30 September

Born on this day

1941 Hitoshi Tsuji, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1950 Ignacio (Iñaki) Aldaya, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1979 and Kumbhakarna (Jannu) in 1981. He died in 2024, aged 73.
1951 Takaharu Hayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Dhaulagiri I in 1995 and Cho Oyu in 2003.
1953 Gerhild Kurze, German lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1955 Lee Kang-Mok, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1955 Michael (Mike) Woodmansee, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1961 Robin Michael Beadle, British climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1991, Everest in 2007 and Lhotse in 2024.
1962 Mahmood Shoaei, Iranian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1963 Viktor Lutov, Belarusian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2006.
1964 Pasang Gyalzen (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1998, Gurla Mandhata (7694 m) twice (2002 and 2005) and Cho Oyu three times (2003, 2007 and 2009).
1966 Andrew McCormack Malony, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1966 Anna Birukova, American lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019 and Everest in 2023.
1968 Jochen Haase, German climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2003.
1969 Thomas (Tom) Boyer, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1970 Vivian James Rigney, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1970 Gernot Walder, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1971 Michael Wolff, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1974 Chhebi Bhote I, Nepalese climber, who ascended Makalu twice (2004 and 2014), Everest six times (2006, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2025 and 2026), Manaslu RP three times (2009, 2011 and 2019) and Lhotse in 2013.
1974 Amit Kumar, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1975 Nima III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2008).
1975 Robert (Rob) North, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1975 Véronique Denys, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1976 Liu Ying-Xiao, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025 and Everest in 2026.
1976 Tomasz Paweł Gorecki, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1984 Phuchhetar (Fuchettar), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1984 Bis Bahadur Gurung II, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2026) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1987 Nurhuda, Indonesian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1991 Udaya Kerung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1992 Jenjen Lama Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest four times (2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1997 Jakub Michał Patecki, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2000 Pastenjen I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.

First ascent on this day

1989 Kanjeralwa North (6226 m) by a French party.

Gone on this day

2002 Göran Kropp, Swedish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992, K2 in 1993, Broad Peak in 1994, Everest twice (1996 and 1999) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1997. He died in a climbing accident near Seattle, aged 35.