23 March

Born on this day

1943 Luigi Aldo Rampini, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1951 Karl Schmidt, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1957 John Bachar, American free-climber. He died died on Dike Wall near Mammoth Lakes, California, in 2009, aged 52.
1958 Heinz Zak, Austrian free-climber.
1962 Diego Giovannini, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003, Gasherbrum II in 2004 and Lhotse in 2006.
1962 Martha (Marlies) Neefjes, Dutch lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Everest in 2013.
1962 Vitaliy Kutniy, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1963 Raphael Gernez, French (also American) climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1963 Urs Walter Jaeggi, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2011 and Everest in 2013.
1965 Juan Luis Benítez, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1965 Peter G. C. Ellis, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2012, where he also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits.
1968 Bjarni Armannsson, Icelandic climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1969 Mary Paula Leonard, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1972 Tunç Findik, Turkish climber, who ascended Everest three times (2001, 2007 and 2024), Cho Oyu in 2005, Lhotse in 2006, Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2009, Makalu in 2010, Kangchenjunga in 2011, K2 in 2012, Shisha Pangma and Manaslu RP in 2013, Gasherbrum II in 2014, Broad Peak in 2017, Annapurna I and Gasherbrum I in 2019 and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1972 James Owen Coleman, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1973 Marcin Miotk, Polish climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999, Cho Oyu in 2003 and Everest in 2005.
1979 Hari Dhakal, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1979 Christoph Miesch, Swiss climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Broad Peak in 2019.
1981 Máximo (Max) Kausch, Argentinean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu four times (2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and K2 in 2019.
1982 Koldo Zubimendi, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Broad Peak in 2011.
1983 Antonio Jelčić, Croatian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2024.
1984 Dorje ("Big"), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2008) and Everest twice (2007 and 2011).
1984 Gyaljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2019 and 2021), Everest and Lhotse twice (2022 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1986 Pasang Tenji, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2014 and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1989 Radoslav Groh, Czech climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2018.
1989 Ze Yong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1991 Elizabeth Barbara Patricia Rose, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
2004 Ming Sona, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest and Manaslu M in 2025.

Gone on this day

1997 Ngati, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 1993, Cho Oyu in 1994 and Dhaulagiri I and Manaslu RP in 1996, died on Annapurna I, aged 26.
2002 Ernst Schmied, Swiss pioneer, who ascended Everest in 1956, died, aged 77.