09 June

Born on this day

1941 Gerhard Binder, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1990.
1948 Thomas Granville (Tom) Whittaker, American climber, who in 1998 was the first person with a disability to ascent Everest.
1954 Masashi Nakamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1964 Carlos Pauner, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1997, K2 in 2001, Makalu in 2002, Kangchenjunga in 2003, Gasherbrum I and Cho Oyu in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005, Broad Peak in 2007, Dhaulagiri I in 2008, Annapurna I and Manaslu RP in 2010 and Lhotse and Gasherbrum II in 2011 and Everest in 2013.
1964 Gerard (Gerry) Moffatt, British climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2009).
1964 Andrzej Pilatowski, Polish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1965 Sebastian (Seb) Bullock, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1965 Paul (Malcolm) Gunning, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1965 František (Franta) Kolář, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2006.
1965 Peter Ressmann, Austrian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2006. He died in 2010 in the Austrian Alps, aged 44.
1969 Shim Sung-Bo, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1969 Jürgen Michael Landmann, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013 and Everest in 2016.
1971 Martin Küng, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1972 Massimiliano (Dario) Caria, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1975 Inge Meløy, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2017.
1975 Tamara Romero, Spanish Andalusian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2009.
1977 Jean Despature, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1981 Ramon Florian Schneider, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1982 Nobukazu Kuriki, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007, Manaslu RP in 2008, Dhaulagiri I in 2009 and Broad Peak in 2014. He died on Everest in 2018, aged 35.
1982 Par Stefan Isgren, Swedish climber, who ascended K2 in 2022.
1983 Tek Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1986 Benjamin M. Shuleva, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1989 Qu Jiao-Jiao, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Lhotse and Everest in 2018.
1993 Arjun Vajpai, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2011, Makalu and Cho Oyu in 2016, Kangchenjunga in 2018 and Annapurna I in 2023.
1997 Guru Jenjen Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest three times (2018, 2019 and 2024) and Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2022.
2000 Sher Jangbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2021, in 2023 twice, 2024 and 2025) and Manaslu M in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1957 Broad Peak (8051 m) by an Austrian party.
1960 Disteghil Sar (7885 m) by another Austrian party.
1979 Bilchar Dobani (6143 m) by a Japanese party.
1988 Seta Parbat (6352 m) by an Indian party.
2009 Changuch (6322 m) by a British party.

Gone on this day

2001 Arno Puškáš, Slovak climber, who participated in the first ascents of Nanga Parbat Forepeak (7910 m) and NE-Peak (7530 m) in 1971, died, aged 76.
2006 Manuel Salazar, Spanish Andalusian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in winter 1993, died on Mulhacén, aged 47.