17 September

Born on this day

1944 Reinhold Messner, Italian (South Tyrolean) climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat twice (1970 and 1978), Manaslu M in 1972, Gasherbrum I twice (1975 and 1984), Everest twice without bottled oxygen (1978 and 1980), K2 in 1979, Shisha Pangma in 1981, Kangchenjunga in 1982, Gasherbrum II twice (1982 and 1984), Broad Peak in 1982, Cho Oyu in 1983, Annapurna I RJ and Dhaulagiri I in 1985 and Makalu and Lhotse in 1986, where he finished the 14 8000ers (LT 1). Later in 1986 he finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1946 Christopher Brown, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1999, where he finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits. In 2001 he finished the Kosciuszko-version as well.
1948 Franz Oppurg, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 1978. He died in 1981 in the Alps, aged 32.
1949 Randall Danta, American climber, who ascended Everest in 1992.
1953 Mirosław Gardzielewski, Polish climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1983 and Cho Oyu in 1985. He died on Everest in 1989, aged 35.
1953 Robert Vincent (Bob) Jen, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001, Everest in 2004, Manaslu RP in 2008 and Lhotse in 2012.
1956 Antoni Llasera, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1984.
1958 Sergei Arsentiev, Russian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga Central-Peak, Yalung Kang and Kangchenjunga Main in 1989, Everest twice (1990 and 1998) and Annapurna I in 1991. He died on descent from his second Everest ascent, aged 39.
1959 Bruno Hasler, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma in 1996.
1961 Nives Meroi, Italian lady climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1998, Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1999, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Broad Peak during 20 days in 2003, Lhotse in 2004, Dhaulagiri I and K2 in 2006, Everest in 2007, Manaslu RP in 2008, Kangchenjunga in 2014, Makalu in 2016 and Annapurna I in 2017, where she finished the 14 8000ers (LT 31).
1961 Yuri Emelin, Russian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1963 Serge Larouche, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1966 Alexander Gorobets, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1967 David Monaghan (Mon) Tindale, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1968 Daniel Meyerhoff, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1968 Louise Linda McEvoy, American (also Irish) lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1970 Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1971 Hong Geng-Long, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1972 Eric Louis Kapitulik, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1972 Hakan Bulgurlu, Norwegian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1974 Tormod Granheim, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2006.
1974 Michal Nikl, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1975 Bora Maviş, Turkish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2005 and Everest in 2006.
1976 Stanymir Zhelyazkov, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2001.
1976 Lee Peh Gee, Singaporean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1979 Fahad Abdul Rahman Badar, Quatarian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2019 and K2 in 2022.
1981 Aurelie Marie Denise Didier, French lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1982 Masaru Kadotani, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1984 Rohit Gurung, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1985 Shima Afsari, Iranian lady climber, who ascended Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2023.
1986 Tine Mena, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1991 Johny Lal Tlan Mawia, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1995 Da Rinji II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2006 Pemba XI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascernded Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1931 Kangchenjunga NE-Peak (c. 7700 m, aka Sporngipfel) by a German party.
1968 Lampak II (6181 m) by an Indian party.
1973 P. 6128 m (near Mantalai) by a British party.
1976 Doda (6573 m) by a Japanese party.
1981 Masherbrum South-Peak (7806 m) by a Polish party.

Gone on this day

1936 Lorenz Saladin, Swiss pioneer, who made several first ascents in the Caucasus and the Pamirs, died on Khan Tengri, aged 39.