25 June

Born on this day

1938 Kazunari Yasuhisa, Japanese climber, who participated in the first ascent of Gyachung Kang (7952 m) in 1964.
1944 Joseph Allen Drnek, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1949 Leonard Harvey, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1956 Baek Seung-Gyu, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1957 Marija (Mica) Štremfelj, Slovenian lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1986, Everest in 1990, Cho Oyu in 1995 and Dhaulagiri I in 2004.
1957 Yuko Okada, Japanese climber, who ascended Makalu in 1991.
1959 Barbara Hirschbichler, German lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998 and Gasherbrum II in 2000.
1959 Sergei Larin, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (1999 and 2016), Everest five times (2003, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2017), Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2019) and Manaslu M in 2022. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1964 Koenraad Zeno (Koen) Wittevrongel, Belgian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018, Lhotse in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1964 Masaki Miyakoshi, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1966 Ralph Ziegelmeier, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1967 David Israel Pastor Repizo, Mexican climber, who ascended Everest twice (2011 and 2012).
1969 Liu Jun-Hui, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.
1970 Timothy Wayne (Tim) Medvetz, American climber, who ascended Everest twice (2007 and 2016).
1970 Mustafa Mahmoud Salameh, Jordanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1972 Jorge Verdeguer, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998 and Everest in 2001.
1972 Frederic Lafitte, French Basque climber, who ascended Everest in 2002.
1972 Yuri Kruglov, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014, Dhaulagiri I in 2017, Everest in 2019 and K2 in 2024.
1972 Andris Balodis, Latvian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1974 Piers McAuley Buck, Australian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and Everest in 2005.
1974 Michalis (Mike) Styllas, Greek climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003 and Everest in 2004.
1977 Timothy Brian Igo, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1977 Margarida Barbosa Villas-Boas, Portuguese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2024.
1978 Jason (Jay) Patry, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018.
1980 Chhong Karma I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2010 and 2013).
1981 Yin Shuai, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1984 Kara A. Gilliland, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1985 Christopher James Manning, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2016.
1986 Pavel Chernov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1991 Gu Zhen-Xiong, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2018.
1991 Zurab Kvestadze, Georgian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2021, Lhotse in 2022 and Cho Oyu in 2023.
1992 Benjamin Védrines, French climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2022 and K2 in 2024.
1993 Eduardo Saenz Jr., Mexican climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1994 Rahul Gupta, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1995 Dylan Jean Marie Bouissou, French climber, who ascended Nuptse in 2025.
1999 Jia Zhi-Jie, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
2002 Lilian Schug, French climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascents on this day

1947 Kedarnath Dome (subsidiary peak of Kedarnath, 6831 m) by a Swiss party.
1958 Rakaposhi (7788 m) by a British party.
1983 Praqpa Ri II (6393 m) by a Dutch party.
2002 Padmanabh (7030 m) by an Indo-Japanese party.