09 March

Born on this day

1947 Mateja Malezič, Slovenian climber, who ascended Annapurna II in 1969.
1947 Klaus Mees, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002 and Gasherbrum II in 2003.
1949 Gau Ming-Ho (aka Makalu Gau), Taiwanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1996.
1953 Gabriel-Marc Castetron, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1955 Kazunari Murakami, Japanese climber, who ascended Lhotse and Everest in 1983 and K2 in 1985.
1959 Armand Salamin, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1994.
1959 James Alan Strohfeldt, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1961 James Ngarariga Kagambi, Kenyan climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1963 Salvatore Panzeri, Italian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1993, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, K2 in 1996 and Lhotse in 1997.
1963 Dachung (aka Daqiong), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest three times (1990, 2007 and 2008), Dhaulagiri I in 1993, Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1994, Gasherbrum II in 1995, Manaslu RP in 1996 and Kangchenjunga and Lhotse in 1998.
1964 Benedict Kashakashvili, Georgian climber, who ascended Everest in 1999 and Lhotse in 2000. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2002.
1964 Andrew May, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1965 Klaas Köhne, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1965 Allan Arthur Johnson, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1971 Sergi Mingote, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999, Everest twice (2001 and 2003), Broad Peak, K2 and Manaslu RP in 2018 and Lhotse, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II and Dhaulagiri I in 2019. He died by a fall on K2 during a winter attempt in 2021, aged 49.
1972 Nicolas Weibel, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1973 Raffaele Barbolini, Italian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2022 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1974 Martina Palm, Swedish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1974 Pasang V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1975 Justin Robert Moody, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1975 Sudhir Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2013).
1976 Bertrand Delapierre, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1980 Siripong Supapong, Thai climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1982 Dima-Teofil Vlad, Romanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1983 Peter Joseph O'Connell, Irish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012 and Everest in 2013.
1987 Yorick Daniel Vion, French climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1989 Sanjay Pandit, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1989 Pemba XI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2022, 2023 and 2024).
1991 Tenzing V, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M three times (2022, 2023 and 2024) and Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1994 Deeya Suzannah Bajaj, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1998 Geljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2022 and Lhotse in 2024.
1998 Rinjin Ongel, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
2003 Pema Wangdi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
2007 Dawa (d), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2025.

Event on this day

2012 First winter ascent of Gasherbrum I (8080 m) by a Polish party.

Gone on this day

1981 Franz Oppurg, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 1978, died in the Alps, aged 32.
2012 Gerfried Göschl, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, Gasherbrum II in 2003 (both accompanied by his brother), Shisha Pangma and Everest (without bottled oxygen) in 2005, Broad Peak in 2007, Nanga Parbat in 2009 and Gasherbrum I in 2011. He died during a winter attempt of Gasherbrum I, aged 39.
2012 Cedric Hählen, Swiss climber, who ascended K2 in 2004, Gasherbrum II East in 2006, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2009 and Kangchenjunga in 2011. He died during a winter attempt of Gasherbrum I, aged 30.
2012 Nisar Hussain, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II four times (1999, 2003, 2006 and 2011), Broad Peak in 2000, Gasherbrum I three times (2003, 2006 and 2007), K2 in 2004 and Nanga Parbat in 2008. He died during a winter attempt of Gasherbrum I, aged 36.