07 October

Born on this day

1939 Isamu Moriyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1998.
1946 Chizuko Kono, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Everest in 2004 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Manaslu in 2010. She died on Dhaulagiri I in 2013, aged 66.
1946 Stefan Sieveking, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009, Manaslu RP in 2014, Everest in 2016, Broad Peak in 2019 and Dhaulagiri I in 2022.
1949 Pierre-Yvan Guichard, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1954 Jesús (Josu) García, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993. He disappeared on Khan Tangiri Shyngy in 1994, aged 39.
1960 Uwe Gerlt, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2014.
1962 Atsushi Yamamoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988, Everest in 1989, Namcha Barwa in 1992 (first ascent), Makalu in 1995, K2 in 1996, Manaslu RP twice (1997 and 2006) and Annapurna I in 2003.
1962 Sunil Dutt Sharma, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1991 and Everest in 1992. He died on Panch Chuli (6904 m) in 2003, aged 40.
1962 Todor Minkov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1990.
1962 Milan Džugan, Slovak climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1963 Michihiro Kadoya, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997, Manaslu RP twice (2006 and 2013) and Everest twice (2008 and 2010).
1964 Pablo Aldai, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1988.
1964 Mohinder Singh Negi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001, Kangchenjunga in 2004 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1966 Luis Felipe (Lucho) Ossa, Colombian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007 and Gasherbrum I in 2010 (not confirmed!).
1966 Chu Chinh-Phu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1968 Yumi Ueda, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1968 Barry Michéal Brogan, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1972 Mikel Lizarraga, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2004.
1972 Nadir Dendoune, Algerian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1973 Elie Chevieux, Swiss free-climber.
1973 Vladimir Belkovich, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018, Manaslu RP in 2019, K2 in 2021, Makalu in 2023 and Annapurna I in 2026.
1973 Rahmat Ullah Baig, Pakistani climber, who ascended K2 in 2014.
1973 Arun Kumar Tiwari, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1975 Mingmar Dorje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2016 and Everest in 2024.
1976 Davorin Meštrović, Croatian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1977 Michael Ladstätter, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1978 Nima Tenji II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005 and Everest in 2006.
1979 Karma Tenzing Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu in 2019.
1980 Nima Dorje III (Ngima Dorchi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2019 and 2022), Shisha Pangma in 2004, Manaslu RP in 2021, K2 twice (2022 and 2023) and Makalu in 2025.
1982 Li Yong-Sheng (b), Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2023.
1984 Annemie Ruth Kostezer, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1984 Aida Peko, Croatian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1987 Piyali Basak, Indian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018, Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Lhotse, Manaslu M in 2022 and Annapurna I and Makalu in 2023.
1988 Samantha Larson, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007, where she finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits. Later that year she also finished the Carstensz-version.
1990 Ryo Shimada, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1991 Reto Kaufmann, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1995 Nima XI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1995 Mimmi Madicken Annamaria Snell, Swedish lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest and Lhotse in 2026.
1996 Chinekheinganba Nameirakpam, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.

First ascents on this day

1965 "Yamatari Kang" (7532 m), a subsidiary peak on the long SW-ridge of Kangchenjunga, by a Slovenian party.
1969 Chaturangi West-Peak (6304 m) by an Indian party.
1980 Meru North-Peak (c. 6450 m) by a Japanese party.
1981 Kusum Kanguru South-West (6370 m) by a party from New Zealand.
1994 Gyaji Kang (7038 m) by a Japanese-Nepalese party.
1996 Qiongmo Kangri (7048 m) by a party with members from China and South Korea.
2002 Shakangsham (6822 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1990 Grigory Lunyakov (35) and Zijnur Khalitov (38), climbers from Kazakhstan, died by a fall on Manaslu. Both ascended Kangchenjunga Main in April 1989 and traversed the South-, Central-, Main- and West-Peaks two weeks later. Lunyakov also ascended Everest in spring 1990.
2011 Josef (Sepp) Larch, Austrian pioneer (born in South Tyrol, Italy), who achieved the first ascent of Gasherbrum II in 1956 together with Fritz Moravec, died, aged 81.
2012 Ilyas Tukhvatullin, Uzbek climber, who ascended Everest twice (1998 and 2004) and K2 in 2007, died on Annapurna I, aged 54, together with Uzbek climber Ivan Lobanov (51).
2023 Tenzing IV (aka Tenzen Lama), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2016, Manaslu RP three times (2017, 2018 and 2019), Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2023), Lhotse three times (2018, 2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga twice (2019 and 2023), Dhaulagiri I four times (twice in 2021 and twice in 2023), Makalu twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M four times (2022 and three times in 2023) and Cho Oyu, Shisha Pangma, Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak and K2 in 2023, where he finished the 14 Main-8000ers. In 2023 he ascended the 14 Main-8000ers in record time (92 days) together with Norwegian lady climber Kristin Harila. He died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma, aged 35.
2023 Anna Gutu, American/Ukrainian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2023) and Annapurna I, Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, K2, Dhaulagiri I and Cho Oyu in 2023. She died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma attempting her last 8000er, aged 33.
2023 Gina Marie Han-Lee (née Rzucidlo), American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018, Annapurna I and Manaslu M in 2021, Dhaulagiri I, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Broad Peak in 2022 and Lhotse, Makalu, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Cho Oyu in 2023. She died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma, attempting her last 8000er, aged 45.
2023 Mingmar VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2022 and Makalu, Kangchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, K2 and Cho Oyu in 2023. He died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma, aged 27.