest ascender without bottled oxygen.
1940 Margita (Dina) Štěrbová, Czech lady climber of Slovak origin, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1984 (first female ascent) and Gasherbrum II in 1988.
1940 Kazuharu Kohara, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 1971.
1942 Masakatsu Tamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1993.
1943 Frank Curtler, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1951 Soro Dorotei, Italian climber, who ascended Broad Peak and K2 in 1986, Nanga Parbat in 1987, Annapurna I in 1988 and Manaslu RP in 1989.
1955 Erik Eriksson, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1999.
1957 Robert (Bob) Hempstead, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1995. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2005.
1957 Kevin Flynn, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006 and the Carstensz-version in 2007.
1961 José María (Habi) Oñate, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1961 Gyalzen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1997, Everest twice (1998 and 2007), Cho Oyu in 2000, Manaslu RP in 2009 and Shisha Pangma in 2010.
1963 Matthew (Matt) Vulk, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1963 Matti Sunell, Finnish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1965 Hermann Berie, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1967 Dorchi IV (Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2013, 2016, 2021 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1968 Vitali Simonovich, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2013.
1969 Mingma Nuru II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2000, 2003, 2005 and 2006), Cho Oyu four times (2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and Lhotse in 2002.
1970 Dorjee, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1972 Nima Tshering I (aka Ngima Chhiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest thirteen times (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, twice in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025), Lhotse twice (2009 and 2011), Manaslu RP six times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2019) and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1973 Dawa Jangbu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twelve times (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016) and Cho Oyu four times (2001, 2013, 2014 and 2016).
1973 Tomasz Andrzej Kobielski, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest twice (2006 and 2023). He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1975 Antonio Maciá, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Sandeep Mansukhani, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1976 Alfa Karina Valle Arrue, El Salvadorian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1977 Phurba II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1977 Ang Dorji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1977 Tamaki Kobayashi, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1978 Yu Guo-Ming, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1980 Ang Tshering III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2008) and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1980 Nima Gyalzen IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023 and 2025).
1980 Robert James Gropel, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1982 Pasang XIX, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2008, Dhaulagiri I in 2009, Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024).
1982 Zhang Xu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Peter Lee Wilson, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1983 Thendorje (Thendu Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013) and Manaslu RP in 2006. He died in an avalanche on Everest in 2014, aged 30.
1983 Paul Reid Clarke, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1984 Sangey Dhondup, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Lhakpa Chhiri IV (Lakpa Chhiri), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1988 Pam/Pem Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024), Dhaulagiri I in 2021, K2 twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2024) and Lhotse in 2024.
1988 Nima X, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024).
1989 Dawa IX, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2019, 2022 and 2023) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1989 Ngima Tendi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I twice (2017 and 2021), Everest four times (2018, 2022, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
1992 Jonathan Dell Guidry, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1993 Ming Dorchi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2017, in 2019 twice and in 2021, 2022 and 2025), K2 four times (2018, 2021, 2022 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2019, Nuptse in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1993 Sher Bahadur Thapa Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest four times (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022).
1993 Anni Katri Penttila, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2021, Manaslu M in 2023, Lhotse and Cho Oyu in 2024 and Annapurna I in 2025.
1993 Ngawang Tshering, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2023).
1997 Phurtenji I (Phur Tenzen), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021), Manaslu RP three times (2018, 2020 and 2021), Dhaulagiri I in 2019, Lhotse in 2021 and Kangchenjunga and K2 in 2022.
1997 Karma Gyalje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025), K2 in 2023, Lhotse in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1997 Amit Thapa, Nepalese climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1998 Ang Tashi II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

First ascents on this day

1973 Kanjeralwa (6612 m) by a Japanese party.
1982 Jobo Lhaptshan (aka Cholatse, 6335 m) by the American climbers Galen Rowell, John Roskelley and Vern Clevenger and the British climber Bill O'Connor. They bivouacked at about 6000 m in a storm during the descent.
2009 Lunag Ri Southeast (aka Jobo Rinjang, 6778 m) by an American party.

Gone on this day

1968 Sonam Gyatso, Indian Sikkemese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1958 and Everest in 1965, died, aged 45.
1985 Borut (Čita) Bergant, Slovenian climber, who ascended Yalung Kang on that day and died on descent, aged 30.
2009 Martin Minařík, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1999, Kangchenjunga in 2002, Broad Peak in 2003, Shisha Pangma in 2004, Cho Oyu in 2005, Lhotse in 2007, Dhaulagiri I in 2008 and Annapurna I East-Peak in 2009, where he died on descent, aged 41.