10 March

Born on this day

1943 Charles Demarest, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 1998.
1943 José Luis Sesma, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988.
1948 Jean Troillet, Swiss climber, who ascended K2 and Dhaulagiri I MPA in 1985, Everest in 1986, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990, Makalu in 1991, Lhotse in 1994, Kangchenjunga in 1995 and Gasherbrum I and II in 2007.
1950 Hiroshi Yashima, Japanese climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1981 and Everest in 2000.
1950 Benjamín Ruiz de Infante, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Makalu in 1995.
1955 John (Pat) Hickey, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1962 Akira Nakajima, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1997.
1963 Sohbatollah Bahadorani, Iranian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2011 and Broad Peak in 2012.
1965 Yasuyuki Shinno, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1966 Mark Walsh, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1967 Vitali Gorelik, Russian climber, who ascended K2 in 2007. He died during an attempt of the first winter ascent of K2 in 2012, aged 44.
1970 Toshihiko Sugiyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1998.
1972 Constantine (Con) Severis, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1973 Michael (Mick) Parker, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Broad Peak in 2004, Gasherbrum I in 2007 and Makalu in 2009. He died two weeks after the latter in Kathmandu, aged 36.
1973 Phurba (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008.
1974 Hassan Jan, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003, Gasherbrum I twice (2003 and 2021), Nanga Parbat twice (2005 and 2009), Broad Peak twice (2007 and 2013) and K2 in 2014.
1976 Jan David Klint, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1980 Rouholah Salahshourian, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1981 Adam John Geist, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1982 Lee Ann Donald, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1984 Pemba Chhiri I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse twice (2003 and 2012), Everest seven times (2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1984 Irik Murzagulov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1985 Rinji (b), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2009 and Cho Oyu in 2011.
1985 Martin Rimbawan, Indonesian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1988 Max Bonniot, French climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2014.
1997 Emma Østergaard, Danish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Kangchenjunga in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1880 Antisana (5758 m, Ecuador) by Edward Whymper (UK) and party.
1908 Erebus (3795 m, Ross Island, off-Antarctica) by a British-Australian party.
1937 Copiapó (Chile, 6052 m) by a Polish party.