28 January

Born on this day

1927 Dennis Davis, British pioneer, who ascended Nuptse in 1961.
1945 Juan José Amezgarai, Spanish Basque climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 1985.
1947 Yi Sung-In, American climber of Korean origin, who ascended Everest in 2007. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2008.
1947 Marek Malatyński, Polish climber, who ascended Kangbachen (7903 m) in 1974 and Masherbrum SW-Peak (7806 m) in 1981 (both were first ascents), where he died on descent, aged 34.
1947 Yuichi Saito, Japanese climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1952 Vladimir Bashkirov, Russian climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 1991, Everest twice (1993 and 1997), Dhaulagiri I in 1995, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 1996 and Lhotse in 1997, where he died on descent, aged 45.
1954 Kurt Albert, German free climber ("Father of Red Point climbing") and allrounder (for example: Big walls in Pakistan and Patagonia). He died in 2010 after a fatal fall in the Frankenjura, aged 56.
1956 Brian Russell Strange, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2009.
1958 Thomas N. Lehane, Irish climber, who ascended Everest in 2007.
1958 Elizabeth Tertil, Canadian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, where she also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1959 Chris D. Nichols, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2006. He also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits in 2009.
1959 Toshiyuki Maeyama, Japanese climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1961 Gerhard Mitmasser, Austrian climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006.
1961 Dieter Ninke, German climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1961 Anastasia (Tasia) Iliopoulou, Greek lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1963 Lhawang Dhondup (Nawang Dorje) Lama, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest twice (2003 and 2004).
1965 Satoshi Tamura, Japanese climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007 and Everest in 2016.
1966 Danny John Guard, climber from New Zealand, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014 and Everest in 2016.
1966 Gholamreza Rezaei Dodany, Iranian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2014.
1967 Francesca Raffaelli, Italian lady climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2006 and Everest in 2007.
1967 Neil Wells, British climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2004.
1969 Nima Gombu, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest nineteen times (1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2017), Cho Oyu three times (2001, spring and autumn 2006) and Shisha Pangma Central-Peak in 2004.
1969 Gangaamaa Badamgarav, Mongolian lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2011 and K2 in 2018.
1969 Antony Glynn Brownlee, British climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1971 Marcel Kraaz, Swiss climber, who ascended Gasherbrum II in 2000 and Cho Oyu in 2003.
1971 Kang Jeong-Gook, Korean climber, who ascended Annapurna I in 2009.
1974 Pasang Nima III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu RP three times (2012, 2013 and 2022) and Manaslu M in 2024.
1974 Edward Manning (Ted) Callahan Jr., American climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1978 Gina Marie Han-Lee (née Rzucidlo), American lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018, Annapurna I and Manaslu M in 2021, Dhaulagiri I, Kangchenjunga, K2 and Broad Peak in 2022 and Lhotse, Makalu, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum II, Gasherbrum I and Cho Oyu in 2023. She died in an avalanche on Shisha Pangma in 2023, aged 45.
1979 Brendan O'Mahoney, Australian climber, who ascended Everest in 2010.
1979 Lakpa Wongdi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2017, 2023 and 2025).
1980 John Arthur Black, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2009 and K2 in 2022.
1980 Sanjay Kumar Upreti, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1981 Lucas de Zorzi, Brazilian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1981 Paul Alberto Guerra Rodriguez, Ecuadorian climber, who ascended Everest twice (2024 and 2025).
1982 Pemba IV, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2011, Everest three times (2012, 2016 and 2018) and Cho Oyu in 2014.
1982 Lakpa III, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2019).
1983 Fudorchi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2018 and 2019).
1985 Phurba Dorchi, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Makalu thre timese (2014, 2024 and 2025), Everest four times (2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023), Manaslu RP three times (2017, 2018 and 2021), Kangchenjunga in 2019, Lhotse in 2022 and Manaslu M three times (2023, 2024 and 2025).
1985 Prakash Chandra Sundas, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2017.
1986 Lhakpa XIII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2025) and Kangchenjunga in 2018.
1986 Mingma Nuru VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest three times (2014, 2017 and 2019).
1986 Mingma Tenzing V (Mingma Tenji/Tenje), Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu RP twice (2019 and 2021), Lhotse twice (2021 and 2023), Manaslu M twice (2022 and 2024), Annapurna I in 2023, Makalu three times (twice in 2024 and 2025) and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1986 Mingma Dorje VII, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest eight times (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), Manaslu M four times (2022, in 2023 twice and 2024), Lhotse in 2023, Makalu twice (2024 and 2025) and Kangchenjunga in 2025.
1986 Reid Allen Larson, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2021.
1989 Pasang XI, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2011.
1989 Chhewang Karma, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest six times (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019).
1989 Tatiana Kaločaiová, Slovak lady climber, who ascended Manaslu M in 2025.
1990 Nima Tshering II, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2010, Lhotse in 2011, K2 in 2017, Annapurna I in 2019 and Kangchenjunga in 2022.
1995 Yan Chun-Qi, Chinese climber, who ascended Everest in 2024 and Annapurna I and Lhotse in 2025.
1997 Tenzing Jyambela (Jambiyang) Bara, Nepalese climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1997 Kipa Lamu, Nepalese Sherpani, who ascended Makalu, Everest and Manaslu M in 2025.
2002 Thinduk, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest in 2025.