05 September

Born on this day

1936 Fredi Graf, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1980, Manaslu M in 1981, Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak in 1983 and Cho Oyu in 1987.
1936 Hans Burgstaller, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1980.
1946 Stanisław Jaworski, Polish climber, who died in 1983 on Manaslu, aged 37.
1947 Karen Young, American lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1951 Ray Francis Brown, British climber, who lived in New Zealand and Australia. He ascended Gasherbrum II in 1998 and Everest in 1999 and died after a marathon training run in Western Australia in 2002, aged 51.
1951 Marino Giacometti, Italian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986.
1953 Gleb Sokolov, Russian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1996, Lhotse twice (1997 and 2000), Lhotse Shar in 1998 and participated in the first ascent of Lhotse Central-Peak in 2001. He is the only climber, who ascended those three peaks of Lhotse. He also ascended Everest in 2004, Cho Oyu in 2005, K2 in 2007 and Manaslu RP in 2009.
1955 Xavier Marie Delalle, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1956 Susanne Müller-Zantop, German lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Everest in 2018.
1957 Ger Friele, Dutch climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (Jannu) in 1987 and died on descent, aged 30.
1961 Michael John Roberts, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest nine times (2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017), Cho Oyu five times (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2016), Gasherbrum II in 2006 and Lhotse in 2013.
1961 Daniel Stringham, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1963 Giulio Maggioni, Italian climber, who ascended K2 in 1996.
1964 Simon Blackmore, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1965 Iso Planić, Serbian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004, Everest in 2005, Gasherbrums II and I in 2006 and Broad Peak in 2007.
1969 Dirk Grunert, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Broad Peak in 2007.
1969 Erwin Pfeffer, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016 and Broad Peak in 2022.
1971 Manuel Pizzaro, Chilean born Canadian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2009).
1974 Robert de Vries, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1977 Lukas Furtenbach, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006, Broad Peak in 2007, Everest four times (2016, 2019, 2022 and 2024) and Lhotse in 2023.
1977 Reza Parsa, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024 and Everest in 2025.
1980 Patricio Andres Gana Parada, Chilean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2018.
1981 Taras Krazhenko, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1981 Rumpa Das, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1981 Yusuke Abe, Japanese climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2026.
1982 Han Zi-Jun (Vivian), Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2017) and Lhotse in 2017.
1983 Xing Zhe-Kui, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1984 Qun Tang, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1985 Lhakpa Dendi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1987 Rosha Basnet, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1988 Dawa Finjo Lama Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 twice, 2013. 2018, 2024, 2025 and 2026), Manaslu RP in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1988 Lu Zhang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1989 Clayton Brent Royce Wolfe, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1989 Muthamilselvi Narayanan, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1990 Ang Paste, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2021.
1991 Pemba Tenzing IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018), Manaslu RP four times (2013, 2016, 2018 and 2021), Cho Oyu in 2016, Annapurna I in 2021, Manaslu M twice (2021 and 2022) and Dhaulagiri I, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Broad Peak in 2022.
1992 Dawa XI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2021, Dhaulagiri I in 2022, Annapurna I in 2024 and Makalu in 2025.
1995 Khaled Sultan Mohamed Abdul Alsheerawi, Bahrainian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2020 and Everest in 2021.
1995 Da Lakpa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest, Manaslu RP in 2021 and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1995 Phurba Sonam II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1999 Phurte, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2024, Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest in 2026.
1999 Yano Kabak, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2000 Lakpa Thinduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2024 and 2026).
2000 Wang Chhedar Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
2001 Kasturi Deepak Savekar, Indian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021 and Annapurna I and Everest in 2022.
2009 Helen Li, Chinese (Hong Kong) lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1954 Pik Engels (6510 m) by a Georgian party.
1968 Kharakhali (5871 m) by a British party.