10 October

Born on this day

1946 Carol Jean Masheter, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2008.
1952 Julio Coloma, Spanish Balearic climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2004.
1955 Lee Hsiao-Shih, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2009, Manaslu RP in 2011 and Lhotse in 2013, where he died on descent, aged 57.
1956 David Hempleman-Adams, British climber and adventurer, who ascended Everest twice (1993 and 2011), finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1995 and the Kosciuszko-version in early 1996. He also skied to the South Pole in-between (season 1995/1996) and to the North Pole in 1998.
1959 Hanspeter Sigrist, Swiss free-climber.
1959 Holger Dolenga, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1960 Jacques Puyo, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1962 Battistino (Battista) Bonali, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 1991. He died in 1993 on Huascarán, aged 30.
1962 Eric Gramond, French climber, who ascended Kamet in 1985, Gyachung Kang in 1986 and Everest in 1993.
1966 William (Bill) Goodland, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1966 Byambasuren (Bambi) Jagdal, Mongolian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018.
1967 Santosh Yadav, Indian lady climber, who is the first woman, who ascended Everest twice (1992 and 1993).
1968 Kim Jae-Young, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1999. He died on K2 in 2004, aged 35.
1970 Francesc Xavier (Chavi) Arias, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2002, Dhaulagiri I in 2004, Cho Oyu in 2007, Everest in 2008, Lhotse in 2009, Broad Peak in 2011, Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2019) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1970 Vladislav Kagan, Belarusian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and Nanga Parbat in 2007.
1970 Rochelle Rafferty, lady climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1971 Alexander Payman, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1972 Adam Krzysztof Ruciński, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Hemant Albert Soreng, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1974 Li Chun-Seng, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2018.
1975 Roger McMorrow, Irish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2007.
1975 Zachary (Zac) Poulton, Australian (also British) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2011.
1975 Luo Jing, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011, Makalu in 2012, Kangchenjunga, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2013, Dhaulagiri I and K2 in 2014, Annapurna I, Everest and Cho Oyu in 2016, Lhotse, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2017 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2018.
1975 Pemba Chhiring II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1975 Li Chun-Lai, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1975 Zhang Hong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1978 Takuro Hoshino, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1979 Tatiana Yalovchak, Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1979 Szczepan Janusz Brzeski, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1980 You Lin-Shan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1981 Alfredo García, Spanish Riojan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006, Cho Oyu in 2007, Broad Peak in 2008 and Everest in 2010.
1984 Fredrik Boe, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1984 Andrei Erokhin, Kyrgyz climber, who ascended Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2024).
1991 Anand Gurung, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1993 Mushtaq Ahmad, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2021.
1999 Amir Mohammad Danaei Shandiz, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.

First ascents on this day

1961 Yulhekang (6429 m) by an Indian party (disputed).
1971 Hiunchuli (6441 m) by an American party.
1978 Tilitso Himal (7134 m) by a French party.
1978 Nilgiri South (6839 m) by a Japanese party.
1980 Meru Parbat (6660 m) by a Japanese party.
1981 Langtang Ri (7205 m) by a Japanese party.
1982 Shisha Pangma Central-Peak (8008 m) by a Japanese party.
1999 Siguang Ri Shar (6998 m) by a Slovenian party.

Gone on this day

1994 Yekaterina Ivanova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1990, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992 and Manaslu RP in 1993, died in an avalanche on Kangchenjunga, aged 32, together with her Belarusian companion Sergei Zhvirblya.
1996 Luboš Bečák, Czech climber, who ascended Cho Oyu, died on descent, aged 35.
2004 Hideji Nazuka, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest twice (1985 and 1993), K2 in 1990, Kangchenjunga in 1991, Cho Oyu in 1993, Gasherbrums I and II in 1997, Shisha Pangma in 1999, Broad Peak in 2000 and Dhaulagiri I in 2001, died together with his companion Michio Sato in an avalanche on Annapurna I, aged 49.