09 September

Born on this day

1859 Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein, British pioneer, who led the first serious expedition to K2 in 1902. He died in 1921, aged 61.
1914 Toshio Imanishi, Japanese pioneer, who ascended Manaslu M in 1956 (first ascent!). He died in 1995, aged 81.
1929 Atsuo Saito, Japanese pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of Saltoro Kangri (7742 m) in 1962. He also ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990.
1942 Ekkert (Ekke) Gundelach, German climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1989 and Everest in 1994. He finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 1994 as well.
1947 Noboru Yamamoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2018.
1952 Takashi Ozaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1977, Everest twice (1980 and winter 1983), Manaslu (?) in 1981, Lhotse in 1983, Kangchenjunga in 1984, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1986 and Makalu in 2001. He died in 2011 on Everest, aged 58.
1954 Hubert Giot, French climber, who ascended Gyachung Kang in 1986 and Everest in 1993.
1954 Keiichi Takeuchi, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1954 James Frederick Simmons, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1956 José María Artetxe, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1995.
1958 Jean Pavillard, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2005. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2007.
1960 Zygmunt Wladysław Berdychowski, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2014, Cho Oyu in 2016 and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1961 Arthur Raush, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1962 Yuri Ermachek, Russian climber, who ascended Makalu in 1997 and Everest twice (2002 and 2006).
1963 Brian Sato, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2002.
1963 Rudolf (Ruedi) Lehner, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1963 Richard Paul Brooks, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1966 Lhakpa Rita I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest sixteen times (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013), Cho Oyu eleven times (twice within three days in 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007. In 2009 he also became the first Nepalese Sherpa climber, who finished a version (Kosciuszko) of the Seven Summits.
1968 Anthony David Mills, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1968 Tomáš Kučera, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015 and Nanga Parbat in 2018.
1969 Andreas John Breitfuss, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1969 Matthew Aaron Fleischman, American climber, who ascended K2 in 2024.
1971 Yao Wei, Chinese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1974 Patrick Connor Lachlan Weinrauch, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1976 Tiago Toricelli Penteado, Brazilian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2025.
1978 Frederik Muylaert, Belgian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2003.
1980 Shekhar Babu Bachinepally, Indian climber, who ascended Everest and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2007.
1982 Elisabeth Gschösser, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2022.
1985 Tseten Jigme (aka Tsedan Chomay, Tseten Gyurme), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu five times (twice in 2006, 2008, 2016 and 2017) and Everest four times (2008, 2014, 2016 and 2017).
1989 Mingma Chhiri VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2025.
1990 Jeremy Tong Zhi Hao, Singaporean climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1991 Muhammad Hafizuddin Ibrahim, Malaysian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1995 Aruhan, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.

First ascents on this day

1938 Bhagirathi Parbat II (6512 m) by an Austrian party.
1982 CB 14 (6078 m) by a Japanese party.
1988 Chomochior Ri (6322 m) by a British party.
1988 Kalidaha Ri (c. 6000 m) by another British party.
1989 Hagshu (6515 m on Indian map, but 6657 m by GPS reading in 2014) by a Polish party. A British party made the second ascent seven days later.

Gone on this day

1974 French climber Gérard Devouassoux and Nepalese Sherpa climbers Lhakpa, Nawang Lotuk, Pemba Dorje, Sanu Wangel and Nima Wangchu died in an avalanche on Everest.
1991 Karl Maria Herrligkoffer, German pioneer, who led numerous expeditions to the 8000ers including the successful ones to Nanga Parbat in 1953 and 1970, died, aged 75.
2004 Oreste Squinobal, Italian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1982, died, aged 61.
2020 Ottilie Dörrich, German lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1991, died, aged 84.