| Almanac |
19 December
Born on this day
1939 Martin Schuhmacher, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992. 1949 Karl Hans Schrag, German climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1980. 1951 Alan Rouse, British climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1978, Nuptse in 1979, Broad Peak in 1983 and K2 in 1986, where he died on descent, aged 34. 1955 Lincoln Ross Hall, Australian climber, who ascended Annapurna II in 1983 and Everest in 2006. He died in 2012, aged 56. 1959 Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 1997, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1998, Everest twice (1999 and 2001, without bottled oxygen from both sides), K2 in 2000, Cho Oyu in 2002, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2003, Makalu and Shisha Pangma in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Kangchenjunga in 2006, Annapurna I and Broad Peak in 2007 and Dhaulagiri I in 2008, where he finished all 14 Main-8000ers. 1960 Nikolai Kozhemyako, Russian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1996 and Everest in 2001. 1961 Walter Laserer, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest three times (2006, 2008 and 2009). He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2006. 1962 Juan Ramón Madariaga, Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Broad Peak in 2007, Everest in 2008, Shisha Pangma in 2010 and Gasherbrum I in 2011. 1962 Claudine Trécourt, French lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007. 1962 Mark E. J. Procter, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008. 1963 Cheddar, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2013), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005 and Manaslu in 2011. 1968 Dieter Antoni, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003. 1968 Jung Sang-Soo, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2004. 1968 Dorje Khatri, Nepalese Chhetri climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and Cho Oyu in 2011. 1968 Phur Temba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2009. 1972 Sam Wyatt, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999. 1974 Mor Doron, Israeli climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007. 1974 Tamtin (aka Thomting), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2012), Cho Oyu six times (1999, 2001, spring and autumn 2002, 2003 and 2004), Gyachung Kang in 2005 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2011. 1975 Uroš Samec, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006. 1975 Na Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2012). 1978 Andrew (Andy) Sloan, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005. 1979 David Liaño, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Everest five times (2005, 2008, 2010 and twice - from both sides - in 2013) and Lhotse in 2008. He also finished the Kosciuszko- and Carstensz-versions of the Seven Summits in 2006. 1980 Felix Alexander Berg, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2004 and Broad Peak in 2014. |
