01 January

Born on this day

1937 Hajime Tanaka, Japanese climber, who ascended Makalu in 1970.
1944 Erich Gatt, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1945 Janez Dovžan, Slovenian climber, who ascended Kangbachen in 1974 and Makalu in 1975.
1946 Toyoji Wada, Japanese climber, who participated in the first ascent of Gurla Mandhata (aka Naimona'nyi, 7694 m) in 1985.
1947 Hugues d'Aubarède, French climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999, Everest in 2004, Nanga Parbat in 2005 and K2 in 2008, where he died on descent, aged 61.
1948 Seiichi Kawamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Kumbhakarna (aka Jannu) in 1976.
1949 Toshikazu Kurimoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1950 Wu Chin-Hsiung, Taiwanese climber, who ascended Everest in 1993.
1950 Marek Kęsicki, Polish climber, who participated in the first ascent of Broad Peak Central (aka Zhongyang, 8011 m) in 1975 and died on descent, aged 25.
1951 Anna Hinterplattner, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1997 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000.
1951 Kilian Volken, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002, Everest in 2004, Broad Peak in 2007 and Gasherbrum II in 2011.
1953 Gary Johnson, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1955 Daniel Barter, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006 and the Carstensz-version in 2007.
1955 Franz Seiler, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1995 and Gasherbrum II in 2004.
1957 Carlos Tudela, Spanish Valencian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1999.
1958 Peter Guggemos, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992, Shisha Pangma in 1996, Broad Peak Foresummit in 1997, Gasherbrum II in 1998, Nanga Parbat in 1999 and Everest in 2007.
1958 Dawa Temba II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2001 and 2009) and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1960 Italo Valle, Chilean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1987, Gasherbrum II in 1990 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1991.
1963 Michael Hines, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1964 Stephen Paul Waterman, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1965 Jot (Jyoti) Singh, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1966 Nawang Tashi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2002.
1966 Igor Demyanenko, Russian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2018).
1968 Makiko Shindo, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1969 Chen Man-Chia, Chinese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1970 Nicolas Mugnier, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1970 Fur Galjen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2021.
1972 Ryoji Hatano, Japanese climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008.
1974 Bhagwan Singh Kushwah, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1974 Brij Mohan (Breeze) Sharma, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2017 and Lhotse and Manaslu RP in 2018.
1975 Tenzing II (Tenjen), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2004, 2006 and 2007) and Cho Oyu in 2006.
1976 Park Jung-Yong, Korean climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008.
1976 Mohon Puyamcha, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1976 Fida Ali (b), Pakistani climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1976 Wajid Ullah, Pakistani climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1977 Jitendra Ramadas Gavare, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1978 Anton Pugovkin, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017, Nanga Parbat in 2019 and Everest in 2023.
1980 Ngima Tenji (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1981 Nazir Ahmed, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1982 Luda, Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017) and Cho Oyu twice (2006 and 2016).
1982 Sherief Mohammed Elsayed Elabd, Egyptian climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1982 San-Lang Yang-Chu, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1983 Ma Xiao, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2024), Cho Oyu in 2023 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1985 Junita Sambahangphe, Nepalese Limbu lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1985 Alfar Dayan, Kazakh climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1986 Muhammad Ali VII, Pakistani climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2022 and K2 in 2024.
1987 Sonam Thinlas, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1987 Mohamed Amine Chara, Algerian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1989 Bhaskar Baruah, Indian climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2023.
1990 Ali Durani, Pakistani climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2013, K2 three times (2014, 2021 and 2024) and Gasherbrum II in 2019.
1993 Tenzing Norbu, Tibetan climber, who ascended Everest four times (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020).
1997 Masahiro Hatakeyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018.

Gone on this day

1995 Miharu Kitagawa, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1988, died in the Japanese Alps, aged 45.