25 April

Born on this day

1939 Kunimitsu Sakai, Japanese climber, who ascended Broad Peak in 1988.
1951 Veronika Meyer-Gerber, Swiss lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2007, where she also finished the Carstensz-version of the Seven Summits.
1955 Yuri Taidakov, Russian climber, who ascended Everest in 2005.
1958 Francisco (Curro) Gan, Spanish Catalan climber, who ascended Shisha Pangma in 1990 and Everest in 1992. He also travelled to the South Pole in the season 1994/1995 and to the North Pole in 1999.
1964 Zoltan Benedek, Austrian climber, who ascended Manaslu in 2015, where he died on descent, aged 51.
1965 Dale Darling, American climber, who ascended Everest in 2004. He also finished the Kosciuszko-version of the Seven Summits in 2006.
1965 John Nicholas Jacoby, Australian climber, who ascended Makalu in 2019.
1967 Nathalie Lamoureux, French lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2013.
1970 Andreas Maier, Austrian climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2009.
1971 Heinz Anton Müller, Swiss climber, who ascended Everest in 2022.
1972 Kim Tae-Man, Korean climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2001.
1972 Nicholas (Nick) Bailey, British climber, who ascended Everest in 2012.
1974 Robert Rozmus, Polish climber, who ascended Everest in 2007. He also finished the Carstensz- and Kosciuszko-versions of the Seven Summits in 2009.
1976 Juan Pablo Sarjanovich Solano, Argentinean climber, who ascended Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1977 Giulia Tosi, Italian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2006.
1979 Anna Elise Brown, British lady climber, who ascended Everest in 2018.
1979 Manuel Bonnot, French climber, who ascended Everest in 2019.
1980 Clara Kulich, Austrian lady climber, who ascended Cho Oyu in 2007.
1982 Rupesh Bharat Khopade, Indian climber, who ascended Everest in 2012 and Kangchenjunga in 2019.
1983 Łukasz Kocewiak, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1984 Cristel Vanessa Estol Garay, Uruguayan lady climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2018 and Everest in 2022.
1985 Michał Adam, Polish climber, who ascended Manaslu RP in 2019.
1985 Mark Austin Woodward, Canadian climber, who ascended Everest and Lhotse in 2022.
1986 Nuri, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Manaslu RP twice (2012 and 2014), Kangchenjunga three times (2013, 2014 and 2023), Annapurna I in 2016, Everest twice (2018 and 2021) and Broad Peak in 2023.
1987 Pasang Wangchu I, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest seven times (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2021 and 2022) and Manaslu RP six times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019).
1987 Lakpa Rinjin, Nepalese Sherpa climber, who ascended Everest twice (2021 and 2022).
1988 Gesman Tamang, Nepalese climber, who ascended Manaslu RP three times (2017, 2019 and 2020), Everest twice (2018 and 2023), Annapurna I twice (2019 and 2021), Kangchenjunga, K2 and Cho Oyu in 2019 and Manaslu M in 2023.

Event on this day

2008 Launch of 8000ers.com, the site for all information about the mountains above 8000 metres and for many mountains below!

First ascents on this day

1974 Lamjung Kailas I (6983 m) by a British party.
1984 Lobuje South East (aka Abi, 6090 m) by the American climber Lawrence Neilson and the Nepalese Sherpa climber Ang Gyalzen.

Gone on this day

2002 Raymond David Caughron, American climber, who ascended Dhaulagiri I in 1994, died on Makalu during the night to April 26, aged 58.