13 April

Born on this day

1906 Erwin Schneider, Austrian pioneer and geographer, who made first ascents of Pik Lenin in 1928, Jongsang Peak in 1930 and several 6000ers in the Andes. He was also well known for his Everest-region-map "Khumbu Himal" from 1963. He died in 1987, aged 81.
1954 Colin Pacey, Australian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004 and Everest in 2006.
1954 Wang Jian, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2008 and Everest in 2010.
1956 Gerhard Alfons (Geri) Winkler, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and Cho Oyu in 2009. He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1959 Kenji Imada, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1980.
1959 Doron Erel, Israeli climber, who ascended Everest in 1992 and finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2000.
1959 Michael Murphy, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2003 and Broad Peak in 2006.
1960 Jaume Garrosset, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1993.
1962 Timothy (Tim) Cowen, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998 and Everest in 2000.
1965 Benito Tompot, Dutch climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1966 Chhongba I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1968 Dafydd Morgan, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1969 Serki (aka Sherki), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1970 Rafael García Belderrain, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006 and Gasherbrum II in 2008.
1971 Shin Kwang-Chul, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1996.
1976 Pasang Nuru II (aka Ang Nuru), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) and Everest three times (2003, 2004 and 2006).
1977 Lhakpa Gelu II (Lhakpa Gelbu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fourteen times (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024), Lhotse in 2008, Cho Oyu three times (2008, 2011 and 2016) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1980 Cian O'Brolchain, Irish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011, Everest in 2012 and Lhotse in 2017.
1980 Nima Tenji I (aka Nima Tenzing), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018), Manaslu RP in 2018 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1980 Francesco Ratti, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1981 Jyamchang Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2003 and 2006), Everest eight times (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, in 2012 twice and in 2021) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1981 Nicholas Alexander E. Perks, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1981 Ryan William Argenta, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1982 Marius Frang, Norwegian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1986 Dolyne Kharbhih, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1994 Wangmu Tenzing, Chinese (Tibetan) lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1997 Phura Jangbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2016, 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2023.
2004 Sonam Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024).

Event on this day

1993 Heo Young-Ho, Korean adventurer, and Ngati, Nepalese Sherpa climber, achieved the earliest Everest-ascent in any pre-monsoon season so far. They made a traverse from Tibet to Nepal in six days.