17 March

Born on this day

1944 Felipe Uriarte, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1985 and Makalu in 1991.
1949 Roger Danks, British climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2009.
1955 Paul Fitzpatrick, American climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2007.
1962 Wu Yu-Lung, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008 and Everest in 2009, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1962 Robert Driscoll, Canadian climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu, 7711 m) in 1992.
1962 Lynne Patricia Hanna, British (Northern Irish) lady climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2016) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1964 Akira Sashisaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1964 Zhang Liang, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Everest in 2005, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2008, Manaslu RP in 2009, Dhaulagiri I in 2010, Lhotse in 2011, Makalu and Broad Peak in 2012, Kangchenjunga in 2013, Gasherbrum II in 2014, Annapurna I in 2015, Gasherbrum I in 2016 and K2 and Nanga Parbat in 2017.
1965 Philippe Andre Givel, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1966 Kim Woong-Sik, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2000, Shisha Pangma in 2001, Kangchenjunga in 2002 and Broad Peak in 2003.
1966 Andrew Collins, British climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 1994, Makalu in 1995 and K2 in 2000.
1967 Giorgio Maieron, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1967 José Armando Navarrete, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1968 Isidro Villo, Spanish Murcian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000.
1969 Iñigo de Pineda, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005. He died in 2007 on Kangchenjunga, aged 38.
1970 Joseba Sanz, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1970 Yun Jung-Hyun, Korean climber, who ascended K2 in 2000 and Lhotse and Everest in 2007.
1970 Warwin Alex Koller, Chilean climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2009.
1970 Arno Ter-Saakovs, Latvian climber, who ascended K2 in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1971 Höskuldur Tryggvason, Icelandic climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021, Dhaulagiri I in 2023 and Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1972 Pemba Gyalzen II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2000, 2005 and 2007), Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1973 Pasang Nuru IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse twice (2003 and 2008), Cho Oyu twice within eight days in 2004 and Everest in 2007.
1975 Fabien Mazuer, French free-climber, who died in a car crash in 1995, aged 19.
1976 Mohammad Golparian, Iranian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1979 Pierre-Luc Tremblay, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1980 Mariano Galván, Argentinean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2011, Everest in 2012, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2013, Broad Peak in 2015 and Dhaulagiri I and Manaslu RP in 2016. He died while attempting the Mazeno ridge of Nanga Parbat in 2017, aged 37.
1981 Martin Letzter, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2006. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits later in 2006 and the Carstensz-version in 2007.
1981 Dora Argentina Raudales Vargas, Mexican lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1982 Vijay Ahuja, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1983 Lars Daniel Sebastian Akerman, Swedish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015 and Everest in 2016.
1986 Ian James Wilson, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1987 Wangda II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
1989 Patrick Martin Lewis McKibbin, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1989 Rao Jiang-Hua, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1991 Ngatar, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2001 Sumba Chhiring, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2024.

Gone on this day

1981 Günter Hauser, German climber, who participated in the first ascent of Gangapurna (7454 m) in 1965, died after a fall on Osorno (Chile, 2652 m), aged 52.
1997 Fritz Moravec, Austrian pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum II in 1956, died, aged 74.