18 September

Born on this day

1934 Ludwig Greissl, German climber, who participated in the first ascent of Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1980.
1943 Helmut Chlastak, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1995 and Cho Oyu in 1997.
1945 Hisashi Ishiguro, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1973.
1953 Aleksander Lwow, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 1984, Lhotse in 1986, Cho Oyu in 1987 and Gasherbrum II in 1993.
1960 Oleg Kravchenko, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2000.
1962 Li Zhixin, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 1988.
1964 Peter Hámor, Slovak climber, who ascended Everest in 1998, Cho Oyu, Annapurna I twice (2006 and 2010), Broad Peak in 2006, Nanga Parbat in 2007, Gasherbrums I and II in 2008, Makalu in 2011, Kangchenjunga and K2 in 2012, Lhotse in 2013, Shisha Pangma in 2014, Manaslu RP in 2016 and Dhaulagiri I in 2017. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2003.
1965 Tim Boelter, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1967 Günther Unterberger, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005, Broad Peak in 2007 and Gasherbrum I in 2011.
1970 Nobuhiro Tsuji, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1993.
1970 Ngima (Nima) Sona, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2009, 2010, twice in 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023) and Manaslu RP three times (2011, 2014 and 2017).
1972 Choi Jin-Chul, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1978 Sharma Chirag, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1979 Alexandru Grigorescu, Romanian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2022.
1979 Li Hai-Tao, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1980 Adam Álvarez, Spanish climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2018.
1983 Pawan Greval, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1986 Li Sheng-Tao, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023.
1987 Ngima Thenduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse five times (twice in 2018 and once in 2021, 2023 and 2024) and Everest in 2019.
1987 Peng Xiang-Yu, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1988 Philip Peter Bota, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1988 Sarah Elizabeth Strattan, American lady climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019 and K2 in 2022.
1990 Olivia Bonfim Melo, Brazilian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1993 Pema Rinji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2018).
1995 Pemba Tshering VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2017 and 2018) and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1996 Pasang Sona I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2013, 2017, 2023 and 2024), Cho Oyu twice (2019 and 2024) and Makalu in 2022.
1996 Mingma Thinduk IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022 and Everest in 2023.
2002 Yuto Ogawa, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
2011 Kawu Shan (ca. 6105 m) by a Swiss party.

First ascents on this day

1973 Ghamubar Zom (aka Dhul-i Chhish, 6518 m) by an Italian party.
1983 Shivling SW-Peak (6525 m) by a British party.
1983 KR 4 (6340 m) by a Japanese party.
1987 Shisha Pangma West-Peak (7966 m) by Jerzy Kukuczka and Artur Hajzer from Poland.
2007 Moinda Kangri (6425 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1981 Marek Malatyński, Polish climber, who participated in the first ascents of Kangbachen (7903 m) in 1974 and Masherbrum SW-Peak (7806 m) in 1981, where he died on descent, aged 34. On descent of the latter his companion Przemysław Novacki died as well.