25 August

Born on this day

1939 Werner Bürkli, Swiss climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1982, where he died on descent, aged 42.
1940 Yervand Ilinski, Kazakh climber and expedition leader, who ascended Everest in 1990.
1941 Ivan Fiala, Slovak climber and expedition leader, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1971. He died in 2018, aged 76.
1942 Peter Mezger, German climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1990 and K2 in 1993, where he disappeared on descent, aged 50.
1960 Dawa (c), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2011.
1962 Andreas Egger, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2013.
1967 Shawn Dawson, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1967 Jonas Stephan Lohaus, Belgian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1968 Mingma Ongel II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2003 and 2005).
1972 Éva Kerekes, Hungarian lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1973 Christian Hamish Harling, British climber, who ascended Everest three times (2007, 2016 and 2024).
1973 Chatur Kumar Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009, Everest seven times (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2025), Manaslu RP four times (2013, 2018, 2019 and 2021), Lhotse twice (2018 and 2021) and Manaslu M in 2023.
1973 Chandra Shor Rai, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1974 Joby Ogwyn, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (1999 and 2008), Lhotse in 2001 and Makalu and Cho Oyu in 2004. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2000.
1974 Hadi Saberi, Iranian climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2008.
1976 Tyler Johnson, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1978 Tenjen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2017, 2021 and 2022).
1979 Erik Åkerberg, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1981 Haruhisa Watanabe, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2004. He died in 2012 in an accident in Russia, aged 31.
1981 Chhiti Thinduk Bhote, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2009 and 2016) and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1981 Zeng Wen-Yi, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1982 Pema Trinley (aka Baima Chilie), Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1982 Samuel Anthony (Sam) Elias, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1985 Dawa Sangay I (aka Dawa Sange), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I (C0) in 2011, K2 twice (2012 and 2018), Manaslu RP in 2013, Annapurna I, Kangchenjunga and Gasherbrum I in 2019, Lhotse twice (2022 and 2024), Nanga Parbat in 2023 and Makalu in 2026.
1985 Satyadeep Gupta, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2022, Makalu in 2023, Everest twice in 2024 and Lhotse in 2024.
1986 Sange (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1987 Fursang (aka Phursang), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, in 2025 twice and 2026), Lhotse three times (2018, 2024 and 2026) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1987 Rafael Matte Dominguez, Chilean climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2018.
1987 Gyalu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2026.
1988 Tariq Ahmed Ali Ahmed Alzarooni, climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1989 Pemba Thinduk II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2018 and 2019), Everest four times (2019, 2021, 2025 and 2026) and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2025).
1990 Yeshe Tenzing, Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2008.
1990 Vassily Vorobiev, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1993 Samuel Philip Lindley, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1993 Michael John Roop, American climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1997 Jackob Scott Soldan, Australian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2005 Tashi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 2025 and Everest in 2026.

First ascents on this day

1899 Koser Gunge (~6050 m) by an American party.
1935 Dongfang Ri I (6966 m) by a British party.
1947 Balbala (~6340 m) by a Swiss party.
1955 Dam Kang II (c. 6096 m) by a German party.

Gone on this day

1998 Albert Eggler, Swiss climber and leader of the successful expedition to Everest and Lhotse in 1956, died, aged 85.
2008 Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber, who ascended Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II in 1986, Shisha Pangma in 1989, Everest in 1997 and Cho Oyu in 2006, died by a fall on Muztagh Tower (7273 m), aged 49.