06 October

Born on this day

1900 Willy Merkl, German pioneer, who died on Nanga Parbat in 1934, aged 33.
1934 Marek Janas, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1975. He died in 2021, aged 86.
1940 Michael Rheinberger, Australian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986 and Everest in 1994, where he died on descent, aged 53.
1950 Patrick Cullinan, Australian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986 and Everest in 1988.
1953 John Shelton-Smith, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1954 Bruno Ongis, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1954 Timothy William (Tim) Ralph, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where he also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1955 Vladimír Švankár, Slovak climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998. He died in 2014 on Dhaulagiri I, aged 58.
1956 Graham Blackmun, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2007.
1957 Paul (Nemo) Vulin, French climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007.
1957 Bradley Keith Jones, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1958 Phurba Pasang, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003).
1966 Juraj Kardhordo, Slovak climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995 and Gasherbrums I and II in 1997. He dissapeared later in 1997 on Manaslu, aged 31.
1967 Benedikt Arnold, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1967 Dmitri Sokov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1967 Jean Jaçques (Jakes) Sallaberremborde. French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1969 John Russell Klein, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1970 Antonio Miguel Rodriguez, Spanish climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.
1972 Kim Mi-Gon, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000, Makalu in 2001, Gasherbrum II in 2006, Lhotse and Everest in 2007, Dhaulagiri I in 2009, Manaslu RP and Shisha Pangma in 2011, K2 in 2012, Gasherbrum I in 2013, Kangchenjunga and Broad Peak in 2014, Annapurna I in 2016 and Nanga Parbat in 2018.
1972 Cheng Xin, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1973 Todd Windle, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1973 Jacob Willem Ottink, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1974 Huang Jyh-How, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2009, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1974 Pasang XII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013, Cho Oyu in 2019 and Annapurna I in 2021.
1975 Li Hong-Hai, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2009 and Everest twice (2010 and 2013).
1975 Tsukasa Sasaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1976 Pierre Cauderay, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1976 Gregory Attard, Maltese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009, Everest twice (2010 and 2014), Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2013 and Makalu in 2017.
1977 Oliver Fricker, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1979 Narendra Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1979 Bernardo Sanchez Fernandez, Mexican climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1982 "Small" Phurbu Dhondup, Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest three times (2003, 2007 and 2008) and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1983 Mikhail Arslanov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1984 Andreas Lattner, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1990 Kuldeep Deswal, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1992 Rajesh Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Lhotse twice (2022 and 2026).
1992 Mingtemba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2026.
1993 Konchok Dolma, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1994 Munmun Ghosh, Indian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2026.
1995 Alexandre Caya, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.

First ascents on this day

1883 Forked Peak (6108 m) by a British party.
1889 Pt. Uhuru, the highest point of Kibo, the highest peak of the Kilimanjaro-Massive (5895 m) by the German pioneer Hans Meyer and the Austrian pioneer Ludwig Purtscheller, who celebrated his 40th birthday on top.
1984 A peak on the Ganalo Ridge of Nanga Parbat, possibly the highest (6608 m), by a Japanese party.
2000 Jongsang South-Peak (7322 m) by a Slovenian party.
2007 Toze Kangri (6356 m) by a Swedish party.
2007 Garrapunsum (aka Jarjinjabo, 5812 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1993 Gary Ball, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 1992) and finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1990, died on Dhaulagiri I, aged 40.
1995 Benoît Chamoux, French climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 1985, Broad Peak Foresummit and K2 in 1986, Nanga Parbat in 1987, Annapurna I in 1988, Manaslu in 1989, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990, Everest in 1992, Dhaulagiri I in 1993, Lhotse in 1994 and Makalu in spring 1995, died on Kangchenjunga, aged 34. Also Pierre Alain Royer (41), French climber, who ascended Kamet in 1985, Manaslu in 1989, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990, Everest in 1992 and Makalu in spring 1995 as well, died there on that day.
1995 Hisayoshi Tawaraya, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I, where he disappeared on descent, aged 45.