09 October

Born on this day

1951 Vincent May, Swiss climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1983.
1957 Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Pakistani climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1960 Tony Yaniro, American free-climber.
1961 Lydia Margaret Bakewell Bradey, lady climber from New Zealand, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1987, Everest six times (1988, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019), Cho Oyu in 2004, Dhaulagiri I in 2017 and Broad Peak in 2019.
1961 Wang Zhan-Ping, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1963 Alfonso de la Parra, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 1992 exactly on his 29th birthday. He died on Changabang (6864 m) in 2006, aged 43.
1964 Christopher Mothersdale, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1965 Christopher William (Chris) Cameron, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1968 Ian R. Swift, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1969 Reiji Takahashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1969 Roger Grose, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2000.
1969 Jiang An-Lin, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1970 Valery Tebiev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017 and K2 in 2023.
1972 Péter Csizmadia, Hungarian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2007. He died in 2009 in an avalanche on Ren Zhong Feng (~5800 m), aged 37.
1972 Heather Louise McWalter, British lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1972 Yu Jian-Hong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1974 Ben Marshall, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2001 and 2002) and Everest in 2003.
1976 Liu Yingan, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1978 Janet Belarmino, Philippine lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1979 Mirza Zahid Baig, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1979 Matias Emiliano Marin, Argentinean climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1979 Zhu Xia, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1980 Koji Sampo, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1981 Luke Andrew Grieve, Australian climber, who ascended Annapurna I and Makalu in 2023.
1983 Ryota Seki, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1987 Nouar Norrdine, German climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2024.
1994 Phurba Chiring, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1995 Sona III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2024).

First ascents on this day

1966 Tirsuli I (7074 m) by an Indian party.
1992 Samdain Kangsang (6590 m) by a Japanese party.
1993 Gimmigela Chuli II (aka "Twins II", 7007 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1997 Miroslav Rybanský, Slovak climber, who ascended Manaslu RP the previous day, died on descent, aged 41.