25 January

Born on this day

1939 Masahiko Taniguchi, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1953 Samdrup, Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest in 1975.
1956 Zbigniew Mlynarczyk, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998.
1959 Lalit Kumar Negi, Indian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2002 and Everest in 2003.
1960 Aleksei Sedov, Russian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1996 and Lhotse in 2002.
1961 Ankur Bahl, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1962 Jeko Vatev, Bulgarian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1963 Ursula Huber, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP (C3) in 1988.
1965 Robert Sumner (Rob) DesLauriers, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1971 Nicola Tsang, Australian lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2003.
1973 Giampaolo Corona, Italian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2003, Lhotse in 2006, Gasherbrum II twice (2011 and 2017), Dhaulagiri I in 2012, Manaslu RP in 2015, Gasherbrum I in 2018 and Annapurna I in 2022.
1973 Rinjen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seventeen times (2004, 2005, 2006 , 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024), K2 in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1974 Gyalzen IV (aka Gyalje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021), Manaslu RP in 2017 and Lhotse in 2022.
1975 Christoph Aschwanden, Swiss climber, who ascended the Manaslu lower summit ridge in 2012.
1977 Richard (Ricky) Munday, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1977 Mario Celinić, Croatian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1979 Li Zhisheng, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1981 Lakpa Norbu (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2016.
1982 Tsering Dorje II (aka Cering Doje), Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2005 and 2013) and Everest eight times (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020).
1982 Phu Nuru II (Funuru), Nepalese Sherpa, who ascended Makalu in 2011 and Everest in 2012.
1984 Phu Dorje IV (aka Ang Bhai), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1985 Ang Babu II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1985 Mindaugas Satkauskas, Lithuanian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023, Everest and Lhotse in 2024 and Annapurna I, Makalu and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1986 Raha Moharrak, Saudi-Arabian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1986 Cao Yan-Xiang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1987 Karma Serki, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2007, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Lhotse four times (2013, 2017, 2018 and 2022) and Manaslu M in 2025.
1989 Natalia Tsvetova, Russian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014. She died in 2016 in the Pamir in Tajikistan, aged 27.
1989 Rachel Lee Boim, American lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1991 Annop Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1992 Pem Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025), Manaslu RP three times (2019, 2020 and 2021), Manaslu M three times (2022, 2024 and 2025) and Lhotse, K2 and Dhaulagiri I in 2023.
1997 Lhakpa Chhiring, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2019 and 2021).
1998 Jiban Kulung Rai, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1998 Chhedar Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Everest three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).

First ascent on this day

1965 Mawson Peak (Big Ben, Heard Island, 2745 m) by an Australian party.

Gone on this day

1998 Peter Aschenbrenner, Austrian pioneer, who was member of three Nanga Parbat expeditions. In 1932 he participated in the first ascent of Rakhiot Peak (7070 m). The other two were in 1934 and the successful one in 1953. He died on this day, aged 95.