07 September

Born on this day

1941 Josef Millinger, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 1981. He died in 1983, aged 42.
1953 Ludvík Paleček, Czech climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1981.
1958 Paul Lego, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1963 Christoph Pfistner, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1990.
1963 Claude Colletta, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1965 Pemba Norbu III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest three times (1998, 2000 and 2003).
1965 Thomas Kevin Cooney, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1966 Gary Guller, American (also British) climber, who ascended Everest in 2003 and Cho Oyu in 2004.
1966 Harald Haβlacher, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1967 Christine Boskoff, American lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak 1995, Cho Oyu twice (1996 and 2006), Lhotse in 1997, Gasherbrum II in 1999, Everest twice (2000 and 2005) and Shisha Pangma in 2000. She died in November 2006 in Tibet, aged 39.
1968 Laura Ines Horta, Argentinean lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2022.
1970 Moon In-Joo, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1993.
1970 Keitaro Morooka, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1971 Dangima, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2021.
1972 Iván Ollé, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999.
1972 Yang Chun-Hua, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1974 Ekaterina Pozdeeva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1975 Nicholas (Nick) Robertson, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1980 Quah Wei-Slong (Ernest), Singaporean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice during 10 days in 2004.
1980 Chinmayee Jayachamarajapura Thrishulamurthy, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1981 Anna Shurysheva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1981 Darius Alexis Henderson, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1983 Mingma Temba II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1984 Kumaran So Rasappan, Singaporean climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1984 Ru Zhi-Gang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017, Everest three times (2019, 2020 and 2023) and K2 in 2024.
1986 Matthew Olsen, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1987 Guan Jing, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024 and K2 in 2025, where she died on descent, aged 37.
1990 Lakpa Tenzi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2019).
1995 Lakpa Dorje Thapa Magar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest three times (2019, 2022 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.
2000 Dorje IX (Dorjee), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024).

First ascents on this day

1928 Pik Gorbunov (6028 m) by a German party.
1931 "Sugarloaf" (~ 6370 m) by a German party (first undisputed ascent!).
1939 Mulkila (6517 m) by an Austro-British party.
1953 Pik Druzhba (6800 m) by a party from Uzbekistan.
1981 Meru Parbat West-Peak (6361 m) by an Austrian party.
1985 Saser Kangri II West-Peak (c. 7500 m) by an Indo-Japanese party.
1987 Kangju Kangri (6725 m) by an Indian party.

Gone on this day

2003 Mohammad Oraz, Iranian climber, who ascended Rakaposhi in 1997, Everest in 1998, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 2000, Makalu in 2001 and Lhotse in 2002. He died in hospital after avalanche caused injuries on Gasherbrum I, aged 33.