09 April

Born on this day

1942 M.W.Henry Day, British climber, who ascended Tirich Mir in 1969 and Annapurna I in 1970.
1944 Juris Osis, Latvian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1957 René Bergsma, Dutch climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2010, Everest in 2011, Lhotse in 2013, Makalu in 2014 and K2 in 2022.
1958 Mark Hans Ineichen, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1959 Domingo Hernández, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1987.
1959 Helen Sovdat, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Manaslu RP in 2009.
1960 Henry Willi, Swiss climber, who ascended Lhotse Shar in 1988, Dhaulagiri I in 1990 and Everest in 2019.
1964 Roger Grant Snyder, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1965 Hwang Dong-Jin, Korean climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2004 and K2 in 2008, where he died on descent, aged 43.
1965 Pubu (aka Phurbu), Tibetan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1990 and Everest three times (1993, 2005 and 2007).
1967 Luca Campagna, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1996.
1968 An Jin-Seob, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 1993 and died on descent, aged 25.
1968 Mikhail Volkov, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1971 Rafael Escandón, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1972 Peter Mežnar, Slovenian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1998 and Gyachung Kang in 1999.
1975 Samuel Kilbourne Kay, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1977 Kim Jin-Il, Korean climber, who ascended Makalu in 2011.
1979 Gexi Yang-Chu, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018, Everest in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1982 Stéphane Vincent Portier, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2008 and Manaslu RP in 2010.
1985 Fajri Al Luthfi, Indonesian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1987 Pasang (e), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2000 Dadvan Ismat Yousuf, Iraqi climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.