05 October

Born on this day

1926 William Francis (Willi) Unsoeld, American pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Masherbrum in 1960 and ascended Everest in 1963. He died in 1979 on Mount Rainier, aged 52.
1943 Masahide Onodera, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1977.
1947 Jack Jakobczyk, Canadian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1949 Friedrich Diermeir, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1950 Da Cering, Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1985 and Everest in 1988.
1952 Josef Rybička, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1952 Ryszard Kurdziel, Canadian climber of Polish origin, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1954 Ryszard Gajewski, Polish climber, who ascended Ngadi Chuli (7871 m) in 1979, Manaslu M in 1984 (first winter ascent with Maciej Berbeka) and Cho Oyu in 1986.
1955 Alex Jaggi, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, where he died on descent, aged 42.
1956 Vasili Kernitski, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2014 and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1957 Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga South-Peak on April 17, 1989 and did the full traverse from Yalung Kang, crossing Main- and Central-Peaks, to South-Peak two weeks later.
1957 Hu Jui-Fa, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1960 Sonam Dendu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994), Shisha Pangma in 1995, Cho Oyu twice (1999 and 2003) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000.
1962 Sim Yi-Hui, Singaporean lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1962 Alois Leitner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1965 Ines Zucchelli, Italian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1968 David G. Cole, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2008.
1968 Christopher John Lind, American climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M in 2025 and Lhotse in 2026.
1969 Luc Beirinckx, Belgian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1970 Lhakpa Nuru XV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2016, 2017, 2019 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1970 Euan James Wilson, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Broad Peak in 2019.
1971 James Griffiths, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1971 Yaroslav Sabyrbayev, Kazakh climber, who ascended Everest in 2013 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1973 Namgya, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2019.
1975 Carlos Salamanca, Spanish Castilian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1975 Liu Chang-Xing, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1977 Namgyal II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005) and Everest eight times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013). He died on descent of the latter, aged 35.
1977 Torbjörn Smögrav, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1977 Durga Dutt, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1978 Xue Hong-Yan, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1982 Wang Ping, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1982 Saori Matsushita, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Aklakur (Akke) Rahman, British climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024), Lhotse in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1986 Patrick William Monday, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1993 Amit Kumar Negi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and Annapurna I in 2023.
1995 Pasang Gyaljen I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2016, 2017 and 2018) and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1999 Pasang XXVII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024), Everest twice (2024 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1974 Ramthang Chang (6802 m) by a Slovenian party.

First ascents on this day

1936 Nanda Kot (6861 m) by a Japanese party.
1997 Gurla Mandhata II (6912 m) by an American party.
2010 Nangyama Ri (6547 m) by an Australian party.
2017 Hungchhi East (aka "Burke Kang", 6942 m) by a British-Nepali party.
2017 Daphe Shail (6103 m) by a French-Nepali party.

Gone on this day

1988 Ryszard Kołakowski, Polish climber, who ascended Makalu the day before, died on descent, aged 33.
1996 Viktor Pastuk, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga South-, Central- and Main-Peaks in 1989 and Manaslu (?) in 1991, died together with his companion Gennadi Vasilenko by an avalanche on Shisha Pangma, aged 44.
1999 David Bridges (29), American climber, who ascended Makalu in spring 1999 and Alexander (Alex) Lowe (40), American climber, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 1993), died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma.
2003 Christos Barouchas, Greek climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2001 and Cho Oyu in 2003, where he died on descent, aged 36.
2003 Park Joo-Hoon (34), Korean climber, who ascended Everest in spring 2003 and his companion Hwang Sun-Dug (26), died in an avalanche on Lhotse Shar.
2008 Miha Valič, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu two days earlier, died on descent, aged 29.