17 May

Born on this day

1944 David Walsh, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1988, Nanga Parbat in 1991 and Everest in 1998. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 1999.
1957 John Romersa, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1959 Guido Spinelli, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009 and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1964 Masahiko Mimura, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1996.
1967 Evelyne Binsack, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1967 Cao Shu-Ping, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1969 Aldas Baltutis, Lithuanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1969 Andrei Dulsky, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1969 Gabriel Livio Guillar, Argentinean climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1971 Nataliya Bykovskaya, Russian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1973 Michael Borrmann, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1974 Pasang Nuru III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2018), Makalu in 2008 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1975 Jens Voigt, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1976 Rodrígo Ponce, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1976 Arnold Coster, Dutch climber, who ascended Everest three times (2004, 2007 and 2011), Cho Oyu four times (2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011), Makalu in 2010, Lhotse in 2012 and Manaslu RP in 2015.
1976 Christopher Good, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2013.
1977 Marek Novotný, Czech climber, who ascended Gasherbrums I and II in 2013, Broad Peak in 2014, Cho Oyu in 2016, Manaslu M in 2022 and Nanga Parbat in 2025.
1977 Lakpa Dendi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1977 Kazbek Gyulmagomedov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1978 Jolanda Van Kesteren, Dutch lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019.
1978 Raju Lama, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1979 Pemba Dhondup (aka Bianba Dunzhu), Tibetan climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2001, K2 in 2004, Cho Oyu four times (2005, 2006, 2016 and 2017), Everest nine times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017) and Gasherbrum I in 2007.
1981 Barend Engelbrecht, South African climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1981 Phurba IV (Furba), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2016, Everest six times (2017, 2018, in 2021 twice, 2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2022.
1981 Andrew Michael Shaw, British climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1982 Dajangbu (Da Jangbu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1983 Cord Heinrich Burchard, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1984 Lindsay Terese Zimmerman, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1986 Rhys Miles Jones, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2006, where he also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits.
1988 Zhou Tian-Min, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1991 Dawa Tashi III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.

First ascents on this day

1960 Annapurna II (7937 m) by a British party.
1962 Pumo Ri (7138 m) by a German party.
1980 Varahar Shikhar (aka Fang, 7647 m) by an Austrian party.
1982 Porong Ri (7292 m) by a Japanese party.

Gone on this day

1993 An Jin-Seob, Korean climber, who ascended Everest the day before, died by a fall, aged 25.
2004 Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1993, K2 in 1994, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1995, Gasherbrum II and Annapurna I in 1996, Nanga Parbat in 1997, Everest in 1999, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak and Cho Oyu in 2000, Manaslu RP in 2001, Lhotse and Dhaulagiri I in 2002, Gasherbrum I in 2003 and Makalu in 2004, where he died on descent, aged 50.
2006 Jacques-Hugues Letrange, French climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Everest in 2006, where he died on descent, aged 39.
2007 Pierangelo Maurizio, Italian climber, who ascended Everest in 2007, where he died on descent, aged 51.