25 December

Born on this day

1890 Noel E. Odell, British pioneer, who, accompanied by Harold William Tilman, achieved the first ascent of Nanda Devi in 1936. He died in 1987, aged 96.
1942 Věra Komárková, American lady climber of Czech origin, who ascended Annapurna I in 1978 and Cho Oyu in 1984, both were first female ascents. She died in Switzerland in 2005, aged 62.
1949 Hideo Yamamoto, Japanese climber, who ascended K2 in 1977 and Nanga Parbat in 1997.
1949 Lutz Pfleging, German climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1986.
1950 Peter Boardman, British climber, who ascended Everest in 1975 and Kangchenjunga in 1979. He disappeared on the NE-ridge of Everest in 1982, aged 31.
1950 Paul van Hal, Dutch climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1953 Bogusław Probulski, Polish climber, who ascended Annapurna I Central-Peak in 1981. He died in the High Tatras in 1994, aged 41.
1953 Gerald Rösner, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1998, where he died on descent, aged 44.
1954 Bruno Rodi, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest in 2003. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2004.
1959 Bryan Johnson, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994.
1959 Thomas Davies, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1961 Oleg Malikov, Kazakh climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 1995 and Cho Oyu in 1996.
1963 Vivianne Cuq, Chilean lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2001.
1964 María Jesús (Chus) Lago, Spanish Galician lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1997 and Everest in 1999.
1964 Manuel Ansón, Spanish Aragonese climber, who ascended Broad Peak Foresummit in 1997.
1964 Marjan Kovač, Slovenian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1966 Jim Karn, American free-climber.
1966 Robin Noel Desota, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1969 Jordi Estanyol, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1970 Kenji Nodaka, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2001.
1970 Phurba Drugar, Tibetan lady climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1994, Cho Oyu in 2002 and Everest in 2003.
1971 Hari Bahadur Chaulagain, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2008.
1971 Fredrik Lundström, Swedish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2012.
1972 Michael Enrique Rodríguez, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1973 Kim Dong-Jin, Korean climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 2016.
1974 Seth Waterfall, American climber, who ascended Everest three times (2009, 2010 and 2013).
1975 Parveen Singh Lohia, Indian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2006 and 2018).
1978 Mark Andre Hester, Australian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2012.
1981 Brian David Warren, American climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1986 Lhakpa (d), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011.
1986 Mingma Tshering (Mingma Chhiring) Lama, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1988 Nima Doma III, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1988 Carolin Christine Hess, German lady climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 2019.
1990 Sonam Jangbu III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1991 Lhakpa X (Lakpa, Lhakpa Thinduk), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2010, 2011, twice in 2013, 2017 and 2019), K2 three times (2012, 2014 and 2021), Manaslu RP four times (2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019), Lhotse in 2018 and Makalu in 2019.

Gone on this day

1983 Andrzej Bieluń, Polish climber, who ascended Rakaposhi in 1979 and participated in the first ascents of Yazghil Dome SW-Peak (c. 7300 m) and Disteghil Sar East-Peak (7696 m), both in 1980. He died by a fall on Api (7132 m), aged 37.
1989 Ang Lhakpa Nuru, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu in 1987, Everest twice (1988 and 1989) and Manaslu RP in 1988. He died by a fall during a winter attempt on Cho Oyu, aged 28.
1997 Anatoli Bukreev, Kazakh climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 1989, Dhaulagiri I twice (1991 and 1995), Everest four times (1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997), K2 in 1993, Makalu in 1994, Manaslu in 1996, Lhotse twice (1996 and 1997), Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996 and Broad Peak Foresummit and Gasherbrum II in 1997. He died in an avalanche during a winter attempt on Annapurna I South face, aged 39. The same avalanche killed his friend Dmitri Sobolev (36), a Kazakh climber as well, who ascended Manaslu in 1995 and Everest in 1997.
2012 Nima Grimen, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest four times (2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012) and Dhaulagiri I in 2009, died in a motorcycle accident, aged 30.