03 September

Born on this day

1932 Ivan Urbanovič sr., Slovak pioneer, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1967 and participated in the first ascents of two subsidiary peaks of Nanga Parbat, Forepeak (7910 m) and NE-Peak (7530 m) in 1971.
1938 Udo Bönning, German climber, who participated in the first ascent of Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1980.
1941 Kent Groninger, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1958 Jonathan (Jon) Gibans, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1960 Richard Taylor, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994.
1965 Rasso Bumann, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1966 Kim Jong-Gyu, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1966 Andreas Holzer, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1967 Olegs Pimenovs, Latvian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Everest in 2016.
1970 Zhang Ping, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1971 Javier Enrique Camacho, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009, Lhotse in 2017 and Everest in 2018.
1974 Zeng Hui-Wen, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018, Everest in 2019 and K2 in 2023.
1976 Michael Haugen, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2017).
1978 David Göttler, German climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006, Broad Peak in 2007, Dhaulagiri I in 2008, Lhotse in 2009, Nuptse in 2012, Makalu in 2013, Everest in 2022 and Nanga Parbat in 2025.
1978 Tashi Chhiring, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2003 and 2006) and Manaslu RP in 2011, where he died on descent, aged 32.
1979 Jayanthi Kuru Utumpala, lady climber from Sri Lanka, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1980 Natalia Struntsova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1981 Sanja Kolonic, Australian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1981 Ai Mitsui, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1982 Pasang Bhote (a), Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008. He died later in 2008 on K2, aged 25.
1982 Ravi Kant Negi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1984 Pasang IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2006 and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1984 Mingma Nuru X, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2018 and 2019), Everest five times (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1986 Finjo Dorje (Phinjo Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fifteen times (2007, 2008, twice in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 and twice in 2024), Cho Oyu in 2007 and K2 in 2024.
1986 Phurbu Tsering II (Phurtse), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest five times (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017) and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1992 Yangdi, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2018.

First ascents on this day

1933 Pik Imeni Ismail Samani (earlier name: Pik Kommunizma, 7482 m) by a Russian party.
1935 Tuolakangboqie (6135 m) by a British party.
1971 Awi Zom (6486 m) by a German party.
2007 K7 Central-Peak (6858 m) by an American-Slovenian party.

Gone on this day

1985 Rolf Walter, Austrian climber, who ascended Lhotse Shar in 1970 (first ascent) and Yalung Kang in 1975. He died on Mont Blanc in 1985 on this day or the day before, aged 44.