04 September

Born on this day

1932 Josef Walter, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1983 accompanied by his wife Marianne.
1946 Hooman Aprin, American climber of Iranian origin, who ascended Everest in 1990.
1952 Jos Varmarsenille, Belgian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1993.
1953 Masaru Sato, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1998.
1954 Vladimir Gorbach, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994 and Everest in 1999.
1957 Chanchal Singh Dhasila, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1959 Mikhail Genshaft, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1962 Li Zhixin, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 1988. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1999.
1963 Thomas Ntavarinos, Greek climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2023 and Nanga Parbat in 2024.
1966 Roberto Ariano, Colombian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1969 Gilles Roman, French climber, who ascended Everest in 1998 and Kamet in 2005.
1971 Lhakpa Rita II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (1998, 2001 and 2004), Lhotse twice (2002 and 2006), Annapurna I in 2003, Cho Oyu in 2005 and Manaslu RP in 2006. He died on the South Face of Annapurna I three weeks later in 2006, aged 35.
1971 Pemba I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (1999, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009), Cho Oyu twice in 2006, Makalu in 2008, Gasherbrum II in 2010 and Manaslu RP in 2011.
1972 Majid Nematollahi, Iranian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2010.
1972 Wang Zhong (II), Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1974 Denis Gordin, Israeli climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1975 Vishal Ahlawat, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1975 Du Si-Kai, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1977 Temba III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012).
1978 Anton Suchý, Slovak climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2007.
1982 Liu Wenwei, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1983 Karma Gyalzen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2005, 2006, 2012 and 2016), Manaslu RP four times (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017), K2 in 2012, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2013 and Gasherbrum II again in 2014.
1995 Ngima Ongda, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2018, 2019, 2022, 2025 and 2026), Manaslu RP in 2019 and Cho Oyu and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1995 Sonam Tshiring Lama, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1995 Pema Rinje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu twice (2024 and 2026).
1996 Dawa Tenji I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
2003 Sonam Bhote (a), Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1946 Pik Karla Marksa (6723 m) by a Soviet party.
1960 Aspe Safed (6607 m) by a Polish party.
1962 Kohe Mandaras (6628 m) by another Polish party.
1963 Kohe Urgunt (7038 m) by a Swiss party.
1965 P. 6732 m (North of Tirich Mir) by an Austro-Italian party, led by Kurt Diemberger.
1970 Kohe Larissa (6157 m) by an Austrian party.
1988 Vasuki Parbat II (6702 m) by an Italian party.

Gone on this day

2021 Józef Nyka, Polish mountaineering journalist, researcher and author. His best known contributions to the mountaineering community were his articles about East European expeditions in the American Alpine Journal and the Japanese Iwa To Yuki. He died on this day, aged 96.