09 July

Born on this day

1923 Jean Couzy, French pioneer, who participated in the first ascents of Chomo Lönzo in 1954 and Makalu in 1955. He died in the Alps in 1958, aged 35.
1942 Sergei Sokolov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 1997. He died in 2004 on K2, aged 62.
1946 Mirko Minuzzo, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 1973. He died in 2004, aged 57.
1946 Romolo Nottaris, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1981 and Makalu in 1984.
1948 John Schutt, American climber, who ascended Makalu in 1990.
1951 Charles Dasey, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1955 Hans-Peter Berchtold, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1957 Joan Martínez, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1987 and Shisha Pangma in 1990, where he died on descent, aged 33.
1958 Da Gombu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Dhaulagiri I in 1988 and Everest in 2008.
1958 Vladimir Oleynik, Russian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2002.
1960 Ignacio (Iñaki) Beltrán de Lubiano, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997.
1963 Rosa Real, Spanish Valencian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Gasherbrum II in 1999.
1964 Segimón García-Pradés, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999.
1966 Helga Hengge, German lady climber, who ascended Everest in 1999 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2001.
1967 Oksana Kushnir, Cypriot lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023 and Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2024.
1968 Ha Chan-Soo, Korean climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1996 and Cho Oyu in 2000.
1971 Bir Bahadur Pariyar, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1971 Rohit Kumar Shreshta, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1971 Usha Hegde, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1972 Nicole Nadine Clark, Swiss-American lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2003 and Cho Oyu in 2004.
1973 László Mécs, Hungarian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2000, Gasherbrum II in 2003 and Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1973 Steven (Stef) Maginelle, Belgian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2013 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2021.
1974 Tracee Lee Metcalfe, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016, Cho Oyu in 2018, Makalu in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021, Dhaulagiri I and Kangchenjunga in 2022, Nanga Parbat, K2 and Manaslu M in 2023 and Lhotse, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2024, where she finished the 14 Main-8000ers.
1974 Wang Zhong, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2021, K2 in 2022, Annapurna I, Lhotse and Manaslu M in 2023 and Makalu in 2024.
1974 Nathan Peter Longman, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1975 David Zohmangaiha, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1979 Chhanda Gayen, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2013 and Kangchenjunga in 2014. Two days later she died on Yalung Kang, aged 34.
1979 Shika Raju, Australian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1981 Wangda I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1981 Benjamin James Kane, Australian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2019.
1981 Martin Vorel, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I in 2024.
1982 Pemba III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2009 and 2011), Everest five times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016) and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1989 Tatjana Gugannig, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2017.
1992 Devon Michael Levesque, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1993 Matheo Begeja, Albanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1997 Lhakpa Tendi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.
2002 Lakpa XI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024).

First ascents on this day

1960 Biarchedi II (6710 m) and "Serac Peak" (6619 m) by an American-Pakistani party.
1973 Balakun (aka Kunaling, 6471 m) by an Indian party.
1995 Chaukhamba Central-Peak (7068 m) by another Indian party.
1999 Mukut Parbat East-Peak (c. 7130 m) by an Indian party as well.
2008 Purog Kangri (b, 6436 m) by a Swedish/Canadian/Danish party.

Gone on this day

2001 Claudio Gálvez, Chilean climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1999 and Gasherbrum I on that day, where he died on descent, aged 45.
2012 Guido Magnone, French pioneer, who participated in the first ascents of Fitz Roy in 1952 and Makalu in 1955. Among many other achievements he also participated in the first ascent by the South-East Ridge of Muztagh Tower in 1956, one week after British pioneers made the first ascent from the North-West Ridge. He died on this day, aged 95.