09 January

Born on this day

1940 Günter Sturm, German climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1975, Lhotse in 1977, Shisha Pangma in 1980, Gasherbrum I in 1982 and Manaslu in 1984.
1944 Peter Ganner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1987. He died in 2001 on Everest, aged 57.
1946 Arthur Bennett Muir, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1951 Jacques Desplan, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1954 Kenneth D. Stalter, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1955 Barton Lynn Williams, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1958 Dorje (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1984 and Cho Oyu in 1997.
1962 Reagan Kenneth Rick, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1964 François Bernard, French adventurer, who ascended Everest in 1993 and travelled to the North Pole in 1996 and to the South Pole in the season 1998/1999.
1965 Eric Blakeley, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1997 and finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2002.
1966 Cándido Aizpurua, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1966 Juan Manuel (John) Pando, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1968 Doug MacLaren, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1968 Paul Richard Anderson, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1969 Severino Scassa, Italian free-climber.
1969 Milena Šijan, Croatian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1970 Zhou Zhi-Hai, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1972 Richard Bale, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1972 Jürgen Klepeisz, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1972 Manfred Weißengruber, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1973 Peter Arthur Bell, British climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2024.
1973 Calum Craig Richardson, British climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1974 Dong Liang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1975 Rolf Bae, Norwegian adventurer, who made the full traverse of Antarctica with his companion Eirik Sønneland in the season 2000/2001. He also ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and died on K2 in 2008, aged 33.
1976 Ángel Ezequiel Armesto, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1977 Kama Chhiring, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1978 Artem Rostovtsev, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017, Everest four times (2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022) and Lhotse in 2024.
1979 Georg Wenzl, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005 and Broad Peak in 2007.
1979 Amrit Ale, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1984 Jamie Andrew Jonathan Morton, British climber, who ascended Everest twice (2017 and 2019) and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1988 Natalia Rushkina, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1989 Priti Bhusal, Nepalese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1993 Nima Dindu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2018, 2019, in 2021 twice, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1993 Ang Chhongba, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2022).
2000 Nima Tashi II (aka Tashi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu three times (2019, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu RP in 2020, Everest four times (2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025), Lhotse in 2022, Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025) and Annapurna I, Kangchenjunga and Dhaulagiri I in 2025.

Gone on this day

2009 Robert (Rob) Gauntlett, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006, died in the Alps, aged 21.
2012 Augusto Gansser, Swiss pioneer and geologist, who is best known for his first ascents in Colombia and his publications and knowledge about the Bhutan-Himalaya. In 1983 the University of Peshawar gave him the title "Baba Himalaya". He died on this day, aged 101.
2015 Adam Helman, American climber, editor and author of "The Finest Peaks", died, aged 54.
2020 John P. Evans, American pioneer, who participated in the first ascents of Vinson, Tyree, Shinn and Gardner in the Sentinel Range of Antarctica in 1966/67, died, aged 81.