28 September

Born on this day

1937 Karl Zöll, German climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1986 and Cho Oyu in 1990. He died in 2022, aged 84.
1952 David Taylor, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1994.
1954 Isabel Ingrid Schittich, German lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018, Manaslu RP in 2019 and Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1958 Mikhail Mozhaev, Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga South-, Central- and Main-Peaks in 1989 and Cho Oyu in 1991.
1960 Christopher Patient, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1962 James M. Davidson, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2017.
1963 Jan Arnold, lady climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 1993 and Cho Oyu twice (1994 and 1995). She is the widow of Rob Hall.
1965 Chen Xiao-Ji, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1966 Viktor Mlinar, Slovenian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1966 Hosein Khoshcheshm, Iranian climber, who ascended Rakaposhi in 1997.
1967 Mihai Cioroianu, Romanian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1997 and Gasherbrum II in 1998. He died on K2 in 1999, aged 31.
1967 Rainer Schlattinger, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1967 Todd Stephen Ammerman, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1968 Brian Duthiers, Swiss climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2001.
1969 Guarav Karki, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1970 John Matthews, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1973 Mikko Markus Vermas, Finnish climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1974 Marta Eliza (Martyna) Wojciechowska, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006. She also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2010.
1974 Pasang (l), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2021.
1976 Jakob Urth, Danish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008, Cho Oyu in 2010, Everest three times (2018, 2023 and 2026) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1976 Tobias Schwab, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015, Broad Peak in 2019, Gasherbrum I in 2023 and Lhotse in 2026.
1978 Dominik Tobias Ruch, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1978 Roeland Wilhelmus van Oss, Dutch climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1979 Ang Pasang VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1986 Alf Robin Trygg, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest twice (2011 and 2016) and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1990 Dawa Yangzum, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2012, K2 in 2014, Makalu in 2019, Annapurna I, Lhotse, Manaslu M and Dhaulagiri I in 2021, Broad Peak in 2022, Kangchenjunga, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Cho Oyu in 2023 and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where she finished the 14 8K Main-Peaks.
1992 Lakpa II (Sona), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2016, 2022, in 2023 three times, 2024 and 2025), Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024), K2 twice (2024 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2025.
1993 Pemba Tashi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021), Lhotse in 2019 and Gasherbrum I in 2023.
1994 Dawa Geljen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025).
1995 Hanne Nicole Briedis Hyttedalen, Norwegian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1996 Dawa Furi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1997 Chhiring Tashi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
2000 Kusang Dorchi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2024.

First ascent on this day

2005 Kalurong (6674 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1981 Kazumi Fujikura, Japanese climber, who ascended Himalchuli in 1978 and Kangchenjunga in spring 1981, died in an avalanche on Nanda Khat (6611 m), aged 31. Six other young Japanese climbers died in the same avalanche, they were Yoichi Suzuki (29), Naohiko Abe (35), Sohachi Honda (30), Masanori Noguchi (29), Masayuki Teramoto (30) and Takao Saito (35).
1986 Simon Burkhardt, Swiss climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1980, died in an avalanche on Everest, aged 51.
2007 René Desmaison, French pioneer, who was one of the first ascenders of Kumbhakarna (Jannu, 7711 m) in 1962, died, aged 77.
2010 Pasang Gelu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008), Dhaulagiri I in 2004 and Cho Oyu in 2008, died in the same avalanche as Osamu Tanabe on Dhaulagiri I, aged 46.
2010 Osamu Tanabe, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1990, Broad Peak in 1993, Cho Oyu twice (1993 and 2001), Everest in 1993, Makalu in 1995, K2 in 1997, Gasherbrum I in 2002, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2003, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and Shisha Pangma in 2006. He also climbed the South Face of Lhotse in winter 2006 to a point on the West-Ridge (~8475 m). He died in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri I, aged 49. Also his companion Toshio Yamamoto (2), who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2006, died there, aged 36.
2010 Kurt Albert, German free climber ("Father of Red Point climbing") and allrounder (for example: Big walls in Pakistan and Patagonia), died on this day, aged 56.