20 September

Born on this day

1935 Hidehiro Minamii, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1937 Werner Funkler, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1942 Imants Zauls, Latvian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1993 and Everest in 1995. In 2002 he finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1947 Susumu Kazama, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1949 Martín Zabaleta, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Everest in 1980, Kangchenjunga in 1988 and Cho Oyu in 1989.
1953 André Georges, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 1988, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1993, Manaslu RP in 1994, Dhaulagiri I and Annapurna I in 1996, Lhotse in 1998, Makalu in 1999 and Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1953 Flavio Spazzadeschi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1956 Gregory Wilson, American climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1989 and Everest twice (1991 and 2001). In 2001 he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1957 Michael Gottschall, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1958 Harold Taylor, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990 and Everest in 1993.
1961 Andrew Geoffrey Marquis, Australian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999 and Everest in 2004.
1962 Anton Kurz, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1965 Douglas Tumminello, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1966 Talakere Surappa Usha Kiran, Indian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1967 Bir Bahadur (Bishnu) Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, Manaslu RP in 2006 and Everest three times (2008, 2013 and 2019).
1968 Dharma Bahadur Rai, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1969 Mika Pitkämäki, Finnish climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1971 Ma Xue-Min, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2025.
1972 Keiji Iwazaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1972 Palden Namgye (Palden Namgyal), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eleven times (2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, twice in 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2001, Lhotse four times (2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008), Annapurna I in 2003, Cho Oyu four times (2016, 2018, 2019 and 2024), K2 in 2019 and Makalu and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2023).
1972 Tenjing I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1972 Da Rinje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1972 Lu Hui, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1973 Sange I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021), Manaslu RP three times (2012, 2014 and 2019), Lhotse in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1973 Eduardo Manuel Koch Godinho, South African climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1975 Paul Bonhomme, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1975 Moises Nava Falcón, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1975 Ongcchu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2013 and 2014).
1979 Amirhossein Partovinia, Iranian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2008.
1979 Jakob Mühlbacher, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1981 Tashi (c), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1981 Liu Qiu-Cheng, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1983 Amin Aziznia, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Cho Oyu in 2024.
1984 Dorje Tsering (Duoji Ciren), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest thirteen times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, twice in 2013, 2014. 2016, 2017 and 2020).
1984 Dimitry Klimchuk, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1986 Lakpa I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2022), Annapurna I in 2023, Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and Gasherbrum II in 2026.
1987 Evan Rahsaan Green, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1987 Mahin Khalili, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1988 Vanessa Anne Blasic, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1988 Wang Ming-Long, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Everest in 2023.
1992 Jenjen Lama, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024).
1994 Bikash Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest four times (2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025).
2000 Pasang Dhenduk Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2004 Nang Tenzi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest and Lhotse in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1938 Mandani Parbat (6193 m) by an Austrian party.
1963 Shayoz Zom (6855 m) by another Austrian party.
1971 Reo Purgyil (6816 m) by an Indian party.
1975 Bamchu (6303 m) by a Japanese party.
2012 Himjung (7092 m) by a Korean party.

Gone on this day

1988 Michel Parmentier, French climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1981 and K2 in 1986, died on Everest, aged 38.
2003 Sange Murdok (38), Indian Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (1992, 1996 and 1999) and Kamet in 2001 and Indian climber Sunil Dutt Sharma (40), who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1991 and Everest in 1992, died in an avalanche on Panch Chuli (6904 m).