10 June

Born on this day

1937 Hellmut Seitzl, German climber, who ascended Everest in 1994.
1955 Valentin Boiko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1993.
1956 Ramón Estiú, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1993.
1956 Silvan Schenk, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007.
1958 Chris Darby, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1960 Martin Walter (Marty) Schmidt, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2001, Cho Oyu five times (twice during four days in 2001, twice during three days in 2004 and 2009), Makalu, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2010, Everest twice (2012 and 2013) and Broad Peak in 2013. He died on K2 in 2013, aged 53.
1960 Philip Purdy, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2012.
1962 Masayuki Unno, Japanese climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1988.
1962 Timothy Todd (Tim) Madsen, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1996.
1963 Park Hee-Dong, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1988.
1964 Ángel Martín, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001.
1965 Markus Thomma, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1970 Guillaume Vallot, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2002 and Gasherbrum II in 2017.
1971 Sascha Krause, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1971 Chen Jun-Bin, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1972 Jung Sang-Soo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1974 Adriano Da Cunha Freire, Brazilian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1975 Nick Nielsen, Danish climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1975 Dalip Singh Shekhawat, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1976 Michael Scott Mortensen, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1976 Mohammed Khalid Hossain, Bangladeshi climber, who ascended Everest in 2013, where he died on descent, aged 36.
1978 David Chiew, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1978 Bhagat Singh Rawat, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1979 Matthew James (Matt) Williams, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008 and Lhotse in 2018.
1984 Pasang Lhamu II (Akita), Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2007, K2 in 2014, Annapurna I, Lhotse and Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2022.
1985 Barbara Padilla Del Aguila, Guatemalan lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1985 Balan Shivaraman, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1987 Gaurav Kadian, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2018.
1987 Shen Jian-Hui, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1990 He Yu-Long, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1992 Mingma Tenzing IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2011, 2012 and 2019), Manaslu RP in 2012 and Cho Oyu in 2014.
1993 Thilen Bhote II, Napalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1993 Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim Zayed Al Jazzaf, Bahrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2020.
2000 Malavath Purna, female Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2014. She is the youngest girl who summited Everest so far.
2002 Sabin Thakuri, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.

First ascents on this day

1955 Pisang (6091 m) by a German party.
1968 Parvati Parvat (6633 m) by an Italian party.
1979 Chiring We (6559 m) by an Indian party.