17 April

Born on this day

1897 Eduard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss pioneer, who led the expedition to Everest in spring 1952, that failed only at about 8600 m. He died in 1983, aged 86.
1941 Itsuo Ohta, Japanese climber, who ascended Gurla Mandhata (7694 m) in 1997.
1943 Tatsuji Shigeno, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1978 and K2 in 1982.
1951 Reinhard Wlasich, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990. He died on Everest in 1996, aged 45.
1956 Guy Bond, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1957 Ryu Nagata, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990.
1958 Luis Ibáñez, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1990.
1963 Lhakpa Thinduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna II in 2008 (first winter ascent!) and Makalu twice (2012 and 2019).
1964 Jarosław Woćko, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003.
1968 Magdalena Arcimowicz, Polish lady climber, who ascended K2 in 2023 and Gasherbrum I in 2025.
1969 Richard Bolt, Swiss climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2004, Gasherbrum II in 2006, Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2013), Everest in 2008, Manaslu RP twice (2010 and 2017) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1969 Richard Scott, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1970 Victor Izquierdo, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 2009.
1971 Walter Zörer, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999 and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1972 Unai Llantada, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1975 Wimjan Peeters, Belgian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2018.
1976 Ahn Jong-Ho, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1978 Stewart James (Stew) Edge, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1978 Sébastien Moatti, French climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2014.
1979 Akkal Bahadur Bohara, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1981 Chewang Dorje II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest fourteen times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and Cho Oyu in 2024.
1985 Chhiring Phinzo, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1986 Sébastien Ratel, French climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2014.
1989 Charles-Antoine Lanthier, Canadian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2022.
1993 Chhatemba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024).
1993 Mingma Chhiri VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1994 Ikramul Hasan Shakil, Bangladeshi climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1997 Chhangba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023), K2 in 2019, Makalu three times (twice in 2019 and 2025), Dhaulagiri I in 2019, Kangchenjunga in 2022, Annapurna I twice (2022 and 2025), Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2022, Gasherbrum II twice (2022 and 2024), Manaslu M in 2023 and Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum I in 2024.
1997 Tenjin Bhote II, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
2000 Somden, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
2000 Dawa Jangbu VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice in 2023 and Manaslu M and Cho Oyu in 2023.
2000 Ilia Chvalaev, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1970 Dhaulagiri VI (7268 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

2012 Karsang Namgyal/Namgel, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009) and Cho Oyu seven times (1996, 2000, 2002, twice in 2003, 2004 and 2006) died on Everest, aged 40.