18 March

Born on this day

1945 Hans Eitel, German climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1980.
1952 Hans Holzknecht, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000 and Everest in 2010.
1952 Björn Myrer-Lund, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 1985.
1953 Günther Härter, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP (?) in 1983, Dhaulagiri I in 1986 and Shisha Pangma in 1991.
1956 Vladimir Korenkov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest twice (1995 and 2012).
1959 Yashiyo Shinozaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1961 Lee Sang-Sea, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1962 Hermann Otto Wehrli, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1963 Susan Erica (Sue) Fear, Australian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2002, Everest in 2003, Gasherbrum II in 2004 and Manaslu RP in 2006, where she died on descent, aged 43.
1963 Jeremy Charles (Jerry) Moffatt, British free-climber.
1966 Steve Lipsher, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1970 Arno Ter-Saakovs, Latvian climber, who ascended K2 in 2023.
1971 Dominik Müller, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2009 and 2013), Manaslu RP in 2015, Everest in 2017 and Broad Peak in 2024.
1972 Alexia Zuberer, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996, Everest twice (2003 and 2007), Makalu in 2010 and Manaslu RP in 2016.
1972 Olivier Aguet, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1974 Roland Hunter, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2001 and Makalu in 2009.
1975 Michael O'Dwyer, Irish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Everest in 2007.
1976 Tomas Olsson, Swedish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2006, where he died on descent, aged 30.
1976 Juho Henrikki Sarkila, Finnish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1977 Yu Peng-Kun, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1980 Ngima (b, Nima), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2017.
1980 Konstantin Sergeev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1980 Megan Ann Rath, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1983 Ang Gyalzen V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in twice (2011 and 2013) and Everest in 2013.
1983 Christopher Bradley, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1984 Phura Chheten, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1986 Bryan Bridges Tropeano, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1987 Nima Dorchi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1987 Zachary Arthur (Zak) Mahlum, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1990 Aleksandr Yul (Sandro) Gromen-Hayes, British climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019, Everest three times (2021, 2023 and 2025), K2 in 2022 and Lhotse in 2024.
1993 Karma Gyalje III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1994 Kusang I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2016, 2019, 2024 and 2025), Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2024.
1996 Pasang Tendi VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019 and Lhotse in 2023.
1997 Mingmar Tamang II, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest three times (2019, 2021 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2025.
2000 Sip Bahadur Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2006 Pasa Rinji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024, Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025) and Lhotse in 2025.

Gone on this day

1933 Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian pioneer, who made the first ascents of St. Elias in 1897 and the Ruwenzori in 1906 and attempted K2 in 1909, died, aged 60.