11 September

Born on this day

1943 Konrad Staltmayr, German climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1980.
1948 Wolfgang Schaffert, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1980 and Manaslu in 1984.
1949 Martin Adams, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1996 and finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2000.
1953 Alain Hubert, Belgian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1954 Frédéric Faure, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1954 Antoine Joseph Boulanger, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2009.
1960 Jorge Hermosillo, Mexican climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 (disputed!) and Everest in 2002.
1961 Carmen Peña, Mexican lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1961 Carlos Escobar, Bolivian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1962 Marco Bianchi, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 1992, Broad Peak, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 1993, Dhaulagiri I in 1994, Everest in 1995 and K2 in 1996.
1964 Patrick Kenny, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999 and Everest in 2000.
1967 Lee Myoung-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1968 Lars Johan Marcus Frankelius, Swedish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2006.
1969 Qudrat Ali, Pakistani climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1999, Gasherbrum II twice (2000 and 2003), Nanga Parbat in 2001 and Gasherbrum I in 2004.
1969 Pierre Mahenc, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1974 Raymond Lem, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1975 Carles Verdaguer, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2017.
1979 Andrei Naibauer, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1980 Pasang Tenje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1981 Ganesh Krishna More, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013 and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1989 Palkesh G. Kalma, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2018, Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Annapurna I in 2022.
1989 Mykyta Balabanov, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1989 Ng Li Ying, Singaporean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1993 Nisha Kumari, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
2000 Phursang, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1931 Khan Tangiri Shyngy (earlier Khan Tengri, 6995 or 7010 m) by a Ukrainian party.
1938 Chandra Parbat (6728 m) by an Austrian party.
1970 Kohe Dusti (6435 m) by another Austrian party.