08 September

Born on this day

1942 Reinmar Joswig, German climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1984, Gasherbrum I in 1986, Nanga Parbat in 1990 and K2 in 1993, where he died on descent, aged 50.
1943 Gerald Roach, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1983 and Gasherbrum II in 1997. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 1985 and the Carstensz-version in 1994.
1955 Alexander (Sandy) Allan, British (Scottish) climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997, Lhotse Nup in 2000, Everest in 2001 and Nanga Parbat twice (2009 and 2012), the latter by the entire Mazeno ridge.
1955 Bruce Kent Parker, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1956 Shoko Cho, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1958 Brigitte Muir, Australian lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994 and Everest in 1997, where she finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits as well.
1959 Eirik Tryti, Norwegian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990, Cho Oyu in 1993, Gasherbrum II in 1994 and Everest in 2007.
1962 François Melchior Wolfisberg, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1963 Raul Eerik Helander, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, Lhotse in 2017 and Makalu in 2023.
1966 Steffen Mayr, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, Gasherbrum II in 2000 and Nanga Parbat in 2001.
1966 Ty Wilson Hardt, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1968 Marcel·li Ferrer, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1970 Takashi Shirota, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1970 Antonio Ramón Chiocconi, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1973 Carlos Hernán Wilke, Argentinean climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007 and Makalu in 2008.
1974 Xie Erwen, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1974 Sabastien Trudel, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1976 Anna Maria Barańska, Polish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005, Everest in 2009 and Gasherbrum II in 2013.
1976 Ignacio Félix Barrio, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013, Lhotse in 2022 and Makalu in 2025.
1977 Bernardo Pereira Mascarenhas Da Fonseca, Brazilian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2023.
1978 Akari Hirose, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1981 Daniel Duran, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1981 Lakpa IX, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019, Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2022.
1984 Dean Mark Maher, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Dorje VIII (aka Ang Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2011, Everest four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017) and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1988 Ihnat Sauchanka, Belarusian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1996 Shere, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1999 Praveen Kumar Jujjavarapu, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1999 Jean-Michel Hugo Lorentz, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1958 Marshal Zukov (6842 m) by a Sino-Russian party.
1988 Mandu Kangri SW-Peak (7081 m) by an Italian party.
1994 Zhonghujiang (aka Chongtar Kangri) Main- (7315 m) and North-Peaks (7258 m) by a party with members from Australia and New Zealand.

Gone on this day

1997 Choi Byong-Soo, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993 and Gasherbrum II in 1996. He died in an avalanche on Everest, aged 33.
2002 Marco Siffredi, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 and Everest in 2001, from where he descended the Norton Couloir by snowboard. On this day in autumn 2002 he ascended Everest again and attempted to snowboard the most dangerous Hornbein Couloir. He has been missing since, aged 23.