29 January

Born on this day

1873 Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian pioneer, who made the first ascents of St. Elias in 1897 and the Ruwenzori in 1906 and attempted K2 in 1909. He died in 1933, aged 60.
1942 Karel Schubert, Czech climber, who ascended Makalu in 1976, where he died on descent, aged 34.
1948 Anselme Baud, French climber, who ascended Yalung Kang in 1984.
1952 Andries Nolte Botha, Canadian climber of South African origin, who ascended Everest in 2006.
1959 Nauro Soregaroli, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1992.
1959 Cynthia Lou (Cindy) Abbott, American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1960 Temba Wangdi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Cho Oyu three times (2002, 2003 and 2004) and Makalu in 2006. He died in autumn 2006 on Pumori, aged 46.
1960 Kaori Tokusa, Japanese lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2015 and Everest in 2016.
1961 Colin Grissom, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1987.
1962 Patrick Z'Brun, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1965 Andrei Zaikin, Uzbek climber, who ascended Everest in 1998.
1965 Rudolf Kobler, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1966 Bayarsaikhan Luvsandorj, Mongolian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1967 Philippe Reuter, Chilean climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1968 Marco Salvaneschi, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1969 Ingrid Christine Vincent Marie Menet, French lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2017.
1971 Colin Lively, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1972 Asier Izaguirre, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2007 and Dhaulagiri I, Manaslu RP in 2008, Kangchenjunga in 2009 and Annapurna I and Shisha Pangma in 2010.
1972 Zhang Li-He, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2023.
1973 Johann Kaufmann, Swiss climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 2004.
1974 Marco Chiantore, Italian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1974 Simon Thomas Gower, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1975 Graham Duff, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1976 Birgitte Frost Nøhr, Danish lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1977 Palden, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2016 and 2018).
1977 Dennis Robert Mildenberger, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1978 Petar Pećanac, Serbian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1979 Tomasz Kitta, Canadian climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2023.
1980 Sange II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2008, 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2023), Dhaulagiri I in 2011, Manaslu RP three times (2013, 2017 and 2018), Lhotse in 2022 and Manaslu M twice (2023 and 2024).
1982 ("Big") Tsering Dhondup, Tibetan climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006 and Everest twice (2011 and 2012).
1983 Nima Dorje VI (Ngima Dorchi), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2006, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024), Lhotse twice (2012 and 2022) and Manaslu RP in 2019.
1983 Da Jangbu (Dajangbu), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga twice (2018 and 2019) and Everest twice (2024 and 2025).
1983 Zheng Wen, Chinese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1983 Markus Ahnert, German climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1984 Lee Zhen-Chen (Jane), Singaporean lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2009.
1986 Mingma Nurbu II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), Manaslu RP in 2017, Gasherbrum II twice in 2023, Dhaulagiri I in 2023, Lhotse and K2 in 2024 and Manaslu M in 2025.
1986 Leo Ru-Ping Chong, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 2024.
1988 Samden, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (2011, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2019).
1988 Lhakpa Dendi I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nine times (2016, 2017, three times in 2018, in 2019, in 2022 twice and 2023), Lhotse twice (2017 and 2022), Dhaulagiri I twice (2017, 2019-WRFS and 2021), K2 twice (2018 and 2019), Manaslu RP three times (2018, 2019 and 2020), Nanga Parbat in 2019, Annapurna I in 2021, Kangchenjunga in 2022 and Cho Oyu in 2023.
1989 Pasang Ongdi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and Makalu in 2022.
1989 Rabindra Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1990 Laxman Sapkota, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1992 Sonam VI, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024 and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1995 Mingma Dorche, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.
1996 Dawa (e), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1999 Kiran Baniya, Nepalese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2023.
2000 Ngima Thindu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest five times (in 2021 twice, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and Manaslu M in 2025.

First ascent on this day

1934 Tronador (3470 m) by Hermann Claussen solo.
1964 Volcán Lautaro (Chile, 3580 m) by an Argentinean party.

Gone on this day

2010 Mikael Reuterswärd, Swedish climber, who ascended Everest in 1990 and Lhotse in 1994, was found dead at his home, aged 45.