25 March

Born on this day

1930 Carlo Mauri, Italian pioneer, who in 1958 made the first ascent of Gasherbrum IV with his companion Walter Bonatti and participated in expeditions to Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Africa, Greenland and the Himalayas. He died in 1982, aged 52.
1938 Adolf Weissensteiner, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri II in 1971.
1944 Štefan Lagoja, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1953 Anatoli Moshnikov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest twice (1990 and 1998) and Dhaulagiri I in 1996. He died while climbing in the Altai in 2011, aged 58.
1956 Josef (Sepp) Ranner, Austrian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1958 Luis Fraga, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1998.
1958 Øyvin Thon, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005 and Dhaulagiri I in 2011.
1960 Hiroshi Hanada, Japanese climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1985, Everest in 1996 and Gyachung Kang in 2005.
1963 Lluís Giner, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Everest in 1988.
1966 Tamara Schlemmer, German lady free-climber.
1970 Jarle Trå, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004 and Shisha Pangma in 2006.
1971 Rory Maxwell Stark, American climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2004, Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2013.
1971 Michael Morales, Panamanian climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1972 Boris Dedeshko, Kazakh climber, who ascended Makalu in 2008 and Cho Oyu in 2009.
1972 Nawang Thawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1972 Robert William (Rob) Hart, South African climber, who ascended Everest in 2011, where he also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1972 Warner Rojas, Costa Rican climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1976 Kedar Singh Koranga, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2018), Kangchenjunga in 2008 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1976 Ang Chhiring I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1976 Afshin Asgharzadehledari, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023, Everest and Lhotse in 2024 and Annapurna I in 2025.
1976 Anthonie Jacobus Brous, Dutch climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1977 Hans Fredrik Sträng, Swedish climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I WRFS in 2003, Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005, Everest in 2006, Makalu and Lhotse in 2009, Gasherbrum II and I in 2010, Manaslu RP in 2015, Cho Oyu in 2016, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2017 and Broad Peak in 2018. He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2006.
1977 Nima Lama, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1980 Norbu Dhondup, Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu twice (2004 and 2006) and Everest four times (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008).
1981 Mingma Tshering II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005).
1981 Daniel Gasser, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Manaslu RP in 2017.
1981 Heimir Fannar Hallgrimsson, Icelandic climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1981 Vafa Musayeva, Azerbaijani lady climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2025.
1985 Nicholas (Nick) Rice, American climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004, Gasherbrum II in 2006, Manaslu in 2009 and Broad Peak in 2014.
1985 Ma Chao, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2024.
1988 Ram Raj Robert Chawla, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1991 Tenzing (a), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse in 2022.
1995 Gelu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2019, 2023 and 2025), Manaslu RP twice (2019 and 2021), Lhotse and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2025).
1995 Bartosz Kacper Ziemski, Polish climber, who ascended Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II in 2022, Annapurna I and Dhaulagiri I in 2023 and Kangchenjunga in 2024.
1999 Pasang Tshering VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
2002 Yula, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.