19 September

Born on this day

1939 Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish climber, who ascended Tirich Mir East-Peak in 1978, Rakaposhi in 1979, Disteghil Sar East-Peak in 1980 and K2 in 1986, where he died on descent, aged 46.
1939 Dainius Makauskas, Lithuanian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1990, where he died on descent, aged 51.
1948 Yasuo Baba, Japanese climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997.
1949 Seishi Kudo, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1956 Silvino Falcón, Spanish Asturian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1997 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1958 Gospodin Dinev, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1992 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2001.
1958 Kieran Lally, Irish climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2010 and Everest in 2013.
1963 Johannes (Hannes) Blaser, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2000 and K2 in 2004.
1963 Gregory Sadetskiy, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017, Lhotse in 2019 and Annapurna I in 2021.
1965 Michèle Mérat, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2000, Everest in 2002 and Cho Oyu in 2013.
1965 Ajeet Bajaj, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1967 Kang Seong-Gyu, Korean climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1998, Cho Oyu in 1999, Broad Peak and Shisha Pangma in 2000 and K2 in 2001.
1967 Carina Räihä, Finnish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1967 Jarosław Zdanowicz, Polish climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1969 Andrew (Andy) Taylor, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1970 Naoko Harayama, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2017.
1972 Tika Ram Thapa, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1972 Tomáš Otruba, Czech climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Everest in 2022.
1973 Siamak Pazirandeh, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1973 Markus Amon, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2013.
1974 Ang Nuru III (aka Ang Norbu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1975 Frédéric Heymes, French climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2010.
1976 Vincenc Jolis, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2011.
1976 Chi Yee-Yeung, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1977 Mojtaba Meghdadi, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1977 Guo Lun-Fei, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1978 Reza Solaymani, Iranian climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2002.
1978 Kang Ki-Seok, Korean climber, who ascended Everest in 2009. He died in 2011 on Annapurna I South Face, aged 33.
1979 Jangbu VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2007, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga twice (2009 and 2014), Annapurna I in 2010, Cho Oyu twice (2013 and 2016), Manaslu three times (2015, 2017 and 2019) and Shisha Pangma in 2019.
1979 Peter Novak Anderson, American climber, who ascended Everest and Cho Oyu in 2013.
1979 Nicholas John (Nick) Durack, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1981 Cedric Hählen, Swiss climber, who ascended K2 in 2004, Gasherbrum II East in 2006, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2009 and Kangchenjunga in 2011. He died during a winter attempt of Gasherbrum I in 2012, aged 30.
1981 Bharat Sharma, Indian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2019.
1984 Benjamin Matthew Stern, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1985 Matthew (Matt) Snook, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1985 Grazyna Dorota Machnik, Polish lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1986 Pemba Tsering Lama, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1986 Tom K. R. Matthews, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1990 Samina Khayal Baig, Pakistani lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013, K2 in 2022 and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1991 Man Singh Chaudhary, Nepalese climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2023.
1992 Valeriia Merkureva, Russian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021.

Gone on this day

1965 Lionel Terray, French pioneer, who achieved several important first ascents, as there were Fitz Roy in 1952, Chomo Lönzo in 1954, Makalu in 1955, Chacraraju in 1956 and Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) and Nilgiri in 1962. He died in the Alps, aged 44.
1991 Korean climbers Lee Sang-Gu and Lee Seok-Jee and four Sherpa climbers, Dawa Sange (Everest 1990), Norbu Jangbu, Lhakpa Tendi and Tenzing, died in an avalanche on Annapurna I.
2016 Kim Schmitz, American climber, who made the first ascents of Great Trango Tower in 1977 and Uli Biaho Tower in 1979, died, aged 70.