13 February

Born on this day

1944 Elisabeth Wullschleger, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1953 Kiyatake Miuruo, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1957 Christian von Almen, Swiss climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1984.
1961 Dong Fan, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008 and Everest in 2012.
1962 Karoline Wolfsgruber, Italian (Tyrolean) lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1962 Carl Johnson, Australian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1962 Paul Koller, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003, Everest in 2004 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2007.
1962 John Charles Pomfret, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2006.
1964 Chimi (aka Xiao Qimi), Tibetan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak twice (1990 and 1991), Everest five times (1993, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008) and Cho Oyu in 2002.
1965 Satyabrata Dam, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2013).
1969 Thomas Kreißig, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1970 Ian McKeever, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2007. In the same year he also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1974 Rune Hope, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1974 Maria Vladimirovna (Masha) Gordon, Russian/British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016, where she also finished the Carstensz version of the Seven Summits and Lhotse in 2017.
1975 Paul John Adler, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1975 Igor Astondoa, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1979 Leonardo Fernández, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1981 Katrin Oertel, German lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1982 Kailash Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2010) and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1984 Thomas Darnell Moore, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1985 Lakpa Tamang II, Nepalese climber, who ascended K2 twice (2022 and 2025), Broad Peak in 2022, Everest twice (2023 and 2025), Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2024.
1986 Dawa Nurbu V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1987 Irina Zelenkova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1987 Smitha Laxman, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1991 James Moncure Morris, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1991 Tenzing (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1993 David Cüster, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1995 Masaomi Kawahito, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1997 Lakpa Tenji II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2023, Manaslu M in 2024 and Everest in 2025.
1997 Pasang Gelu V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
1998 Matthew Joseph Moniz, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Makalu in 2014 and Everest and Lhotse in 2018.

Event on this day

1973 First winter ascent of Noshaq (7492 m) by a Polish party. It was the world’s first winter ascent of any mountain above 7000 m.