07 January

Born on this day

1942 Takehiko Hirabayashi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1947 Anton Hinterplattner, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Gasherbrum II in 1998.
1947 Walter Arnold, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1950 Kevin Scott Graham, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1956 David Scott Landman, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018 and Manaslu RP in 2021.
1958 Erika Huber, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996.
1960 William Brooks Baringer, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1962 James Findlay, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995.
1962 Anthony Roberts, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1963 Miloslav Klimeš, Czech climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005.
1964 Martin Boileau, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2004.
1965 Haavard Gjerdset, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1965 Koh Yu-Leng (Kenneth), Singaporean climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1967 Liang Chin-Mei, Taiwanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1993.
1969 Konstantin Zhelezov, Ukrainian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1974 Zhou Ji-Song, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.
1975 Ivan Olivier Schmid, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1975 Dmitrii Kulykov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1976 Vassili Litvinov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Gasherbrum I and II in 2001 and Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2003.
1977 Łukasz Kacper Margański, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2019.
1978 Yam Bahadur Gurung, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1978 Ang Dawa (f), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1978 Isabelle Frésard Morand, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2025.
1982 Manisha Jaykrishna Waghmare, Indian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1982 Lopsang Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1983 Neil David Long, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1984 Karma Gyalzen IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2008 and 2009).
1984 Pastenji I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025), Manaslu RP four times (2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021), Dhaulagiri I in 2021 and Manaslu M in 2024.
1986 Mahender Lhegdo, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1986 Thomas Blake Higgins, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1987 Manuel Stahringer, Argentinean climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1987 He Mengyang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024 and Lhotse in 2025.
1989 Jeon Pooruena, Korean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1993 Samuel Patrick Ratsch, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1999 Umakant Suresh Madavi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
2003 Dharmaraj Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.

Gone on this day

2006 Heinrich Harrer, Austrian pioneer, who participated in the first ascent of the Eiger North Face and was a teacher of the Dalai Lama. He died on this day, aged 93.