17 June

Born on this day

1932 Ernst Forrer, Swiss pioneer, who was one of the first ascenders of Dhaulagiri I in 1960.
1938 Wilhelm Odenthal, German climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1986.
1952 Harald Reichhart, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1958 Max Imbert, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1991.
1963 James Andrew Grieve, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013 and Everest in 2016.
1964 Helmut Ortner, Austrian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2001 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Everest in 2011.
1965 Victor Hugo Herrera, Argentinean climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2004.
1968 Surjeet Singh Thakur, Indian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2003 and Everest in 2005.
1969 Noriyuki Kenmochi, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma twice (1999 and 2006) and Nanga Parbat in 2005.
1970 Mikel Zabalza, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended K2 in 2004, Gasherbrum IV NE-Peak (7912 m) and Manaslu RP in 2008 and Broad Peak Central (aka Zhongyang, 8011 m) in 2010.
1970 Marcus Scarth, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1971 Bart Veldink, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1972 Mark Timothy Jolin, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1975 Daniela Teixeira, Portuguese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Nurbu IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1977 Robert (Bo) Parfet, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest twice (2007 and 2025). He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2007.
1979 Nurbu VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2021 and Lhotse in 2022.
1980 Phurba Ongdi (Furba Ongdi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2022), Lhotse in 2017, Manaslu RP four times (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022), K2 in 2018 and Manaslu M twice (2024 and 2025).
1983 Christopher Dare, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1983 Andrey Fedorov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1985 Alexis Shareef Uddin, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1991 Pimba (Ptemba) Bhote I, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest six times (twice in 2016, once in 2017, twice in 2018 and once in 2024) and Lhotse twice (2019 and 2025).
2001 Chhaungima, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1935 Nyönno Ri South-Peak Southern Foresummit (appr. 6300 m) by a British party led by Eric Shipton.