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The 'eight-thousanders' are the fourteen independent[1] mountains on Earth that are more than above sea level. They are all located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia.
The first attempt on an eight-thousander took place on the expedition by Albert F. Mummery, and J. Norman Collie to Nanga Parbat in 1895; this ended in failure, when Mummery and two Ghurkas, Ragobir and Goman Singh, were killed by an avalanche.
The first successful ascent of an eight-thousander was by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, who reached the summit of Annapurna on June 3, 1950.
The first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders was Reinhold Messner. He completed this task on October 16, 1986. A year later, in 1987, Jerzy Kukuczka became the second climber to accomplish this feat. As of 2007, a total of fourteen people have followed through. This is an extremely hazardous feat; at least four people have died while in pursuit of this goal.
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| Contents |
| List of eight-thousanders |
| The 14 Climbers who have reached the summit of all 14 eight-thousanders |
| Gallery |
| Notes |
| See also |
| External links |
List of eight-thousanders
★ As of September 2003, data from ''Chinese National Geography'' 2006.8, page '77'.
The 14 Climbers who have reached the summit of all 14 eight-thousanders
| Name | Period | Nationality | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinhold Messner | 1970-1986 | Italian |
| 2 | Jerzy Kukuczka | 1979-1987 | Polish |
| 3 | Erhard Loretan | 1982-1995 | Swiss |
| 4 | Carlos Carsolio | 1985-1996 | Mexican |
| 5 | Krzysztof Wielicki | 1980-1996 | Polish |
| 6 | Juanito Oiarzabal | 1985-1999 | Spanish |
| 7 | Sergio Martini | 1976-2000 | Italian |
| 8 | Hong-Gil Um | 1988-2000 | Korean |
| 9 | Park Young Seok | 1993-2001 | Korean |
| 10 | Alberto Inurrategi | 1991-2002 | Spanish |
| 11 | Han Wang Yong | 1994-2003 | Korean |
| 12 | Ed Viesturs | 1989-2005 | American |
| 13 | Alan Hinkes | 1987-2005 | English |
| 14 | Silvio Mondinelli | 1993-2007 | Italian |
Gallery
Notes
1. In making any "highest mountains" list, one needs to use a criterion to exclude subpeaks and only list independent mountains. There is no universally agreed-upon such criterion. However the (generally accepted) list of fourteen eight-thousanders is obtained if one uses a topographic prominence cutoff of between 200 and 500 metres (610 and 1524 feet). Some eight-thousand metre subpeaks have been climbed as goals in themselves, for example Lhotse Middle, but this is quite rare.
2. Note: The mountains mentioned lie in the disputed Northern Areas region. This region is also claimed by India along with Kashmir.
See also
★ List of highest mountains
★ List of deaths on eight-thousanders
External links
★ List of ascensionists from everestnews.com
★ Site dedicated to the 8000m peaks and mountaineers
★ Austrian First Ascent from broadpeak.org
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