09 February

Born on this day

1950 Noboru Yamada, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I twice (1978 and 1982), Kangchenjunga in 1981, Lhotse in 1983, Everest three times (winter 1983, 1985 and 1988), K2 in summer 1985, Manaslu (?) in winter 1985, Annapurna I in winter 1987 and Shisha Pangma and Cho Oyu in 1988. He disappeared on Denali (McKinley) in 1989, aged 39.
1950 Anthony Victor (Vic) Saunders, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (1997, 2003, 2006 and 2009) and Everest six times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012).
1950 Richard B. Birrer, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits. 13 days later he also finished the Kosciuszko-version.
1952 Helmut Eibl, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 1999.
1957 Kazuo Takahashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002 and Everest in 2004.
1962 Park Quai-Don, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 1988 and Cho Oyu in 1997.
1964 Kim Young-Tae, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1992 and Everest in 1995.
1964 Lee Jin-Hoon, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1965 Sebastian Ruckensteiner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Makalu in 2001.
1965 Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1967 Alfredo Carsolio, Mexican climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1996.
1967 Fredéric Hubert Jean Justet, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2024.
1970 Krzysztof Henryk Wieczorek, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1972 Mark Squirrell, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1972 Piotr Tomala, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011 and Broad Peak in 2014.
1973 Eric Roger Catanese, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2010.
1974 Nuria García, Spanish Castilian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2008 and Cho Oyu in 2016.
1974 Liao Lin-Hui, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1974 Georgios Marinos, Greek climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1974 Ireneusz Martyniuk, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1977 Takayuki Tajima, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1978 Catalin Neascu, Romanian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1982 Takka Bahadur (Tekraj) Adhikari, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1984 Aleksandr Sofrygin, Kazakh climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2009.
1987 Juan Pablo Mohr, Chilean climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2017, Manaslu RP in 2018 and Lhotse, Everest and Dhaulagiri I in 2019. He died on K2 in winter 2021, aged 33.
1988 Jan Koukol, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.
1995 Manoah Caleb Ainuu, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1997 Dawa V (aka Ang Dawa), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2019), Manaslu RP in 2019, K2 in 2022, Annapurna I and Nanga Parbat in 2023 and Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
2002 Thomas Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Makalu in 2022, Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025) and Everest twice (2024 and 2025).
2003 Serap Gelzen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.
2005 Pema Thinduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

Event on this day

2009 First winter ascent of Makalu (8485 m) by Denis Urubko and Simone Moro.

First ascent on this day

1937 Volcán del Viento (6028 m) by a Polish party.