09 August

Born on this day

1939 Tadaomi Miwatari, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1942 Takeyoshi Takatsuka, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1977.
1944 José Luis Hurtado, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1994.
1948 Kiyomi Takiguchi, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1949 Yuri Khoklov, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1999.
1956 Zdeněk Hrubý, Czech climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1994, Gasherbrum I and II in 1997, Lhotse in 1999, Shisha Pangma in 2004, Broad Peak in 2007, Dhaulagiri I in 2008 and Nanga Parbat in 2012. He was the leader of the first successful Czech expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2002 as well. He died in 2013 by a fall on Gasherbrum I one day before his 57th birthday.
1956 Paul Bayne, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 1988.
1956 Siegfried Gimpel, Austrian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1976.
1960 Eric Escoffier, French climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and K2 in only 21 days in 1985, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1986 and Cho Oyu in 1997. He died on Broad Peak in 1998, aged 37.
1960 Thomas Prinz, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1961 Yevgeni Kuzmin, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1963 Dmitri Fedorovich Nichiporov, Russian/American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Lhotse in 2026.
1964 Shinichi Inaoka, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1964 Gian Luca Cavalli, Italian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2026.
1965 Mariusz Sprutta, Polish climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1991 and Gasherbrum II in 1995.
1965 Konrad Auer, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1998.
1966 Dwight Gaithel Rodgers, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1966 Carmen Luz De Castro Blanco, Chilean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1968 Nicola Maria Herndl, German lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1968 Xu Peng, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1969 Christopher (Chris) Owen, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1969 Andrew J. Falgate, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1969 Michael Lehmacher, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1971 Gustavo Lisi, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1972 Edward (Ted) Mahon, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1974 Cecilie Skog, Norwegian lady climber and adventurer, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Everest in 2004, K2 in 2008, Manaslu RP in 2011 and Lhotse in 2012. She also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006 and the Carstensz-version in 2007. In addition she went to the South Pole in 2005 and to the North Pole in 2006. In 2010 she traversed the whole Antarctic continent across the South Pole together with Ryan Waters unassisted and unsupported.
1974 Nicolas Touboul, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1979 Julia Elinor Schultz, German lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1979 German Luis Frassia, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1982 Tomasz Wolfart, Polish climber, who ascended Makalu in 2011.
1985 Nima Gyalzen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2025 and 2026), Cho Oyu twice (2007 and 2009), Manaslu RP eight times (2010, 2011, twice in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019), Lhotse twice (2012 and 2021), Makalu twice (2018 and 2022), Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2025).
1985 Karel Svoboda, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015.
1988 Pema III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), Manaslu RP in 2019 and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025).
1988 Kayla Perez, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1989 Tarun Kumar Rathi, Indian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2024.
1993 Mingma VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and K2 in 2022.
1993 Wu Zhao-Long, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2002 Nadav Amar, Israeli climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2005 Pemba Tashi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2024 and 2026).

First ascents on this day

1975 Laila (6986 m) by a Japanese party.
1981 Bogda Feng (5445 m) by a Japanese party as well.
1982 Saraghrar NW-Peak II (c. 7150 m) by a Spanish party.
1983 Angelus (6802 m) by a Franco-Swiss party.
1985 Qilian Shan (5547 m) again by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1931 Hermann Schaller, German climber, who fell to his death at the Kangchenjunga NE-spur, aged only 25.
1992 Aleksandr Sheinov, Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga and Yalung Kang in 1989, died, aged 34.
1995 Andreas Loferer, German climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 1981, died, aged 75.