10 September

Born on this day

1855 Albert Frederick Mummery, British pioneer, who disappeared on Nanga Parbat in 1895, aged 39.
1887 Kenneth Mason, British pioneer, who was well-known for his "Karakoram Nomenclature". He died in 1976, aged 88.
1906 Karl Wien, German pioneer, who died in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat in 1937, aged 30.
1909 Witold Paryski, Polish pioneer, who made several first ascents in the Andes and was a well-known Andes-researcher. He died in 2000, aged 91.
1936 Wolfgang Kunzendorf, German climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988.
1940 Raymond Eynard-Machet, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1948 Roland Zeyen, climber from Luxembourg, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1989.
1950 Kimiharu Matsui, Japanese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1987.
1952 Fuji Tsunoda, Japanese climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1981. He died probably by an avalanche on Nanga Parbat in 1984, aged 31.
1953 Benantzio Irureta, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1988.
1955 Vladimir Koroteev, Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga twice in 1989, the second time during a traverse including Kangchenjunga South-, Central- and West-(Yalung Kang) Peaks. He also ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak twice in 1992, Everest in 1993, Makalu in 1996 and Lhotse in 1997.
1955 Kiyomitsu Shikoda, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2006 and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1957 Klev Schoening, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1996.
1957 Thomas Green Taylor, American climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2018.
1959 Kazuhiko Kozuka, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1999.
1964 Pauline Sanderson, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1964 Francisco Villar, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1965 Chung Sang-Yong, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1989.
1968 Paula Birgitta Strengell, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2018, Everest in 2019, Makalu in 2023, K2 in 2024, Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, Manaslu M and Dhaulagiri I in 2025 and Lhotse in 2026.
1970 Serge Marcel Benoït Lemonde, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1971 Chuldim, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu nine times (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2013).
1974 Mastun Babu Malli, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006. The same year he also finished the Kosciuszko- and Carstensz-versions of the Seven Summits.
1975 Ngima Dorchi I (Nima Dorji), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2013, K2 four times (2014, 2018, 2019 and 2022), Manaslu RP five times (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1976 Liu Ying-An, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1977 Sergei Brodski, Kazakh climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2002.
1978 Chi Lung-Ma, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1979 Angdu (Aangdu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu twice (2010 and 2012), Broad Peak twice (2012 and 2022), Everest nine times (2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and twice in 2026), Manaslu RP in 2019, Dhaulagiri I in 2022, K2 twice (2022 and 2025), Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I both twice (2024 and 2026).
1981 Jean François Carrey, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1981 Dawa Tshering IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2006 and Everest three times (2006, 2010 and 2011).
1982 Hunter Blythe Argenbright, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1983 Peter Ortner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cerro Torre in 2011 via the Kompressor route (repeated in 2012 free for the first time, both climbs with David Lama), Trango Tower and Chogolisa in 2012 (also both climbs with David Lama).
1986 Xia Li-Ting, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2025.
1987 Norrdine Nouar, German climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2023.
1988 Alessandro D'Emilia, Italian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2018.
1989 Ang Tshering Lama II, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1993 Eoin Brogan, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1996 Ming Dukpa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017, Everest five times (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026), Manaslu M in 2022 and K2 in 2023.
1998 Mingma Nurbu III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
2000 Lakpa Thinduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2024, 2025 and 2026).

First ascents on this day

1936 Nepal Peak Central-Peak (c. 7145 m) by a German party.
1947 Nanda Ghunti (6309 m) by a Swiss party.
1952 Gangotri III (6577 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

1991 Daniel Reid, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1983, died by a fall on Mount Kenya, aged 49.
1995 Lhakpa Nuru I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (twice in 1992, twice in 1993, 1994 and 1995), died in an avalanche on Everest, aged 30.