31 January

Born on this day

1930 Jerzy Wala, Polish High Asia researcher, cartographer and chronicler.
1946 Alfred Imitzer, Austrian climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 1978 and K2 in 1986, where he died on descent, aged 40.
1948 Masafumi Teramoto, Japanese climber, who ascended Nanda Devi in 1976 and Kanjut Sar in 1981.
1955 Jozef Just, Slovak climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat North-Peak (7816 m) in 1978 (first ascent!), Lhotse and Everest in 1988. He died on descent of the latter, aged 33.
1959 Kazuyo Yonaiyama, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1963 Manuela di Centa, Italian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2003.
1966 Tomas Jelinek, German climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017 and Everest in 2019.
1966 Klaus Wolfgang Ullrich, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1967 Fura Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber who ascended Everest six times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2009), Lhotse in 2003, Cho Oyu in 2005 and Makalu in 2008.
1971 Andrei Mariev, Russian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2004 and 2018) and K2 in 2007.
1972 Pemba Chhiri II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2014, Everest three times (2016, 2018 and 2021), Kangchenjunga twice (2022 and 2025), Broad Peak in 2022, Annapurna I and Makalu in 2023 and Gasherbrum I and Manaslu M in 2024.
1973 Luis (Sito) Carcavilla, Spanish Madrilian climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 2007, Kangchenjunga in 2014 and Everest in 2022.
1974 Hubert Rieger, Austrian climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2005 and Broad Peak Foresummit in 2007.
1975 Martin Schläppi, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1976 Edward Box, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2005.
1977 Saeed Khameis Ebraheim Mahyos Ali Al-Memari, climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Everest in 2012 and K2 in 2022.
1977 Yukinori Inagaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2019 and Everest in 2021.
1977 Saeed Khameis Ebraheim Mahyos Almemari, climber from the United Arab Emirates, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1979 Josef Lunger, German climber, who ascended Nanga Parbat in 2008 and Makalu in 2010.
1980 Dominique (Dom) Gilbert, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1983 Davide Mao, Italian climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1985 Richard Grant Hunter, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Everest in 2016.
1987 Tashi Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1988 Georgy Lobzhanidze, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1990 François (Franz) Cazzanelli, Italian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2018, Manaslu RP in 2019 and Nanga Parbat and K2 in 2022.
1990 Keizo Konishi, Japanese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1992 Maciej Konrad Rys, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1993 Phura Tenzing, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024) and Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2023).
2002 Liu Mi-He, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2021 and K2 in 2025.
2003 Angi Bhote, Nepalese Bhutia climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023 and Everest in 2024.

First ascent on this day

1959 Cerro Torre (3128 m) by an Austro-Italian party (disputed).

Gone on this day

2023 Anna Czerwińska, Polish lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1983, Nanga Parbat in 1985, Everest and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2000, Lhotse and Cho Oyu in 2001, Gasherbrum II in 2003 and Makalu in 2006. In 2000 she also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits. She died on this day, aged 73.