25 November

Born on this day

1940 Franc Jeromen, Slovenian climber, who ascended Kangbachen (subsidiary peak of Kangchenjunga, 7903 m) in 1974.
1942 Teodors Kirsis, Latvian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1993 and Everest in 1995. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2002. He died in 2003 on Mount Cook, aged 61.
1946 Kimio Narusaki, Japanese climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1995.
1948 Klaus-Dieter Eikemeier, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2003.
1951 René Spichiger, Swiss climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1952 Iwao Ogasawara, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1991 and Gasherbrum II in 1993.
1958 Miroslav Coubal, Czech free-climber, who is one of the two famous Coubal brothers.
1958 Caradog (Crag) Jones, British (Welsh) climber, who ascended Everest in 1995.
1960 Vidar Hem, Norwegian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1960 Josef Inhöger, Austrian climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1989, Manaslu RP in 1993, Cho Oyu in 1997 and Broad Peak in 2013.
1962 Heiko Weiner, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1964 José Carlos Recio, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 1992.
1964 Ang Dorje II (aka Chuldim Dorje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twenty-three times (1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, spring and autumn 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024), Broad Peak in 1995, Cho Oyu three times (1995, 1996 and 1997), Gasherbrum II in 1997 and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1999.
1964 Dawa Nuru IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017).
1964 Sergei Dudko, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1967 Wilco van Rooijen, Dutch climber and adventurer, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1998, Everest in 2004, Broad Peak Foresummit in 2006, K2 in 2008 and Cho Oyu in 2016. He also travelled to the North Pole in 1997 and to the South Pole in the season 2000/2001.
1969 Pasang Gombu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019) and Manaslu RP twice (2011 and 2014).
1972 Dendi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2001, 2003 and 2012).
1972 Pasang Namgyal/Namgel, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2003, 2008, 2011 and 2023), Yalung Kang in 2004, Shisha Pangma in 2006, Lhotse Shar in 2007, Cho Oyu in 2008, Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2016, Nanga Parbat in 2017, Manaslu RP in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021, Kangchenjunga, Makalu and K2 in 2022, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Manaslu M in 2023 and Broad Peak twice in 2024.
1972 Pemba Chhoti I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twelve times (2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017), Lhotse twice (2018 and 2019) and Manaslu RP twice (2018 and 2019).
1972 Pasang Karma I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010) and Makalu in 2016.
1972 Lhakpa Tshering VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2007, 2008 and 2011).
1972 Buddha Singh Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1972 Zhou Liang, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1973 Mingma Gyalzen/Gyaljen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2022 and 2024).
1974 Pemba Rinji I (Pemba Rinzi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004), Lhotse in 2003, Kangchenjunga twice (2004 and 2006), Annapurna I in 2006 and Cho Oyu in 2007.
1974 Pasang Tendi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2001, 2003 and 2011) and Cho Oyu in 2002.
1975 Hemant Sachdev, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1975 Nurbu VI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2024), Manaslu M in 2022 and Lhotse in 2024.
1976 Da Rita, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2012. He died on Everest in 2013, aged 36.
1976 Henrik Lars Oliver Grethe, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1980 Ram Nurbu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Broad Peak twice (2017 and 2018), Manaslu RP in 2021, K2 in 2022 and Cho Oyu in 2024.
1980 Mona Kamal Shahab, Saudi-Arabian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1981 Pasang Tenzing IV (Pasang Tenje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2012, 2013, twice in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Dhaulagiri I three times (2016, 2017 and 2021), Broad Peak in 2017 and Annapurna I in 2021.
1983 Mingma Sona II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1984 Dendi IX, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1985 Christopher Cannizzaro, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1985 Ang Phurba VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, in 2019 twice, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Manaslu RP twice (2011 and 2012), Lhotse twice (2013 and 2023), Dhaulagiri I in 2017, K2 three times (2018, 2021 and 2022), Nuptse in 2023 and Cho Oyu in 2024.
1985 Karma Dorje, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2012 and 2017).
1985 Deep Bahadur Shahi, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1985 Iman Sharifi Shamili, Iranian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1986 Arseniy Kukanov, Russian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2022.
1987 Tenzing IV (aka Tenzen Lama), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I (WRFS) in 2016, Manaslu RP three times (2017, 2018 and 2019), Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2023), Lhotse three times (2018, 2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga twice (2019 and 2023), Dhaulagiri I four times (twice in 2021 and twice in 2023), Makalu twice (2022 and 2023), Manaslu M four times (2022 and three times in 2023) and Cho Oyu, Shisha Pangma, Annapurna I, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak and K2 in 2023, where he finished the 14 Main-8000ers. In 2023 he ascended the 14 Main-8000ers in record time (92 days) together with Norwegian lady climber Kristin Harila. He died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma in 2023, aged 35.
1987 Matej Gause, Czech climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2024.
1988 Ngima Tashi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1989 Dorchi II (Halung Dorchi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I twice (2010 and 2022), Annapurna I three times (2012, 2019 and 2022), K2 twice (2012 and 2023), Everest seven times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024), Manaslu RP five times (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019), Makalu twice (2017 and 2018), Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2023.
1991 Pasang Dawa VIII (aka Pasdawa), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest ten times (2016, 2017, in 2018 twice, in 2019 twice, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), K2 three times (2018, 2021 and 2022), Manaslu RP in 2018, Lhotse twice (2021 and 2022), Nanga Parbat three times (2019, 2022 and 2023), Kangchenjunga (heli to hc), Makalu, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I in 2022 and Manaslu M three times (2022, 2023 and 2024).
1991 Nawang, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2018 and 2021), Everest three times (2021, 2022 and 2024) and Nanga Parbat in 2023.
1991 Thorbjørn Sønderbo Patscheider, Danish climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1992 Kasang Dawa, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014, Everest twice (2016 and 2018), Manaslu RP twice (2017 and 2019) and Annapurna I, Kangchenjunga and K2 in 2019.
1992 Pema/Pemba Gyalgen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Lhotse twice (2019 and 2024).
1996 Pasang Gelu III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2018, 2019 and 2022).

Gone on this day

1955 Louis Lachenal, French pioneer, who made the first ascent of Annapurna I together with Maurice Herzog in 1950, died in the Alps, aged 34.